If you're interested in the history of Rotterdam's architecture, you might find this interesting! Expand your vision and find delight in something that is both functional and brilliantly designed...
Cube-Houses
Built in 1982-1984 according to designs by award-winning Dutch architect Piet Blom, the Kubuswoningen,
or ‘Cube-Houses’, offer an inimitable living experience. These 40
small yellow dwellings, shaped like tilted cubes, are each perched on
concrete pillars, giving the impression of architectural ‘trees’
clustering together to make a forest. Blom envisaged the complex as a
safe, peaceful community, set apart from the bustling city centre below
with each cube comprised of three floors and a panoramic viewing
gallery. Down among the ‘tree-trunks’, on street level, shops, a school
and a children’s playground are available for residents’ use. Anyone
dreaming of living in one of these fascinating houses can see what it is
like by visiting the Kijk-Kubus or ‘Show-Cube’.
Maastoren
The pair of riverside skyscrapers known as Maastoren
are currently the tallest buildings in the Netherlands. Constructed
between 2006 and 2010 and designed by the Odile Decq Benoit Cornette and
Dam en Partners Architecten firms, they are made principally of
aluminium that grows lighter in shade as it approaches the sky with each
tower topped by a glass viewing gallery. The tallest of the pair
measures 181 metres and has 44 floors while the other rises to almost
100 metres in height. Both house the offices of several prestigious
corporations so unfortunately it is not possible for regular visitors to
go inside, but the outside view can be admired from many spots along
the River Maas.
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