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	Modern architecture in Rotterdam 1980-present

Rotterdam is the architectural capital of the Netherlands. In a few square kilometers is a complete overview to find the last one hundred years of what modern architecture has produced. The following top 10 of modern architecture gives an overview of modern architecture from 1980 to present. Architecture of 50 years and older is stored under monuments. High-rise (all buildings 100 meter and above) is stored under skyscrapers.



	Skyscrapers; the skyline of Rotterdam, with all the skyscrapers higher than 100 meter.



		Monuments; Architecture of 50 years and older, from 1500 till 1959.



	Construction Styles; Architecture flows from 1700 to present



	Architects, The main architects of Rotterdam, Brinkman to Koolhaas


	Rotterdam City of architecture Rotterdam is committed to continue to remain the city of architecture. Very spectacular new building projects will give Rotterdam even more international recognition. The Market Hall of MVRDV and Cube (also called the Sale Cube) of Rem Koolhaas, the new shopping center of Rotterdam.





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	Top 10 modern architecture


	1. Erasmus Bridge The Erasmus Bridge of architect Ben van Berkel (UN Studio) is quickly growing out of the logo of Rotterdam.

		2. Kunsthal The Kunsthal designed by Rem Koolhaas is elected in the list of 1000 most important buildings in the world.

		3. Cube Houses Architect Piet Blom designed 38 cube houses as a Ponte Vecchio-type pedestrian bridge across Blaak and its traffic.

Books: architecture in Rotterdam

Read more about architecture in Rotterdam ?

Architectural Guide to Rotterdam Paul Groenendijk and Piet Vollaart

Documenting more than 400 items, this guide gives a representative overview of the key buildings and urban projects in Rotterdam. (Dutch and English)


	4. NAI Dutch Institute of Architecture by architect Jo Coenen

		5. KPN-building The Italian Renzo Piano designed this striking building with the billboard facade.

Rotterdam revisited Piet Vollaart

Architecture 1977-2007 in Rotterdam. Three international critics approve 25 buildings in Rotterdam that characterised the period of construction over the past thirty years.


	6. Shipping and Transport College The design of the architect duo Neutelings Riedijk on the newly developed Lloyd Pier

	7. Nieuwe Luxor On the Southbank (Kop van Zuid) Peter Wilson designed the New Luxor Theatre.

8. Schouwburgplein The square is situated in the city centre and is designed by the landscapearchitect Adriaan Geuze of West 8.

		9. Officebuilding The Bridge The new headquarters of Unilever NL is like a bridge over the existing buildings.

	10. De Paperklip Both the building and the architect Carel Weeber are controversial.

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