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The ground-breaking ceremony for the new office and administration building with underground car park for the Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR) at Ottoplatz in Cologne-Deutz took place today.

The highly visible building complex, consisting of an 18-storey tower and an adjoining five- to six-storey shell, will provide more than 1,000 workplaces.

With catering facilities in the basement, the building faces Ottoplatz and supports its urban qualities. The spacious foyer, which connects the shell to the tower, forms the entrance to the office tower. Public areas such as conference rooms and a cafeteria are grouped around a central atrium and provide access to the southern office floors with a green courtyard.

A new headquarters with an innovation centre and 1,250 workplaces is being built for Hoffmann SE near the future district centre of Munich-Freiham. The five-storey polygonal building encloses a green inner courtyard and creates a striking urban landmark at the north-east corner with a 14-storey tower. On the east side, a two-storey arcade forms a buffer to the street, which can be used by passers-by as a weather-protected route to the neighbouring Freiham S-Bahn station to the south. The main entrance at the top of the building leads to the foyer, which is connected to the customer experience world with the innovation centre and multi-purpose areas such as the conference area and restaurant. The new Hoffmann workspaces extend from the third floor into the office tower. Terraces in the inner courtyard and on the roof provide opportunities for outdoor working. Clients, visitors and employees can benefit from the varied greenery of the outdoor areas, which has many positive ecological effects, from biodiversity and water retention to improving the microclimate.