Bongers Tearoom (Pancake pavilion) The Bongers Tearoom on Meent is such a familiar Rotterdam building that few people realise it was designed by an architect. Buildings Municipal Monuments
Lijnbaan apartment buildings The layout of the Lijnbaan, which separates shops and apartments, paved the way for a new concept of urban living: high-rise blocks arranged around green courts. Buildings National Monuments
Galeries Modernes opens On 8 November 1956 the new building of Galeries Modernes was officially opened. Buildings
Hoogstraat shops The Hoogstraat Shops were three retail buildings opened one after another in quick succession on Hoogstraat. Buildings Municipal Monuments
Groothandelsgebouw The Groothandelsgebouw is the symbol of the reconstruction of Rotterdam. Buildings National Monuments
First pile of Wereldhaven During a speech by Johan Ringers on 15 April 1941 the first pile went into the ground for the Wereldhaven housing complex. General Buildings
Bouwcentrum In the Bouwcentrum, professionals and interested parties could go for exhibitions and objective information about building and living. Buildings National Monuments
Blaak bank buildings In the early years of reconstruction three banks were build on the Blaak. Buildings National Monuments
PTT Office The new telephone building on Botersloot opened its doors in 1951. For over a century, Botersloot was the centre of telephony in Rotterdam. Buildings
Goudsesingel Industrial Building The architects Hugh Maaskant and Willem van Tijen built in post-war Rotterdam the Industrial Building at the Goudsesingel. Buildings National Monuments
Restoration of the Laurenskerk The Laurenskerk was badly damaged by the bombing of May 1940, though the spire itself remained largely intact. General Buildings National Monuments
Lijnbaan shopping precinct In the post-war years the Lijnbaan marked a revolution in urban design. Instead of shops with housing above along both sides of a street of traffic, such as Hoogstraat, the Lijnbaan shops lined pedestrian promenades. Buildings National Monuments
