New construction of the Historical Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Architects LRO Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei from Stuttgart/Germany won the competition for the new construction of the Historic Museum right in the heart of Frankfurt's historic town centre. The design envisioned the creation of a new urban plaza that unfolds between two buildings.

The façade was realized with red-white sandstone, which is characteristic for this region. Traded under the name “Neckartäler Hartsandstein”, we quarry this stone in two quarries near Eberbach/Germany.

Basalt from the Eifel region was used for the building plinth and the plaza’s benches and wall structures.

The façade was constructed as a masonry wall supported by stainless support brackets. Thermal insulation was installed between the natural stone masonry and the concrete building structure. Highlights of the museum complex are the diamond-pointed façade pattern of the entrance building in addition to numerous solid elements and fine details such as stone “window shutters”, stone slats covering the walls of the transformer station, solid lintels of approx. 3.4 metres length, solid stone benches, concealed doors and much more.