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DEPARTMENT STORE IKEA

J. BROUWER, 1983-1985, Hullenbergweg 2, Amsterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Jan Brouwer

ASSISTING ARCHITECT:
Christer Blomquist

BUILDING TYPE:
Shops

To allow more parking space this furniture supermarket is raised one storey, the sales department being reached by a weighty ramp. The structure, based on the parking space for one car, consists of a concrete frame with pre-stressed floor slabs and a steel roof. With the elevation columns also of steel, the use of colour and such notable details as the ramp and exposed trusses the exterior has a High-Tech look.