© 2006 Jan Derwig
OFFICE BUILDING MALIETOREN
BENTHEM CROUWEL, 1991-1997
Bezuidenhoutseweg 12, Den Haag
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Benthem Crouwel
PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Jan Benthem
Mels Crouwel
André Staalenhoef
BUILDING TYPE:
Office buildings
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Benthem Crouwel
PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Jan Benthem
Mels Crouwel
André Staalenhoef
BUILDING TYPE:
Office buildings
PUBLICATIONS:
Architectuur Bouwen 1996-10; de Architect thema 1995-60; Archis 1997-4; Bauwelt 1995 p.2653; l'Arca 1997-11; E. Koster, Th. van Oeffelt - Hoogbouw in Nederland 1990-2000, 1997; Benthem Crouwel 1980-2000, 1999; V. Freijser - Stad in Vorm, 2000
Straddling a major sunken freeway (Utrechtsebaan), this 72 metre high office building sits on two concrete side walls either side of the tunnel tray. A frame of concrete lattice girders oversails the road at ground level. The basement contains five levels of parking, an entrance level and a double-height level of restaurant and congress rooms. But it is the enormous steel structure in the glazed heads, exposed where these recede at the office levels, that grabs the attention.