Cité administrative de Liège, Administrative office tower in Liège, Belgium
The Cité Administrative de Liège is a tall office building with 18 stories featuring a modernist design with clean lines and functional spaces throughout. Its facade displays the straightforward geometry typical of the International Style, emphasizing simplicity and efficiency in its structural form.
The city of Liège planned to centralise its services as early as 1901, but the project only took shape from 1961, when 28 offices were spread across 18 buildings. Construction began on 10 December 1963 and the building was inaugurated on 27 October 1967.
The building incorporates International Style elements similar to the United Nations headquarters in New York, reflecting mid-20th century architectural trends.
The building sits in central Liège and is easily accessible by public transport from various parts of the city. Its central location makes it convenient for residents to handle administrative matters without traveling far from the downtown area.
A dark silhouette of a twisted figure with a raised arm is fixed high on the blank left wall of the tower, a detail most passers-by never notice. At the foot of the building stands Idel Ianchelevici's sculpture Two Girls Combing Their Hair, also called Confluence. A quote by Michel de L'Hospital is carved at the base of the south-west gable.
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