As Germany's financial hub, Frankfurt is home to over 300 German and foreign banks and financial institutions, making it a gathering place for the headquarters of both domestic and international banks. The new Frankfurt headquarters is located in Frankfurt's Europaviertel, a new district on the former main freight depot, close to the trade fair.

新总部坐落于细长的场地内（160m x 35m）更像是一座水平摩天大楼，而非典型的高层摩天大楼总部形象。舒展的建筑形体由多个6层梳状突起的独立办公空间连接，完整而连续的幕墙将梳状办公空间包裹形成连续的建筑形象，巧妙地创造出多个中庭空间。

The projected volume on the elongated site (160m x 35m) resembles a horizontal skyscraper more than a typical compact office block. Essentially the building consists of a continuous base structure with a six storey comb-like projection above, concluded by a final storey dedicated to technical services, set back at roof level.

由于场地狭长且紧邻道路，建筑与道路无广场空间，路人多从侧视角而非正面视角感知建筑。建筑立面选用精致的石材呈现品质感，弥补视角带来的建筑形体呈现的缺陷。优雅的竖向石材元素创造了一个或开放或封闭的立面效果，随着路人观看的角度和速度变化。逐渐靠近建筑时，竖向线条几乎完全展开，清晰地呈现出内部的办公空间。

Since the site is built all the way up to the eastern and southern site limit, the building lacks a forecourt and is perceived by passers-by from shallow angles, rather than from a frontal perspective. The distinctive stone façade was designed to compensate for this, and it eschews the classical punched hole window rhythm. Instead the elegant natural vertical stone elements create a façade that appears open or closed, depending on the angle and speed at which it is viewed. As the angle increases, the vertical elements dissolve almost completely, allowing an unencumbered view of the office arrangement within.

工作人员和访客通过东边的多层挑高大堂进入建筑，同时设置独立的餐厅和商业入口。上层设有不同尺度的办公室供银行和其他租户使用，南面由多层绿色庭院隔开。建筑端部临近入口的顶部空间，一个带有高架可伸缩玻璃屋顶的智能屋顶露台成为建筑的雕塑性形象。该建筑也作为可持续建筑典范获得 DGNB 银奖！

Staff and visitors enter the building through a multi-storey entrance hall in the east. This hall leads to the reception area, lobby and to the elevators leading up to the office floors. Independently accessed restaurants and commercial units are located along the Europa Allee, and are serviced from the north. The upper floors house offices of various sizes (used by the bank and other tenants), separated by multi-storey green courtyards to the south. The roof areas facing the Europa Allee are kept free of technical services, and include smoking areas utside all access cores. In the space over the conference area on the first projecting element, a smart roof terrace has been created with an elevated retractable glass roof.