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Woongebouw Montevideo / Housing Block Montevideo ( F.M.J. Houben (Mecanoo) )
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HOUSING BLOCK MONTEVIDEO
F.M.J. HOUBEN (MECANOO), 1999-2005
Landverhuizersplein 1-152, Rotterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Mecanoo
Francine Houben

BUILDING TYPE:
Housing

PUBLICATIONS:
Bouwen met Staal 2005-10; de Architect 2006-3; B. Maandag - Montevideo. Dressed for living, 2005; A. Betsky e.a. - Mecanoo Francine Houben, 2008

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Wilhelminapier

Montevideo is the Netherlands' tallest residential building. Designed by Francine Houben of Mecanoo (1999-2006), it is intended as a counterpart to the World Port Center on the other side of Hotel New York. Its parts are variously given over to loft, city, sky and water apartments, 192 in all. Not so much apartments as stacked houses, they all boast home automation facilities that include numerous resident services. They share the tower with 6000 square metres of offices, 1900 square metres of shops and restaurants, a health club and a terrace for the residents. All in all, Montevideo is something of a vertical city.