M12 OTP Office Building

Building a large office complex involves numerous pitfalls, as it is easy to fall into one of two extremes: either the building is too self-serving at the expense of function or losing the essence of architecture in rigid adherence to functionality.

OTP Bank’s new office building has found a delicate balance between these two extremes. It aimed to be nothing more than a workplace where employees could perform their daily activities in natural workspaces. Thus, the new headquarters was born, unifying previously scattered smaller offices into one location. However, taking this big step required time. The preparations, design and construction took nearly five years, Market Építő Zrt. participated as the general contractor of the process.

The centrepiece of the internal system is the representative lobby, which opens directly into one of the atriums that extend to the full height of the building. This is followed by the other atrium, and between the two there is a so-called meeting tower, which breaks with the regular ribbon window design seen throughout the interior, instead featuring a continuous glass surface.