CVU Gold Member

Drees und Sommer SE

About

Member Since: 2022

Member Offices: Stuttgart

Website: https://www.dreso.com/en/

Drees & Sommer is our innovative partner for consulting, planning, construction and operation.

The leading European consulting, planning and project management enterprise, Drees & Sommer has supported private and public clients and investors for over 50 years in all aspects of real estate and infrastructure – both analog and digital. Through future-oriented consulting, the enterprise can offer solutions for successful buildings, profitable real estate portfolios, people-oriented working environments, and visionary mobility concepts. The company’s approx. 4,000 employees in 46 locations around the world work in interdisciplinary teams to provide support for clients from a wide variety of sectors. All the services provided by the partner-run company take into consideration both economic and ecological concerns.

That is what we aspire to. And that's what customers can expect from us. Together we develop future-proof solutions that are sustainable, digital, economical and innovative.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Engineering, Multi-discipline; Façade Design / Engineering

Buildings

RANK
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

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Height
1 MesseTurm
256.5 m / 842  ft
2 Fernsehturm
217 m / 712  ft
3 Roche Turm Bau 2
205 m / 673  ft
4 Shandong Port Tower
203.4 m / 667  ft
5 Tower 185
200 m / 656  ft
6 Trianon
186 m / 610  ft
7 ECB - European Central Bank
183.7 m / 603  ft
8 Roche Turm Bau 1
178 m / 584  ft
9 Silver Tower
166.3 m / 546  ft
10 Post Turm
162.5 m / 533  ft

Awards

Shandong Port Tower

Award of Excellence: Shandong Port Tower

Best Tall Building, by Height, 200-299 meters 2023

CVU Leaders

Stefanie Lütteke

Stefanie Lütteke

CVU Germany Chapter, 2022 – Present

Düsseldorf

Building Completions Timeline

Global News

18 May 2022

Construction Progresses on Restoration of Post Office in Rotterdam

Omnam Group (OMNAM) and ODA have shared the progress of their restoration and reinvention project of the historic post office, POST Rotterdam. Demolition began on...

 

08 April 2022

Qingdao High-Rise Building Reaches Completion

Next to the cruise terminal in the port of Qingdao, the 203-meter-high Shandong Port Tower has been completed. It is designed by gmp von Gerkan, Marg...

 

02 December 2021

Parking Lot in Leeds Will Transform into a Residential Complex

Approval of a US$305 million (£270 million) high-rise development in Leeds has been granted. The site for Lisbon Street previously held John Poulson’s Leeds International...

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Associated companies

Drees und Sommer SE

AA Projects (2023)

