BP Building

The BP Building, previously also known as the Axa-Royale Belge Tower, is a suspended-structure office building in , Belgium, designed by the Belgian architect Léon Stynen.
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  • Type: Office building
  • Description: high-rise office building in Antwerp, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Axa-Royale Belge Tower”, “B.P.-building”, and “BP building”
  • Address: Jan Van Rijswijcklaan 162, Antwerpen

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Olympisch Stadion and Antwerpen-Zuid railway station.

Stadium
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The or Kielstadion was built as the main stadium for the 1920 Summer Olympics in . For those games, it hosted the athletics, equestrian, field hockey, football, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rugby union, tug of war, weightlifting and korfball events. is situated 1¼ km southwest of BP Building.

Railway station
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Antwerpen-Zuid is a railway station in the south of the city of , Antwerp, . The old station opened on 10 July 1878 on the Lines 52 and 25A. is situated 740 metres northwest of BP Building.

Event venue
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is an event venue, which is situated 220 metres southeast of BP Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zuid and ‘t Groen Kwartier.

Quarter
The is a southern neighborhood in the city center of , abutting the . The had a revival in the mid-1980s and is now composed of buildings in the Art Nouveau and Modern architecture styles.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Town
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is a southern district of the municipality and city of in the Flemish Region of . is located along the old Grote Steenweg that has connected to Antwerp for several centuries; the town borders the districts of , , and Antwerp and the municipality of . is situated 2½ km east of BP Building.

BP Building

Latitude
51.1924° or 51° 11′ 33″ north
Longitude
4.39775° or 4° 23′ 52″ east
Open location code
9F3659RX+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 205847345
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­office
Wiki­data ID
Q56558294
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In Other Languages

“BP Building” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “BP-building”

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