KBC Group
Notable buildings associated with KBC
Notable buildings associated with KBC
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### Leuven

[thumb\|Hotel d'Eynatten in Leuven, since 1925 part of the Volksbank van Leuven headquarters complex](/wiki/File:42294_hotel_d-eynatten.jpg "42294 hotel d-eynatten.jpg")

* The ornate former building of Volksbank van Leuven on , now named after Boerenbond co\-founder [Joris Helleputte](/wiki/Joris_Helleputte "Joris Helleputte"), was erected in 1912–1913 on a design by architects Frans Jr. Vermeylen and . In 1925, the bank annexed the former Hotel d'Eynatten on nearby Eikstraat to be the residence of the bank's director. The complex, later enlarged at the corner of Boekhandelstraat, was purchased by CERA in 2007 from the City of Leuven as its headquarters, for which it erected an award\-winning new corner building completed in 2018\.
* The former office park of CERA outside Leuven, designed by  and inaugurated in 1991, is now offices of KBC Group.

### Antwerp

[thumb\|Snyderhuis in Antwerp, former seat of Almanij](/wiki/File:Snijders%26Rockoxhuis_01.jpg "Snijders&Rockoxhuis 01.jpg")
* The former head office of Algemeene Bankvereeniging in [Antwerp](/wiki/Antwerp "Antwerp") was a 19th\-century mansion reconverted as bank headquarters in 1921–1922 on a design by architect . It was demolished in 1980 to make space for the extension of the , a Catholic school.
* The [Boerentoren](/wiki/Boerentoren "Boerentoren") or "KBC Tower" in [Antwerp](/wiki/Antwerp "Antwerp") was erected by [Algemeene Bankvereeniging](/wiki/Algemeene_Bankvereeniging "Algemeene Bankvereeniging") in 1931, initially mostly as a residential building. It was transformed into offices in the late 1960s and used by Kredietbank, then KBC from the 1970s to the 2010s.
* The former seat of Almanij in [Antwerp](/wiki/Antwerp "Antwerp"), in the historic Snyderhuis (or Snijdershuis) adjacent to [Rockox House](/wiki/Rockox_House "Rockox House") on Keizerstraat, is now offices of KBC's Private Banking division.

### Kortrijk

* The [art deco](/wiki/Art_deco "Art deco") former seat of Bank voor Handel en Nijverheid on Leiestraat 21 in [Kortrijk](/wiki/Kortrijk "Kortrijk") has been repurposed as an annex of [Kortrijk City Hall](/wiki/Kortrijk_City_Hall "Kortrijk City Hall").

### Ghent

* At 118,5 meters it is the highest office in the [Flemish Region](/wiki/Flemish_Region "Flemish Region"). In the new building, KBC centralises its services previously scattered around [Ghent](/wiki/Ghent "Ghent"): Kouterdreef, Kortrijksesteenweg, Bellevue, Zuiderpoort and the education center of [Merelbeke](/wiki/Merelbeke "Merelbeke").
[thumb\|Artevelde Tower in Ghent](/wiki/File:20120226_Leie_and_Arteveldetoren.jpg "20120226 Leie and Arteveldetoren.jpg")

### Brussels

[thumb\|Former Brussels head office of Kredietbank, then KBC on rue d'Arenberg, 7](/wiki/File:Kredietbank_Brussels.jpg "Kredietbank Brussels.jpg")
[thumb\|Former ABB building in Brussels, rue des Poissoniers 13](/wiki/File:Ancien_si%C3%A8ge_de_la_Banque_Agricole_de_Belgique_02.JPG "Ancien siège de la Banque Agricole de Belgique 02.JPG")

* The former Brussels head office of Kredietbank, then KBC on rue d'Arenberg, 7, was originally built in 1912 by [Deutsche Bank](/wiki/Deutsche_Bank "Deutsche Bank") on a design by , with sculpture by [Georges Vandevoorde](/wiki/Georges_Vandevoorde "Georges Vandevoorde"), on the location of the former offices of the Balser private bank which Deutsche had purchased two years earlier. It was acquired by Volksbank van Leuven from the Belgian state in 1928, following the post\-WWI termination of Deutsche Bank's activity in Belgium, and revamped for ABV by architect  in 1929–1932\. KBC left it in stages in the 1990s, and it is now an office complex of the [Flemish Government](/wiki/Flemish_Government "Flemish Government") known as .
* The [art deco](/wiki/Art_deco "Art deco")  on Rue des Poissoniers / Visverkopersstraat 13 in Brussels, designed by architect  and completed in 1931
* The current head office of KBC Group and KBC Bank on Havenlaan 2 in Brussels, was erected in the 1990s to consolidate teams that had been scattered in numerous locations in the city.

Who designed the art deco building on Rue des Poissoniers / Visverkopersstraat 13 in Brussels?