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AANKOMSTHAL HOLLAND-AMERIKA LIJN (CRUISE TERMINAL)

BRINKMAN, VAN DEN BROEK & BAKEMA, 1945-1949, Wilhelminakade 699, Rotterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Jan Brinkman
Jo van den Broek
Jaap Bakema

BUILDING TYPE:
Traffic-related buildings


RELATED BUILDINGS:
Workshop Building Holland-Amerika Lijn (Las Palmas)
Headquarters Holland-Amerika Lijn
Wilhelminapier

Many of the Holland-America Line sheds were destroyed during the German air raid of May 1940. Of those rebuilt directly after the war only the https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/1495" class="inline_link">workshop building and this terminal building for transatlantic passengers by Brinkman, Van den Broek & Bakema remain. The two-storey building has a concrete structure of six shell roofs with an 18 metre span and fully glazed side elevations. Dominating the interior is a monumental stair reaching from the ground-floor luggage department to the passenger zone above.