BP building, Protected office building in Antwerp, Belgium
The thirteen-story BP building features a central concrete core supporting two main beams and nine crossbeams connected by steel tension cables.
Built between 1960 and 1963, the structure was designed by architects Léon Stynen, Paul De Meyer, and Idel Ianchelevici as headquarters for British Petroleum Company.
The building received the inaugural SBUAM prize in 1964 from the Société belge des Urbanistes et Architectes modernistes for its architectural excellence.
Located at Jan Van Rijswijcklaan 162, the building includes 8,231 square meters of office space surrounded by 7,000 square meters of green areas.
The structure employs an innovative hanging construction technique, eliminating interior columns to create flexible office spaces through suspended floor plates.
Location: Antwerp
Inception: 1963
Architects: Idel Ianchelevici, Léon Stynen, Paul De Meyer
Architectural style: brutalist architecture, modern architecture
GPS coordinates: 51.19250,4.39750
Latest update: May 27, 2025 17:31
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