Housing Block Peperklip #22
C.J.M. Weeber 1979-1982
The Peperklip is one of the most well-known and perhaps even the most notorious housing projects of Rotterdam. This building, shaped as a paperclip which is bent open, marks the end of small scale Dutch architecture. This large scale block of housing also forms the prelude to the Kop van Zuid development.
Cube Houses #23
P. Blom 1978-1984
To make the city of Rotterdam more livable and more picturesque, architects from Amsterdam were imported. Piet Blom wanted to lead pedestrians across the busy Blaak via a bridge with cube houses. The Show Cube is a completely furnished model home. On the side of the Oudehaven a mediterranean style leisure area has been created. The residential tower, the 'pencil', was also designed by Blom.
Office Building Willemswerf #25
W.G. Quist 1983-1989
This office building was built in an impossible strip of left over undeveloped urban space. With the completion of this building a new scale was introduced in the centre of Rotterdam. The bend in the river is reflected in the building as a glass ‘waterfall’, the glass area between the two shifted volumes. This kink, together with its white tiled concrete façade gives this building an abstract, graphic look.
Office Building Delftse Poort #26
A. Bonnema 1986-1991
For many decades the Weena used to be an undeveloped space in the city centre. Within a few years, highrise office buildings changed the Weena into a boulevard with a metropolitan feel. With a height of 151 metres the head office of insurance company Nationale Nederlanden, designed by architect Bonnema, is the highest office building in the Netherlands. Its stability is partly created by the large supporting butresses on the outside.
INHOLLAND College #35
E.L.J.M. van Egeraat (EEA) 1996-2000
This building had to express the educational philosophy of openness, transparency and flexibility. That is why as much glass as possible was used. The building consists of two strips: an atrium with a restaurant and study desks with magnificent views of the Rijnhaven and a narrower, slightly more closed part with classrooms consisting of glass panels with silk screen printed glass.
Shipping & Transport College #39
Neutelings Riedijk 2001-2005
From this blue and white chequered building resembling a periscope, students have a magnificent view of their future working space. A lecture theatre is built on the top floor and there are practical rooms, sports facilities and a restaurant on the ground floor. All kinds of shipping references are included in the interior design. Materials such as wood, steel and canvas sail cloth and all kinds of nautical symbols are used.