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SS ROTTERDAM

H.W. STAPEL (RDM), C.J. ENGELEN (HAL), 1952-1959, 3e Katendrechtsehoofd 25, Rotterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Wim Stapel

INTERIOR ARCHITECT:
Cornelis Engelen
Hugh Maaskant
Kees Elffers
Han van Tienhoven
Carel Wirtz

ARTIST:
Wally Elenbaas

BUILDING TYPE:
Special accommodation

On September 3rd, 1959, the steamship Rotterdam set out on its first transatlantic voyage to New York. Many celebrated artists and architects worked on this flagship of the Holland-America Line built by the https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/1955" class="inline_link">Rotterdam Dockyard Company (RDM). The last and largest Dutch ocean liner, it served as a pleasure cruiser between 1971 and 2000. Back in Rotterdam, the vessel now has a permanent mooring at Katendrecht. It does duty as a congress centre, hotel, restaurant and training centre for two Rotterdam institutes of higher education.