Editing European Central Bank (section)

==Location==
{{Main|Seat of the European Central Bank}}
[[File:Frankfurt EZB.Nordwest-2.20141228.jpg|thumb|The new ECB headquarters, which opened in 2014]]

The bank is based in [[Ostend (Frankfurt am Main)|Ostend]] (East End), [[Frankfurt am Main]]. The city is the largest financial centre in the [[Eurozone]] and the bank's location in it is fixed by the [[Amsterdam Treaty]].<ref>{{cite web |at=Protocol on the institutions with the prospect of enlargement of the European Union, Article 2, sole article, (i) |url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:11997D/TXT |access-date=4 January 2015 |title=Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts |date=11 October 1997 |publication-date=23 December 2014}}</ref> The bank moved to a new purpose-built headquarters in 2014, designed by a Vienna-based architectural office, [[Coop Himmelbau]].<ref name="ECB-2007b">{{cite web |title=Winning design by Coop Himmelb(l)au for the ECB's new headquarters in Frankfurt/Main |access-date=2 August 2007 |publisher=European Central Bank |url=http://www.ecb.int/ecb/premises/html/image29.en.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070924213221/http://www.ecb.int/ecb/premises/html/image29.en.html |archive-date=24 September 2007}}</ref> The building is approximately {{convert|180|m|ft|0}} tall and is to be accompanied by other secondary buildings on a landscaped site on the site of the [[Großmarkthalle|former wholesale market]] in the eastern part of Frankfurt am Main. The main construction on a 120,000 m<sup>2</sup> total site area began in October 2008,<ref name="ECB-2007b" /><ref>{{cite press release |title=Launch of a public tender for a general contractor to construct the new ECB premises |date=10 July 2007 |access-date=2 August 2007 |publisher=European Central Bank |url=http://www.ecb.int/press/pr/date/2007/html/pr070710_3.en.html}}</ref> and it was expected that the building would become an architectural symbol for Europe. While it was designed to accommodate double the number of staff who operated in the former [[Eurotower (Frankfurt)|Eurotower]],<ref name="FT new building">{{cite news |last=Dougherty |first=Carter |title=In ECB future, a new home to reflect all of Europe |work=[[International Herald Tribune]] |access-date=2 August 2007 |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/11/16/ecb_ed3_.php | url-status=dead | archive-date=19 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919022915/http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/11/16/ecb_ed3_.php}}</ref> that building has been retained by the ECB, owing to more space being required since it took responsibility for banking supervision.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=European Central Bank |url=http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/premises/intro/html/index.en.html |title=Overview |access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref>