This landmark Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners-designed trade fair hall in Frankfurt opened this week.
The £74.3m Messehall, comprising 40,000 m2 of exhibition space, was commissioned early last year after an international competition in October 1999. The project team included structural engineers Arup, Schlaich Bergermann, BGS and Hahn & Bartenbach; services engineers Kuehn Bauer & Partners, HL Technik and Dorflinger; and contractors Hochtief and Bilfinger + Berger.