The Antwerp Tower used to be an office skyscraper near the central station that was built in the early 70's and didn't anymore meet the requirements that are put on modern offices these days. Energy consumption of the building was huge and it got the questionable honour to feature in the "top 20" of ugliest buildings in Europe :loco:
At this moment it's being fully renovated, which consists of a complete stripping, extending the floors with ~3 meter on all sides and adding 4 stories on top. The new use will be luxury appartments and penthouses. It's supposed to be finished late 2020/early 2021.
Last Sunday it was "Open Construction Site Day" in Belgium so I subscribed to a visit of this tower. There were elevators up to the 10th floor (about half way up) where you could roam around and enjoy the views over the city. Unfortunately no other floors could be visited (especially the higher ones would have given even better views).
Unfortunately it was quite hazy, but here's some impressions:
1: Looking west over the old city
LR stitch of 3 handheld landscape shots
2: Looking down on the Teniersplaats
3: Room with a view (to the north)
4: Also looking to the north
5: Keyserlei and the railway station
6: Looking down on the Keyserlei - Van Ertbornstreet - Quellinstreet Crossing
7: The Kipdorpbrug crossing is still under construction (as well as an archeological site)
8: Looking down on the new Opera metro station (and the Teniersplaats)
9: They still have some work on the flooring
10: The outside of the tower, you can see how far they got adding the extensions as well as where the elevators brought the visitors
All except #4: A7 + 24-70/4 CZ, 4: A7ii + OM Zuiko 135/2.8