Ateliers Jean Nouvel

EPO (European Patent Office) Main Building . Rijswijk

Ateliers Jean Nouvel . Dam & Partners Architecten . + EPO

The European Patent Organization (EPO) announced on last year June the 27th, that a consortium of four companies belonging to the Group TBI, one of the largest construction company in the Netherlands, in co-operation with two leading architectural firms, Ateliers Jean Nouvel (Paris) and Dam & Partners Architecten (Amsterdam), has won the international competition to design and construct its new "Main Building" in Rijswijk (The Hague).

The administrative Council of the European Patent Organization took the decision during its regular June meeting in Munich, endorsing the recommendation made by an internationaljury.
With its gross floor area of over 80000 square feet to house approximately 1750 staff members, it will be one of the largest construction projects of its kind in the Netherlands today. Construction work is due to begin in 2014.