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PRIVATE HOUSE GESTEL
J.H. VAN DEN BROEK, 1937-1939
Bentincklaan 23, Rotterdam
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE): Jo van den Broek BUILDING TYPE: Freestanding houses PUBLICATIONS: R. Stroink - Ir. J.H. van den Broek, 1981; H. Baaij, J. Oudenaarden - Monumenten uit Rotterdam, 1992
This residence, standing at the head of a row of houses, has all the features of a functionalist 'white' villa: a flexible plan with sliding partitions, white-rendered walls, elongated strips of steel-framed windows, a steel structure clad but visible in the facade and at the balconies, and a roof terrace with a free-form spare room. The house has changed little over the years, except for a small staircase extension dating from the 1950s.
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