North Galaxy Towers | |
Status: | Complete |
Location: | Northern Quarter, Brussels, Belgium |
Coordinates: | 50.8614°N 4.3592°W |
Building Type: | Office buildings |
Roof: | 107m (351feet)[1] |
Floor Count: | 28 |
Floor Area: | 156000m2 |
The North Galaxy Towers (fr|Tours North Galaxy; nl|North Galaxytorens) are twin 28-storey skyscrapers on the French: Boulevard du roi Albert II|italic=no/Dutch; Flemish: Koning Albert II-laan|italic=no in the Northern Quarter central business district of Brussels, Belgium. There is a third building in the complex which is 6 storeys tall. The first two floors are shared by all three buildings.
The two towers are tall, placing them amongst the tallest buildings in Belgium. The complex has 110000m2 of office space above ground and 46000m2 below ground. About 8000m2 of the space below ground is used for archives. There are a total of 35 elevators in the complex.
The towers were originally conceived as part of an eight-building Brussels World Trade Center (WTC) complex, but were splintered off into a separate project. The construction of the towers began in 2002 and was completed in 2004.
The complex is being leased by the Belgian Federal Government. It houses the Federal Public Financial Service and other governmental bodies, with all three buildings used for administration and management.[2]