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The statue was donated, but installation, including the plinth, cost 24,500 guilders. It was unveiled by Jacoba van Walsum, wife of Gerard van Walsum, the mayor or Rotterdam, on 15 May 1953 on Plein 1940 , where it stands nowadays outside the Maritime Museum Rotterdam. It was moved approximately 60 m (200 ft) from its original position in 1975.
Van Nelle Factory is an icon of modernist and functionalist architecture. [8] It might also show the influence of Constructivism [citation needed].The main contributor to the factory's design was Leendert van der Vlugt, while after his death the design was often referenced to Johannes Brinkman and Mart Stam. [9]
LOVE sculpture Arts Park in New Castle, Indiana In New York City, New York In John F. Kennedy Plaza, Philadelphia with Museum of Art in the far background At the Scottsdale, Arizona Civic Center Robert Indiana 's pop art Love design was originally produced as a print for a Museum of Modern Art Christmas card in 1965.
Rotterdam, South Holland: 2014 1441; ii, iv (cultural) The factory was built in the 1920s as a food processing and packaging plant for coffee, tea, and tobacco. It was designed by Leendert van der Vlugt and represents a new concept of factory, a symbol of the modernist and functionalist culture of the inter-war period. The façades are made of ...
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Rotterdam" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Rotterdam Blitz; Part of the German invasion of the Netherlands: Rotterdam's city centre after the bombing. The heavily damaged (now restored) St. Lawrence church stands out as the only remaining building that is reminiscent of Rotterdam's medieval architecture. The photo was taken after the removal of all debris.
Rotterdam (/ ˈ r ɒ t ər d æ m / ROT-ər-dam, UK also / ˌ r ɒ t ər ˈ d æ m / ROT-ər-DAM; [8] [9] Dutch: [ˌrɔtərˈdɑm] ⓘ; lit. ' The Dam on the River Rotte ') is the second-largest city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam.
Kop van Zuid, viewed from the Euromast The skyline of Rotterdam, viewed from Schiebroek Rotterdam, the second most populous city in the Netherlands, is home to over 350 completed high-rises. The tallest building in Rotterdam is the Zalmhaven, with a height of 215 metres (705 ft). The 59 storey skyscraper also stands as the highest building in the Netherlands and the Benelux. It surpassed the ...