Business buildings

Boekman & Sons commercial building and conference centre

In November 1954, the well-known Rotterdam architect Hugh Maaskant designed a four-floor cube-shaped commercial building that aligned with the other structures on Delftsestraat.

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Esveha office building

The offices of the paper wholesaler Esveha on Botersloot were totally destroyed in the bombardment.

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Nillmij office building (Schieblock)

The initial plan was to terminate the block of commercial premises along Delftsestraat with two buildings at Schiekade.

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Shell office building

Floors one to four were occupied by Shell Tankers, five and six by Shell Nederland, and seven and eight by the regional office for the Dutch gas company (Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij).

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Nationale Levensverzekerings Bank office building

The Nationale Levensverzekering Bank building on Boompjes was only slightly damaged in the war, but it was still decided to build a new structure on Schiekade.

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R.A.C, Garage (Rotterdam City Archives)

The Rijks Automobiel Centrale (RAC) was founded in 1936 to operate the fleet of vehicles of the national postal service.

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Kramer and Röder's Ironware and Tools

The building for Kramer and Röder, a wholesalers that traded in ironware and tools, was built at the same time as the premises for another firm of wholesalers, De Lange and Reek.

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Katshoek office building

Heer Bokelweg became the connection between Schiekade and the Rotte Tracé, a wide road from the centre to the motorway to Utrecht. The Katshoek building was the first structure built on this new and wide city boulevard.

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‘Vooruitgang’ bread factory and confectionery

‘Vooruitgang’, the Rotterdam Cooperative Bakery and Consumer Association, was founded in 1898 to provide good-quality bread and other foodstuffs to working class people at an affordable price.

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Huf shop

The Huf shop was a shoe shop by Anton Hof on the Hoogstraat since 1924.

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National Monuments

Groenendaal Housing

The Groenendaal Housing project illustrate well the confrontation between two styles of architecture that dominated the post-war period in the Netherlands.

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Municipal Monuments

Het Vrije Volk office building (Slaakhuys)

Former office building of the newspaper Het Vrije Volk, the Slaakhuys at the Slaak Rotterdam

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National Monuments