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Annual Report 2002 · ING Group8
Innovation and transparency
Through the years, ING and its predecessors
have developed exceptional office buildings for
their business units, but until recently ING
rented a building for its headquarters. In 1999,
the Executive Board invited young Dutch
architects to submit a design for ING’s own head
office. The demands were high. The building
had to be stylish, elegant, moderate and
innovative, fitting with its surroundings in the
southern part of Amsterdam and with respect
for the environment. It also needed to be an
enjoyable place to work and flexible so that it
can be adjusted to future developments in
working methods. But above all the new head
office needed to radiate what ING stands for as
a financial services provider: innovation and
transparency, dynamism and sustainability.
Space ship
The design by Roberto Meyer and Jeroen van
Schooten stood out immediately. The basic
principles of ING are well reflected by the
streamlined shape, the steel frame, the space,
the light and the transparent construction in the
form of glass walls and atriums, which allow
one to look through the building, both from the
inside and the outside. With its aerodynamic
shape ING House looks more like a space ship
than an office building. It has already been
named the first building of the 21st century.
WORKING AT ING HOUSE
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Ground breaking
16 November 1999
—
Highest point
9 May 2001
—
Official opening
16 September 2002
—
Prizes
ING House won prizes for the
innovative ways in which
glass, steel and aluminium
have been applied.
A brochure about ING House
can be ordered at www.ing.com
(link Request ING publications).