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OFFICE BUILDING AND WAREHOUSE DIEPEVEEN & CO
W. KROMHOUT CZN., 1929-1930, Pelgrimsstraat 1, Rotterdam
Kantoorgebouw en Magazijn Diepeveen & Co / Office Building and Warehouse Diepeveen & Co ( W. Kromhout Czn. )
© 2007 Rook & Nagelkerke

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Willem Kromhout Czn.

RENOVATOR:
Art Constructions

EXTENSION:
DSBV

BUILDING TYPE:
Office buildings

Kromhout designed this warehouse with a live-in unit on a wedge-shaped site in the Rotterdam docks. It was built for W.B. Diepeveen & Co., a company dealing in ironware. Though the premises had to be simple and functional and cheap black cinder bricks were used, the design does include a 30 metre high advertising tower. Visible from both the road and the water, this tower displays the company name in white letters on blue tiles and has become something of a landmark. Though it does effectively point up the corner, the hefty tower will always be at odds with the rest of the building.