New Premises media centre

Publications

 Related press releases

Complementary websites

• Information on the tenders for the construction of the New ECB Premises, together with the related documentation, is available at  http://www.tender.new-ecb-premises.com.
• Additional information is available on the official competition website at  www.new-ecb-premises.com.

Newsletter

• New ECB Premises newsletter: October 2012, de , en
• New ECB Premises newsletter: March 2012, de [1.77 MB] , en [1.75 MB]
• New ECB Premises newsletter: July 2011, de [1.05 MB] , en [1.06 MB]
• New ECB Premises newsletter: June 2010,  de ,  en
• New ECB Premises newsletter: February 2010,  de ,  en
• New ECB Premises newsletter: March 2008,  de ,  en

Information Brochures

• Design aspects of the new ECB premises de [5.61 MB] , en [5.61 MB]
• History and reconstruction of the Grossmarkthalle de , en

Other publications

• New ECB Premises procurement information , en [3.32 MB] , de [3.31 MB] - Update June 2009 en [3.27 MB] , de [3.23 MB]
• New ECB Premises project data: June 2008 de [1.67 MB] , en [1.63 MB]
• Luminale 2008, Illumination of the former Großmarkthalle : April 2008, concept (in English and German)
• COOP HIMMELB(L)AU's concept: 8 October 2007,  de ,  en
• COOP HIMMELB(L)AU's concept: 20 February 2007,  de ,  en
• COOP HIMMELB(L)AU's concept, 20 January 2005, de . en . fr

International architectural design competition

• Short description of the 12 design proposals from the second phase of the competition,  da . de . el . en . es . fi . fr . it . nl . pt . sv
• List of candidates of the competition, en
• Minutes of the jury meetings: first phase en [4.84 MB] (includes design images), second phase, en
• Public exhibition of the design proposals for the New ECB Premises, Deutsches Architekturmuseum Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 21 February to 14 March 2004, flyer, en
• Competition rules: en

Speeches

• Welcome address by Jörg Asmussen, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the topping out ceremony, 20 September 2012, de . en
• Speech by Peter Feldmann, Lord Mayor of the City of Frankfurt am Main, at the topping out ceremony, 20 September 2012, de . en
• Speech by Klaus Pöllath, Member of the Board of Directors of Ed. Züblin AG, at the topping out ceremony, 20 September 2012, de . en
• Welcome address by Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the ECB, at the ceremony of the laying of the foundation stone, 19 May 2010, speech
• Speech of Lord Mayor Petra Roth, at the ceremony of the laying of the foundation stone, 19 May 2010, download
• Welcome address by Wolf D. Prix, COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, at the ceremony of the laying of the foundation stone, 19 May 2010, download
• Jean-Claude Trichet: Introductory statement by the President of the European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, 20 January 2005, de . en . fr
• Lucas Papademos: Introductory statement by the Vice-President of the European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, 20 January 2005, de . en . fr
• Lucas Papademos: Introductory statement by the Vice-President of the European Central Bank and Chairman of the Jury for the international urban planning and architectural design competition for the New ECB Premises at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, 20 February 2004, de . en

Images

• Installation of the antenna, 28 March 2013, [26 MB]
• Topping out ceremony, 20 September 2012, [29.4 MB]
• Construction works 2008-2012, 20 September 2012, [164 MB]
• Laying of the foundation stone, 19 May 2010, [196 MB]
• New ECB Premises: 19 May 2010, [1.41 MB]
• New ECB Premises: 17 December 2009, [4.26 MB]
• New ECB Premises, various facade mock-ups: March 2009, [14.3 MB]
• Großmarkthalle and site, various phases: 1 December 2008, [18.6 MB]
• Luminale, April 2008, [2.48 MB]
• Images and plans of the design of the Detailed Planning: 8 October 2007, [2.6 MB]
• Image and short description of the mock-up building: 1 October 2007,  de ,  en
• Images and plans of the Preliminary Design: 20 February 2007, [19.4 MB]
• Images and short description: 6 November 2006, [1.22 MB]
• 18 January 2006, [1.89 MB]
• 16 December 2005,
• 9 June 2005, [4.75 MB]
• 20 January 2005, [6.64 MB]
• The three revised designs: 13 January 2005, [3.46 MB]
• Models of the three prize-winning designs from the architectural competition for the New ECB Premises: 13 February 2004, [6.57 MB] , additional images [33.8 MB]
• Models of the other 9 designs from the second phase of the competition, [20.9 MB]