The SS Rotterdam returned to Rotterdam in 2008 and was moored permanently in Katendrecht. While a ship is not a building, this luxury floating hotel can certainly withstand comparison with a work of architecture. And the largest passenger vessel ever built in the Netherlands is inextricably linked to the post-war reconstruction of Rotterdam. A selection of architects, interior designers and artists contributed to the design.
Dating from the early 1950s, the large, monumental complex of the Coöp flour mill is one of the last remaining industrial structures in Katendrecht. The complex consists of various volumes, each with its own architectural expression.
The Municipal Health Service Building located near the mobility hub Zuidplein had been built because of the foreseen population growth in the South of Rotterdam. Today it is a swimming pool.
Residential districts were built rapidly on the edges of the city after World War II. Pendrecht is the best known of the southern garden suburbs (Pendrecht, Zuidwijk, Lombardijen, IJsselmonde) in terms of architecture and urban design.
The seven metro stations in the South have been designed by municipal architect ir. Veerling. He had just started working for Rotterdam. The commission was to design similar stations in materials, interior and signs.
When Holland America Line (HAL) concentrated its activity on Wilhelminapier after the Second World War, there was a need for a central building containing workshops and storage spaces.