European Investment Bank
Luxembourg, 2008

© ingenhoven architects, Düsseldorf

The new headquarters of the European Investment Bank is situated in the European quarter of the Kirchberg-Plateau in Luxembourg and is an extension of an existing 1980 building by Sir Denys Lasdun. The site is urban on one side and landscaped on the other. A glass roof soars over the V-shaped office wings that are connected with atria and winter gardens. The layout of the building relates to its context on all sides and fits naturally into the landscape. The slope of the site is expressed inside the building with cafeterias and conference rooms arranged on internal terraces. These atria connect the public areas at the ground level to the office levels above. Through their flexible structure the office levels allow unlimited reversibility and offer an egalitarian working environment. Communication and spontaneous social interaction are encouraged by the open zones at the intersection points of the office wings.


Team:
Christoph Ingenhoven, Achim Schneider, Barbara Bruder, Ben Dieckmann, Frank Reineke, Götz-Peter Kaiser, Hinrich Schumacher, Marc Böhnke, Ralf Dorsch-Rüter, Martin Reuter, Maren Holz, Claus Centner, Marcus Ellbracht, Matthias Hemmrich, Jan Görgemanns, Imre Halmai, Stefan Henfler, Tina Brinkmeier, Arne Hülsmann, Christian Kawe, Anke Koch, Jutta Mengede, Anja Merz, Kirstin Opitz, Jürgen Schreyer, Rainer Binnig, Roman Gohlke, Jürgen Schubert, Takeshi Semba, Maximo Victoria, Prof. Henze, Lutz Büsing

Photography:
H.G. Esch, Hennef

Awards, Nominations:
WAN Awards Commercial Sector 2010
GREEN GOOD DESIGN Award 2010
Emilio Ambasz Award for Green Architecture 2010
Europäischer Architekturpreis Architektur + Energie 2009
International Architecture Award 2009
RIBA International Awards 2009
Concours Construction Acier 2009
Mies van der Rohe Award 2009
Detail Sonderpreis Glass 2009
MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards 2007