Euroclear Operation Centre, Office tower in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium.
The Euroclear Operation Centre, also called Tour Baudouin, is a postmodern office tower at Boulevard du Roi Albert II 1-3 in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels. Its central nearly square tower has 16 floors plus a truncated-pyramid roof with triangular decorative elements, flanked by a 10-storey wing to the south and a square-plan volume of the same height to the north-west. Blue glass surfaces alternate with tall stone bands topped by thin darker stone strips, and the building covers 36,500 m².
Completed in 1997, this tower was designed through a partnership between atelier d'Architecture de Genval and ELD partnership. It emerged during a period when Brussels was establishing itself as a contemporary financial center in Europe.
The building operates as a hub for European securities transactions and international financial operations that many travelers passing through Brussels may not realize are happening inside. This function shapes how the space is used and organized by those working within it.
The tower sits near major transportation hubs and is easily accessible by public transit connections in the area. As an active business building, visitors can view it from outside but should note it is not open to casual tourism.
At the foot of the tower stands Double Folded Circle Ring, a bronze sculpture made in 1992 by the American artist Fletcher Benton, born in 1931, and cast by the Artworks Foundry of Berkeley, California. Across the Boulevard du Roi Albert II, a fountain centre is decorated with sculptures by Pol Bury.
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