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TOWN HALL AMSTELVEEN

VAN DOMMELEN, KROOS, VAN DER WEERD, 1975-1980, Laan Nieuwer Amstel 1, Amstelveen

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Van Dommelen, Kroos, Van der Weerd

ORIGINAL DESIGN:
Hugh Maaskant

BUILDING TYPE:
Government buildings

This town hall, based on an earlier 'less inviting' plan by Maaskant, is typical seventies architecture. A concrete frame on a square grid (8x8 m.) supports a network of octagons, with mushroom columns occupying the squares in-between. East and west facades are dominated by squares, the remainder by octagons which taper to a point when piercing the envelope.