RANK
Name
Height
1 MesseTurm

257 m / 842 ft
2 Fernsehturm

217 m / 712 ft
3 Roche Turm Bau 2

205 m / 673 ft
4 Shandong Port Tower

203 m / 667 ft
5 Tower 185

200 m / 656 ft
6 Trianon

186 m / 610 ft
7 ECB - European Central Bank

184 m / 603 ft
8 Roche Turm Bau 1

178 m / 584 ft
9 Silver Tower

166 m / 546 ft
10 Post Turm

162 m / 533 ft
11 Postkantoor

155 m / 509 ft
12 Deutsche Bank Tower I

155 m / 509 ft
13 Deutsche Bank Tower II

155 m / 509 ft
14 Uptown Munchen

146 m / 479 ft
15 One Forty West

145 m / 476 ft
16 Business Tower

135 m / 443 ft
17 1 Bligh Street

133 m / 436 ft
18 Covivo Turm

130 m / 427 ft
19 Hochhaus Treptower

125 m / 410 ft
20 CETC IT Building Shanghai

120 m / 394 ft
21 Upper West

119 m / 390 ft
22 HVB Tower

114 m / 373 ft
23 Global Tower

109 m / 356 ft
24 Deutsches Haus

107 m / 351 ft
25 T-Rex Hybrid High-rise

106 m / 348 ft
26 Debis Tower

106 m / 348 ft
27 Lisbon Street Building 1 Tower II

103 m / 337 ft
28 1973 Boulevard de la Défense

103 m / 336 ft
29 Mundsburg Turm I

101 m / 333 ft
30 Kollhoff Tower

101 m / 331 ft
31 Valley North Tower

100 m / 327 ft
32 Mundsburg Turm III

97 m / 319 ft
33 Porsche Design Tower

90 m / 295 ft
34 Sky Office Duesseldorf

89 m / 292 ft
35 Exzenterhaus Bochum

89 m / 291 ft
36 Blue Tower

88 m / 289 ft
37 Horizon Tower

88 m / 289 ft
38 Meret Oppenheim Hochhaus

85 m / 279 ft
39 Tango Towers

85 m / 279 ft
40 Asia Financial Center & AIIB Headquarters

82 m / 269 ft
41 Valley South Tower

80 m / 261 ft
42 Potsdamer Platz 11

79 m / 259 ft
43 Lisbon Street Building 2

75 m / 246 ft
44 Turm Center

74 m / 242 ft
45 Lisbon Street Building 1 Tower I

72 m / 237 ft
46 Rathaus Ludwigshafen

72 m / 236 ft
47 MainTor Porta

70 m / 230 ft
48 Access Tower

69 m / 226 ft
49 Valley Middle Tower

67 m / 219 ft
50 Westfield Hamburg Überseequartier D1

66 m / 215 ft
50 Westfield Hamburg Überseequartier D2

66 m / 215 ft
52 International Coffee Plaza

65 m / 213 ft
53 Volkswohl Bund High-rise

62 m / 203 ft
54 KöTower

60 m / 197 ft
55 Continentale Headquarters

60 m / 197 ft
56 Abro

60 m / 197 ft
57 Lisbon Street Building 3

57 m / 186 ft
58 The Seven

56 m / 184 ft
59 Lisbon Street Building 4

49 m / 159 ft
60 Cube Berlin

44 m / 144 ft
61 2095 Boulevard de la Défense

35 m / 116 ft
62 2169 Boulevard de la Défense

35 m / 116 ft
63 1917 Boulevard de la Défense

34 m / 113 ft
64 Haus C

30 m / 98 ft
65 Great Northern Square Development Tower 1

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66 New Heart West Tower

-
67 Great Northern Square Development Tower 2

-
68 Bâtiment Jean Monnet 2

-
68 New Heart East Tower

-
70 Great Northern Square Development Tower 3

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Statistics

Average Building Age*

28 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (92%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (73%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 12 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 11 buildings over 150 m height with a material
 

Building Completions Timeline

Building Map

Construction Time Chart

NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.

Designated Experts

Matthias Lassen

Senior Team Leader & Director of International Business Development, Drees und Sommer SE
Stuttgart, Germany

Tobias Berger

Structural Engineer, Drees und Sommer SE
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Stefanie Lütteke

Associate Partner and Head of Property Companies, Drees und Sommer SE
Düsseldorf, Germany

Niklas Veelken

Drees und Sommer SE
Berlin, Germany

Michael Duder

Associate Partner, Drees und Sommer SE
Stuttgart, Germany

CVU Leaders At Drees und Sommer SE

CVU Germany Chapter, 2022 – Present

Stefanie Lütteke

Associate Partner and Head of Property Companies, Drees und Sommer SE
Düsseldorf, Germany

Global News

18 May 2022

Construction Progresses on Restoration of Post Office in Rotterdam

Omnam Group (OMNAM) and ODA have shared the progress of their restoration and reinvention project of the historic post office, POST Rotterdam. Demolition began on...

08 April 2022

Qingdao High-Rise Building Reaches Completion

Next to the cruise terminal in the port of Qingdao, the 203-meter-high Shandong Port Tower has been completed. It is designed by gmp von Gerkan, Marg...

02 December 2021

Parking Lot in Leeds Will Transform into a Residential Complex

Approval of a US$305 million (£270 million) high-rise development in Leeds has been granted. The site for Lisbon Street previously held John Poulson’s Leeds International...

02 December 2021

Parking Lot in Leeds Will Transform into a Residential Complex

Approval of a US$305 million (£270 million) high-rise development in Leeds has been granted. The site for Lisbon Street previously held John Poulson’s Leeds International...

02 December 2021

Parking Lot in Leeds Will Transform into a Residential Complex

Approval of a US$305 million (£270 million) high-rise development in Leeds has been granted. The site for Lisbon Street previously held John Poulson’s Leeds International...

02 December 2021

Parking Lot in Leeds Will Transform into a Residential Complex

Approval of a US$305 million (£270 million) high-rise development in Leeds has been granted. The site for Lisbon Street previously held John Poulson’s Leeds International...

02 December 2021

Parking Lot in Leeds Will Transform into a Residential Complex

Approval of a US$305 million (£270 million) high-rise development in Leeds has been granted. The site for Lisbon Street previously held John Poulson’s Leeds International...

06 February 2019

Plans Unveiled for Renovation of Rotterdam’s Historic Post Office

ODA has revealed visuals of Post, an adaptive reuse scheme that will revive Rotterdam’s former post office, and include the construction of a 150-meter-high tower....

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