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 I think the Pole Dwellings are
there somewhere by Mariajoy
Oh really the website tells it all much better... I couldn't even see the damned things!
Cube Houses
I'm sure they look much better in the sunshine. Leave a Comment
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 the cubic houses "skyline" by magdakiLeave a Comment Phone: +31 (0)10 4142285Directions: near the "Oude Haven"
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 Cubic Houses by benidormoneLeave a Comment Phone: +31(0)10-4142285Directions: City center near Metro/railway station BlaakWebsite: www.rotterdam.nl
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 Cube houses by Forze
You are able to enter one of those houses and you will see that you don?t have to sleep diagonally in there. During 2001, this home-as-museum was refurnished to give you an impression of what they are like inside. An exhibition with photos, scale models and a multimedia presentation provides extra information. Entrance to the cube house is e1,75. Leave a Comment
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Rotterdam is famous for its architecture. The most striking for me are the cube houses (kubuswoningen) designed by architect Piet Blom in 1984. The houses look like a tree because the architect turned the cubes 45 degrees and put them on a pole. The 32 attached houses together look like a stone forest. The complex is built at a pedestrian bridge crossing a traffic road.
You can have a look in the so-called "show cube". This cube house, furnished as a normal house, is open for public. This house contains three floors. The entrance is at the ground floor in the 'trunk of the tree', the kitchen and living room are at the first floor and at the second floor are the bedrooms and bathroom.
I was very curious not only to see the complex, but also how to live in these unusual innovative houses, so I visited the complex and the showcube allready in the eighties. I was surprised about the great views from the 'treehouse' through the sloped windows. The design gives a nice combination of the more private parts of the house at the first and second floor and the entrance from an intimate public space at the groundfloor. I visited the cubehouses again in 2006. The small-scale shops and workshops at the groundlevel give the area a nice liveliness.
Opening hours of the showcube are from 11.00 am till 5.00 pm every day. In january and february you can visit the showcube only during the weekend. Leave a Comment Directions: The cube houses are located next to the Blaak Metro station. Form here you cannot miss it. The address of the Show-Cube is Overblaak 70.Website: www.kubuswoning.nl
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Want to see some freaky houses? Even if you are not interested in modern architecture, you should not leave Rotterdam without visiting the Kubuswoningen. These living houses are one of many symbols for modern Rotterdam and perhaps one of the most interesting appartments in the world. One of the houses is open for public (entrance 1,80 EUR, opens at 10:00 a.m.) and gives you an impression how people live in these "dices". Around the Kubuswoningen, you will find some more examples of modern architecture.
One of many nicknames for these buildings is "blaakse bos" which means "Blaak woods". The name comes from the nearby Blaak metro/train station and the form of the houses. Although they have a cubic form, they look like trees as they are set on piles. Leave a Comment Directions: Near Blaak metro station, just a minute away from the oude haven.Website: www.kubuswoning.nl
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 by JoeDeepSeaDiverLeave a Comment
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The Cubic Houses built by Piet Blom in 1984.
There are 32 cubes attached to each other. They are very funny to look at but imagine how strange it must be to live inside there! You can look inside one of the cubic houses. The houses contain three floors and the only room which is ordinarily shaped is the kitchen. Even there though the ceilings and windows are angled at 45 degrees! Every apartment is around 100 square meters but they loose some space because of the angled ceilings. Directions: take metro from Rotterdam Central to Rotterdam Blaak. It’s only 1 stop so alternative you can walk for 5 minutes.Website: http://www.kubuswoning.nl
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 by nada.c
Apsolutly originally!!! Directions: Near Williams bridge, and Blaak station
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