Controversial Boerentoren design is in the trash: “Something will certainly have to be added to get people upstairs safely”

Antwerp and half of Flanders screamed bloody murder about a year and a half ago, when Katoen Natie boss Fernand Huts presented his new Boerentoren in Antwerp. The design by the world-renowned architect Libeskind was called a ‘rape’ of Antwerp’s heritage. Huts is now also responding. According to him, Libeskind’s design has been in the trash for a long time. “But for fire safety, something will have to be added to get visitors to the panoramic platform.”

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