Nord/LB Hannover. Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner

The new headquarters of the Norddeutsche Landesbank stands as a landmark high-rise, courageous construction, and an innovative energy concept--a pioneer among German office complexes. Designed by the Stuttgart-based firm of Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner, the structure provides an attractive workplace for the bank's 1,500 employees, while simultaneously infusing the city space with new impulses, a public inner courtyard, and an annex housing shops and restaurants.