Business buildings

I.C.I. Office Building

In 1953 Imperial Chemical Industries built a new Dutch headquarter at the Leuve-harbour. Cornelis Elffers designed this building and the Grain-warehouse next door. For years the chemical barrels of ICI 'decorated' the cay.

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Grain Warehouse

The Grain Warehouse, opening in 1957 at the corner of Wijnharbour, Posthoornstreet, housed the companies Comittee of Graintraders, several trading companies and a the extension of ICI.

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Citrusveiling

Aan de Marconistraat verrees in 1953 een groot veilingcomplex, dat gebouwd wordt voor de pas gestichte N.V. Rotterdamse Citrusveiling en uitgewerkt werd door de architecten Van Tijen en Maaskant.

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Poortgebouw Progress (Müller Thomsen)

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Uitbreiding Unilever

Unilever N.V. bouwt achter haar bestaande gebouw bij de Rochussenstraat een vijftig meter hoge kantoorflat wegens nijpend ruimtegebrek. Het gebouw wordt in 1959 opgeleverd maar huist tegenwoordige de Hogeschool Rotterdam.

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Medische Faculteit

In de zestiger jaren is er te weinig capaciteit voor medische studenten in Nederland en wordt besloten tot de bouw van een Medische Faculteit in Rotterdam. Deze is gereed in 1972.

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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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