Berlaymont building

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European Commission headquarters headquarters building office building

The Berlaymont building is the iconic cruciform headquarters of the European Commission located in Brussels, Belgium.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Berlaymont building, Brussels 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European Commission headquarters ⓘ
headquarters building ⓘ
office building ⓘ
architect Michel Andrault ⓘ
surface form: André Polak

Jean Gilson ⓘ
Jean Polak ⓘ
Lucien De Vestel ⓘ
architecturalStyle Modernist architecture ⓘ
city Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: City of Brussels
constructionStartDate 1963 ⓘ
coordinates 50.8425°N 4.3814°E ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
floorCount 13 ⓘ
function administrative headquarters ⓘ
hasBasementLevels 5 ⓘ
hasFacility conference rooms ⓘ
meeting rooms ⓘ
press room of the European Commission ⓘ
underground parking ⓘ
hasFeature central core with four wings ⓘ
glass facade ⓘ
internal courtyards ⓘ
solar shading louvers ⓘ
hasTenant European Commission ⓘ
height approximately 57 metres ⓘ
houses offices of the European Commissioners ⓘ
offices of the President of the European Commission ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1969 ⓘ
locatedIn European Quarter of Brussels ⓘ
Rue de la Loi ⓘ
Wetstraat ⓘ
location Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels
majorRenovationEnd 2004 ⓘ
majorRenovationStart 1991 ⓘ
management Belgian Buildings Agency ⓘ
namedAfter Ladies of Berlaymont ⓘ
near Europa building ⓘ
Justus Lipsius building ⓘ
Schuman metro station ⓘ
Schuman roundabout ⓘ
notableFor being the main seat of the European Commission ⓘ
its cruciform ground plan ⓘ
its role as a symbol of the European Union ⓘ
occupant European Commission ⓘ
owner Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Belgian state
partOf European institutions ⓘ
surface form: European Union institutions district
region Brussels-Capital Region ⓘ
reopened 2004 ⓘ
shape cruciform ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Quarter → contains → Berlaymont building ⓘ
European Quarter of Brussels → contains → Berlaymont building ⓘ
subject surface form: Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat
European Quarter of Brussels → hasLandmark → Berlaymont building ⓘ
Schuman roundabout → hasNearbyBuilding → Berlaymont building ⓘ
European Commission → hasOffice → Berlaymont building ⓘ
Brussels-Schuman railway station → locatedNear → Berlaymont building ⓘ
President of the European Commission → residence → Berlaymont building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Berlaymont building, Brussels
Schuman roundabout → surroundedBy → Berlaymont building ⓘ