Gallileo (Frankfurt am Main)

 office building, skyscraper, 2003_construction

Gallileo is a 446 ft (136 m) 38-floor skyscraper in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany which has 49,000 sq m (527,430 sq ft) and 14 elevators. It was constructed from 1999 to 2003. Its name is an intentional misspelling of the scientist Galileo's name; the extra l comes from the building's other namesake, the nearby park Gallusanlage. Along with the nearby Silver Tower, it served as the corporate headquarters of Dresdner Bank until 2008. As of 2009, after the takeover of Dresdner Bank by Commerzbank, the new owner uses only the Gallileo.

It has a glass facade with 400 individual windows forming an approximately 22,000 square metres large transparent outer skin. In the glass floors were the American artist James Turrell, integrated lighting, which make the building glow from the inside out at night. These are not architecturally visible. The undersides of the floor slabs serve as reflective surfaces.

The building is structurally two towers linked by a central core that connects them. The north tower is 130 m (426 ft), the south tower is 114 metres (374 ft), and the core is the building's full height.

Some shops, a bar, and the English Theatre (with 300 seats) are located on the ground floor.