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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Berlaymont building canonical	25
Berlaymont building (European Commission headquarters)	2
Berlaymont	1
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 (29)

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

European Commission → hasOffice → Berlaymont building ⓘ

Council of the European Union Justus Lipsius building → locatedNear → Berlaymont building ⓘ

European Quarter of Brussels → contains → Berlaymont building ⓘ

European Quarter of Brussels → hasLandmark → Berlaymont building ⓘ

Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat, Brussels → hasBuilding → Berlaymont building ⓘ

subject surface form: Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat

President of the European Commission → residence → Berlaymont building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlaymont building, Brussels

European Quarter → contains → Berlaymont building ⓘ

Brussels-Schuman railway station → locatedNear → Berlaymont building ⓘ

Schuman roundabout → surroundedBy → Berlaymont building ⓘ

Schuman roundabout → hasNearbyBuilding → Berlaymont building ⓘ

Rue de la Loi → hasBuilding → Berlaymont building ⓘ

European Commission headquarters → hasPart → Berlaymont building ⓘ

Arts-Loi metro station → locatedNear → Berlaymont building ⓘ

Maelbeek metro station → locatedNear → Berlaymont building ⓘ

Wetstraat → hasBuilding → Berlaymont building ⓘ

College of Commissioners → worksIn → Berlaymont building ⓘ

DG COMP → locatedIn → Berlaymont building ⓘ

DG Energy → locatedIn → Berlaymont building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlaymont building (European Commission headquarters)

Jean Gilson → notableWork → Berlaymont building ⓘ

Directorate Z – Institutional & Budgetary Law → locatedIn → Berlaymont building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlaymont building (European Commission headquarters)

Jean Polak → notableWork → Berlaymont building ⓘ

Jean Polak → coDesignerOf → Berlaymont building ⓘ

Lucien De Vestel → notableWork → Berlaymont building ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berlaymont

Lucien De Vestel → designed → Berlaymont building ⓘ

European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen → headquartersBuilding → Berlaymont building ⓘ

First Vice-President of the European Commission → seat → Berlaymont building ⓘ

Rue Froissart / Froissartstraat → near → Berlaymont building ⓘ

Schumanplein → near → Berlaymont building ⓘ