Netherlands modern architecture - part I

Back from my recent trip to Holland, I will make a series of posts with modern buildings that look very interesting. The photos accompanying them are all mine, collected both from this year's trips as well as last year.
To start our Dutch trip, here is a very interesting facade: The newest multiplex in Amsterdam, it has a very interesting facade, with the use of perspective and the brick cladding. And somehow, it did not look out of place near the famous flower market.

Den Haag is a bit different than the rest of the cities in Holland, probably due to the presence of so many international organisations there, and of course, the royal family of Holland.
The buildings you can see here (their tops actually) are nicknamed by the locals tits & penis - go figure!

Probably my favourite skyscraper of Rotterdam, this is the 2nd tallest building of the city! It houses a hotel (first 15 floors) and offices. It is 149m tall (with the spire, 132 without it), has 34 floors and was completed in 2000 (of course!). It is situated opposite the Rotterdam Central Station and , seeing this right after getting out of the station building , I was floored. It was designed by Canadian architects Webb Zerafa Menkes Housden.

 

Delftse Poort is a building complex right across the street from the Millennium Tower. It is the tallest building of Rotterdam. This is the lower part of it, called Delftse Poort II. It has 25 floors and is 93m high. The tallest one is Delftse Poort I, standing at 151m high with 41 floors. It was completed in 1992 and houses the head office of a famous Dutch company. It is the highest office building of The Netherlands. The name originated from the old name the railway station used to have. It was build by Bonnema Architects.

Right next to the Erasmus bridge, on the river Maas, is the Golden Tulip hotel. I love the shape of the building. It seems to try and reach the river over the road. It has a rooftop bar, so the view from up there must be amazing. It was so windy that day I almost got carried away by the wind.  It is 49m tall with 15 floors. Designed by Mas Architectuur.

More from the Netherlands in the next post!

 

Comments

[cry it out]

Wow, the hotel/office tower with blue glass and white outside support looks exactly like a hotel building under construction in San Francisco right now. (Intercontinental hotel, I think?) I wish there was a way to hide the white, because every time I pass and see the smooth, blue glass, I just want to swim in it. So jealous of the people staying there.

Mike

[Architects India]

This depicts the amount of freedom architects and building designers are able to work with .This helps in enhancing the the standards that had been used been previously.