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EXTENSION TO ANNE FRANKHUIS

BENTHEM CROUWEL, 1994-1999, Prinsengracht 265/Westermarkt, Amsterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Benthem Crouwel

RENOVATOR:
Rappange & Partners

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Jan Benthem
Mels Crouwel

BUILDING TYPE:
Museums and exhibition buildings

This extension on Westermarkt adds a new main entrance, offices for the Anne Frank Foundation and public facilities including a shop and restaurant to the existing Anne Frank House on Prinsengracht. The House and Annexe have been restored as closely as possible to their original state. A light court reinstates the original difference between the front main section and the Annexe. The new extension includes a number of single bedroom flats on the upper storeys. Both proportions and materials - brick combined with steel and glass - identify the new-build as such, yet accord wonderfully well with the surrounding historic buildings.