New Babylon

The Hague
Height
1
To Tip:
Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the highest point of the building, irrespective of material or function of the highest element (i.e., including antennae, flagpoles, signage and other functional-technical equipment).
157 m / 515 ft
2
Architectural:
Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the architectural top of the building, including spires, but not including antennae, signage, flag poles or other functional-technical equipment. This measurement is the most widely utilized and is employed to define the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) rankings of the "World's Tallest Buildings."
141.8 m / 465 ft
3
Occupied:
Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the highest occupied floor within the building.
138.5 m / 454 ft
  Floors
Above Ground
The number of floors above ground should include the ground floor level and be the number of main floors above ground, including any significant mezzanine floors and major mechanical plant floors. Mechanical mezzanines should not be included if they have a significantly smaller floor area than the major floors below. Similarly, mechanical penthouses or plant rooms protruding above the general roof area should not be counted. Note: CTBUH floor counts may differ from published accounts, as it is common in some regions of the world for certain floor levels not to be included (e.g., the level 4, 14, 24, etc. in Hong Kong).
45
Below Ground
The number of floors below ground should include all major floors located below the ground floor level.
3
1 2 3 New Babylon City Tower Outline
Official Name
The current legal building name.

New Babylon

Type

Complex

Status
Completed
Architecturally Topped Out
Structurally Topped Out
Under Construction
Proposed
On Hold
Never Completed
Vision
Competition Entry
Canceled
Proposed Renovation
Under Renovation
Renovated
Under Demolition
Demolished

Completed

Country

Netherlands

City

The Hague

Function

residential

# of Parking Spaces

2,502

Map of Buildings in Complex

Note: Only buildings that have GPS coordinates recorded are displayed.

 

List of Buildings in Complex

RANK
Name
Height
1 New Babylon City Tower

142 m / 465 ft
2 New Babylon Park Tower

102 m / 333 ft

CTBUH Awards & Distinctions

Best Tall Building, by Region, Europe 2013 Award of Excellence

2013 CTBUH Awards

 

Videos

07 November 2013

Best Tall Building Featured Finalist: New Babylon: Refurbishing a 1970 Icon

This project converts a high-concept but dated design into something different, subsuming the original into a larger, more ambitious but more contextually appropriate creation. Taking...

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07 November 2013

Best Tall Building Featured Finalist: New Babylon: Refurbishing a 1970 Icon

This project converts a high-concept but dated design into something different, subsuming the original into a larger, more ambitious but more contextually appropriate creation. Taking...

07 November 2013

Interview: New Babylon

Roberto Meyer describes New Babylon, a Finalist for Best Tall Building Europe, as a dialogue between old and new. He discusses the integration of the...