© 2006 Jan Derwig
OFFICE BUILDING VAN LEERS VATENFABRIEKEN
M. BREUER, 1957-1958
Amsterdamseweg 206, Amstelveen
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Marcel Breuer
BUILDING TYPE:
Office buildings
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Marcel Breuer
BUILDING TYPE:
Office buildings
PUBLICATIONS:
Bouwkundig Weekblad 1959 p. 573; Architecture d'Aujourd'hui 1959-oct/nov; Marcel Breuer, buildings and projects 1921-1961, 1961; verbouwing: de Architect-thema 1988-19
This building consists of a pair of angled two-storey office wings linked by a central hall where visitors are received. The typical triangular roof forms of this hall are also applied to the canteen beyond and to the porter's lodge. Offices are steel-framed with taut, basic elevations; the remaining building parts have a concrete skeleton. Heat-absorbent glass panels hang 1.25 m. in front of the south elevation. To prime the building for multiple letting, an extra storey was later added internally which left the original exterior intact. The interior, however, has been effectively ruined.