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PRIVATE HOUSE KRONENBERG
G.TH. RIETVELD, 1961-1963, Hollandseweg 362, Wageningen
Woonhuis Kronenberg / Private House Kronenberg ( G.Th. Rietveld )
© 2014 Ossip van Duivenbode

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Gerrit Rietveld

ASSISTING ARCHITECT:
Joan van Dillen

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Rietveld Van Dillen Van Tricht

BUILDING TYPE:
Freestanding houses

This house places a taller volume of entrance, living room and kitchen between two less-tall wings. Behind the garage in the west wing is a greenhouse built by the owner for his collection of orchids. The east wing is given over to bedrooms. A striking feature is the gentle inflection halfway along this oblong block, an inflection also made by the greenhouse. As a result the terrace enfolded by these deviating volumes opens up to the garden at the rear. Blue and red window frames and a blue garage door enliven the white brick of the frontage.