Werner Sobek AG

CTBUH Silver Member

About

Member Since: 1990

Member Offices: Berlin, Buenos Aires, Dubai, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Istanbul, Moscow, New York City, Stuttgart, Vienna

Website: https://www.wernersobek.com/

Werner Sobek is internationally synonymous with engineering, design, and sustainability. Our company is active across the globe and is home to more than 350 employees. Our staff originates from more than 40 countries and speaks just as many languages. We work on all kinds of structures and materials. We particularly pride ourselves on the sophisticated designs we develop for load-bearing structures, technical building services, and facades. Our aim is to create a built environment that is breathtakingly beautiful while also serving the interests of future generations. We want to make emissions-free structures for more people with less material by producing exceptional designs, innovative structural solutions, and holistic concepts that minimise our impact on the environment.

Werner Sobek collaborates with leading architects such as Christoph Ingenhoven, Barkow Leibinger, Henn, Helmut Jahn, Populous, Sauerbruch Hutton, Ole Scheeren, UNStudio, and Zaha Hadid Architects. We support architects, commissioning clients, contractors, and property developers at every stage of the construction process, ranging from the very first conceptual deliberations right through to execution planning and on-site quality assurance. Our interdisciplinary team also develops unique concepts that draw on our core competencies of engineering, design, and sustainability to create optimal, integrated solutions for a wide spectrum of structures, including specialist projects such as trade fair stands, smaller experimental buildings, and lightweight building envelopes and roofs.

Our company was founded in 1992 by Prof. Dr. Dr. E.h. Dr. h.c. Werner Sobek, the firm’s creative mastermind. He brings his considerable expertise to bear in his role as chairman of the organization’s supervisory board. Operational and strategic leadership is provided by the four members of our executive board. Like the vast majority of our management personnel, these executives have all been linked with the company for many years. It is crucial to us that our colleagues feel connected with their firm, so we give key personnel the opportunity to acquire shares in the company themselves. Werner Sobek is proud of being an independent, ‘people-owned’ organisation!

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Environmental Engineering; Façade Design / Engineering; Structural Engineering; Transportation / Urban Infrastructure

Membership details

Membership Level

Silver

Member Since

1990

Member Offices

Berlin
Buenos Aires
Dubai
Frankfurt am Main
Hamburg
Istanbul
Moscow
New York City
Stuttgart
Vienna

Buildings

Rank	Name	Height
1	Nanjing Olympic Suning Tower	419.8 m / 1,377 ft
2	ADNOC Headquarters	342 m / 1,122 ft
3	Al Wasl Tower	302 m / 991 ft
4	Grand Tower	283 m / 928 ft
5	Four Seasons Hotel	269.7 m / 885 ft
6	Aufzugstestturm	246 m / 807 ft
7	FOUR Frankfurt 1	228 m / 748 ft
8	DC Tower I	220 m / 722 ft
9	Shanghai Stock Exchange of Shanghai International Financial Center	215 m / 705 ft
10	Iset Tower	209 m / 686 ft

Awards

Winner: Post Tower

10 Year Award 2014

Ctbuh Leaders

Roland Bechmann

CTBUH Regional Representative, 2013 – Present

Stuttgart

Building Completions Timeline

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Videos

21 October 2018

The Implementation of an Adaptive High-Rise Building

High-rises could be one solution for the future of urban planning. However, due to the increasing global population and the limits of available resources, new...

Research

20 October 2018

Polycentric Cities: The Future of Vertical Urbanism

As we approach the new normality of cities housing 10 million or more inhabitants, those best positioned for the future are evolving along polycentric, multi-nodal...

Global News

28 January 2019

Mixed-Use Complex Proposed for Kiel

MVRDV have released details of their proposed mixed-use complex, designed to redevelop a post-industrial site in Kiel, Germany. The 65,000-square-meter proposal will adopt a flexible...

Associated companies

Formerly Named

Werner Sobek Group GmbH (2020)

Formerly Named

Werner Sobek Group GmbH (2020)

Rank	Name	City	Completion	Height
1	Doha Convention Center Tower	Doha	-	551 m / 1,808 ft
2	Dancing Dragon Tower 1	Seoul	-	446 m / 1,463 ft
3	Nanjing Olympic Suning Tower	Nanjing	-	420 m / 1,377 ft
4	Dancing Dragon Tower 2	Seoul	-	378 m / 1,240 ft
5	ADNOC Headquarters	Abu Dhabi	2015	342 m / 1,122 ft
6	Al Wasl Tower	Dubai	2021	302 m / 991 ft
7	Grand Tower	Moscow	2022	283 m / 928 ft
8	Four Seasons Hotel	Manama	2015	270 m / 885 ft
9	Aufzugstestturm	Rottweil	2017	246 m / 807 ft
10	Victory Tower 1	Kiev	-	229 m / 751 ft
11	FOUR Frankfurt 1	Frankfurt am Main	2023	228 m / 748 ft
12	DC Tower I	Vienna	2013	220 m / 722 ft
13	Shanghai Stock Exchange of Shanghai International Financial Center	Shanghai	2019	215 m / 705 ft
14	Iset Tower	Yekaterinburg	2015	209 m / 686 ft
15	Southern Bosera Building	Shenzhen	2018	208 m / 682 ft
16	Japan Post Tower	Tokyo	2012	200 m / 656 ft
17	China Financial Futures Exchange of Shanghai International Financial Center	Shanghai	2019	195 m / 640 ft
18	Flame Tower 1	Baku	2013	182 m / 596 ft
19	FOUR Frankfurt 2	Frankfurt am Main	2023	172 m / 564 ft
20	Cosmopolitan Twarda 2/4	Warsaw	2014	165 m / 543 ft
21	Flame Tower 2	Baku	2013	165 m / 540 ft
22	Post Turm	Bonn	2002	163 m / 533 ft
23	Flame Tower 3	Baku	2013	161 m / 528 ft
24	China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation of Shanghai International Financial Center	Shanghai	2019	152 m / 499 ft
25	Dubai Frame	Dubai	2018	150 m / 492 ft
26	600 North Fairbanks	Chicago	2008	140 m / 458 ft
27	Highlight I	Munich	2004	126 m / 413 ft
28	FOUR Frankfurt 3	Frankfurt am Main	2023	120 m / 394 ft
29	Highlight II	Munich	2004	113 m / 371 ft
30	GEWA Tower	Fellbach	2018	107 m / 351 ft
31	FOUR Frankfurt 4	Frankfurt am Main	2023	100 m / 328 ft
32	ADAC Headquarters	Munich	2012	93 m / 305 ft
33	Torre Interbank	Lima	2000	88 m / 289 ft
34	OSRAM Lighthouse	Munich	2010	84 m / 276 ft
35	SIGN Dusseldorf	Düsseldorf	2010	75 m / 247 ft
36	Hegau Tower	Singen	2008	68 m / 221 ft
37	KfW Westarkade	Frankfurt am Main	2010	56 m / 184 ft
38	Mercury Tower	Saint Julian's	2021	- m / - ft
39	KoolKiel Hotel Tower	Kiel	-	- m / - ft
40	KoolKiel Office Tower	Kiel	-	- m / - ft

Statistics

150 m+ Buildings

300 m+ Buildings

Average Building Age*

9 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (55%), 18 Buildings

Most Common Material*

Concrete (48%), 12 Buildings

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database.

Function
Material

Total: 33 Buildings for which a function has been assigned.

Total: 25 Buildings for which a material has been assigned.

*Based on 33 Completed & Under Construction Buildings