The two directly adjacent empty premises - Neue Mainzer Strasse 74 and 80 – right in the middle of Frankfurt, were the basis of a restricted planning competition organized by the developers Gross & Partner. They were expecting two variants for new buildings from every designer: The winning design proposes to structure the area in legible boxes. The jury evaluated this design as "especially interesting" and particularly successful in linking up with the listed building in Neue Mainzer Strasse 72. For the variant with a residential tower Eike Becker_Architekten conceived a building with a multi-layer staggered arrangement like a pagoda, "lively and compatible with the urban area due to its compact volume", as the jury found. Eike Becker_Architekten were awarded the planning contract.