BP Building
The BP Building, previously also known as the Axa-Royale Belge Tower, is a suspended-structure office building in Antwerp, Belgium, designed by the Belgian architect Léon Stynen.Photo: Torsade de Pointes, CC0.
- 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 DeSingel.
Olympisch Stadion
Stadium
Photo: KSKB1935, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Olympisch Stadion or Kielstadion was built as the main stadium for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. For those games, it hosted the athletics, equestrian, field hockey, football, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rugby union, tug of war, weightlifting and korfball events. Olympisch Stadion is situated 1¼ km southwest of BP Building.
DeSingel
College
Photo: Torsade de Pointes, CC0.
deSingel is a Belgian arts center. It is located on the Desguinlei in Antwerp. Its various stages, concert halls and exhibition spaces offer a manifold program of music, dance, theater and architecture. DeSingel is situated 390 metres east of BP Building.
Antwerpen-Zuid railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Antwerpen-Zuid is a railway station in the south of the city of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. The old station opened on 10 July 1878 on the Lines 52 and 25A. Antwerpen-Zuid railway station is situated 740 metres northwest of BP Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zuid and ‘t Groen Kwartier.
Zuid
Quarter
The Zuid is a southern neighborhood in the city center of Antwerp, abutting the Scheldt River. The Zuid had a revival in the mid-1980s and is now composed of buildings in the Art Nouveau and Modern architecture styles.
‘t Groen Kwartier
Neighborhood
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 4.0.
‘t Groen Kwartier is a neighborhood.
Zurenborg
Quarter
Photo: Stomme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zurenborg is an area in south-east Antwerp largely developed between 1894 and 1906 that features a high concentration of townhouses in Art Nouveau and other fin-de-siècle styles. Zurenborg is situated 3 km northeast of BP Building.
BP Building
- Categories: building and office
- Location: Antwerp, Arrondissement of Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.1924° or 51° 11′ 33″ northLongitude
4.39775° or 4° 23′ 52″ eastOpen location code
9F3659RX+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 205847345OpenStreetMap feature
building=officeWikidata ID
Q56558294
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In Other Languages
“BP Building” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “BP-building”
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