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CINEMA THALIA
J.P.L. HENDRIKS, W. VAN DER SLUYS, L.A. VAN DEN BOSCH, 1953-1955
Kruiskade 55, Rotterdam
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Jan Hendriks
Willem van der Sluys
Lex van den Bosch
ARTIST:
Carel Kneulman
:
Barkema & Reijnen
ARTIST:
Jan van Keulen
BUILDING TYPE:
Cinemas and theatres
STATE:
Barkema & Reijnen (ren. 2002)
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Jan Hendriks
Willem van der Sluys
Lex van den Bosch
ARTIST:
Carel Kneulman
:
Barkema & Reijnen
ARTIST:
Jan van Keulen
BUILDING TYPE:
Cinemas and theatres
STATE:
Barkema & Reijnen (ren. 2002)
PUBLICATIONS:
Bouwkundig Weekblad 1956 p. 165; cdrom Wederopbouw Rotterdam 1940/1965, 1996; M. Kuipers - Toonbeelden van de wederopbouw, Zwolle 2002
The Thalia cinema was built in the mid-1950s for the Tuschinski movie theatre concern at the intersection of Kruiskade and the Lijnbaan shopping precinct. Its fan-shaped auditorium borders on one side of the Lijnbaan where it forms part of a row of shops. The billowing facade sports an ornamental concrete sculpture and an entrance marked by a glass vestibule. The interior seeks to recreate something of the eloquence of the pre-war Tuschinski theatres. When the cinemas on Kruiskade relocated to the multiplex on Schouwburgplein the Thalia building seemed destined for demolition. But in 2002 the auditorium and foyer re-emerged as the Thalia Lounge chill-out and dance club.