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PRIVATE HOUSE VAN DER LEEUW (ROTTERDAM)

BRINKMAN & VAN DER VLUGT, 1927-1929, Kralingse Plaslaan 38, Rotterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Brinkman & Van der Vlugt

RENOVATOR:
Herman Bakker
Van den Broek & Bakema
Meindert Booij

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Leen van der Vlugt

BUILDING TYPE:
Freestanding houses


RELATED BUILDINGS:
Private House Van der Leeuw (Wassenaar)
Private House Sonneveld

This villa for C.H. van der Leeuw, who commissioned the https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/251" class="inline_link">Van Nelle factory, consists of service rooms on the ground floor, living spaces on the first floor, bedrooms on the second and a roof terrace with a solarium cum gymnastics room. The garden side is virtually all glass with a steel frame. All levels are stitched together by a steel spiral stair in the corner of a double-height winter garden on the south side. The villa has been restored and converted into a clubhouse.