The Port House in Antwerp's Eilandje district, at Zaha Hadidplein 1, was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects for the Port of Antwerp. The authorities chose to centralize services for about 500 staff in 2007, and Hadid's design won among five shortlisted. Work began in October 2012 and it opened in September 2016. The infobox calls the style neo-futurist, which is not on the atlas list.
A diamond-shaped extension, over 100 m long and 46 m (151 ft) high, sits on a renovated protected fire station. It has transparent and opaque triangular facets, concrete pillars and 900 tonnes of steel. Total floor area is 12,800 m². A bridge level links the two structures, and a public reading room occupies the restored fire engine hall.
A borehole system heats and cools it, and it holds a BREEAM Very Good rating. The article gives no hours.
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