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Cube Houses: Context · The Cube Houses in Rotterdam, The Netherlands viewed from Blaak Subway Station
1/6 · Context · The Cube Houses in Rotterdam, The Netherlands viewed from Blaak Subway StationPhoto: Cmglee · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Cube Houses: Exterior · Cube houses of Rotterdam
2/6 · Exterior · Cube houses of RotterdamPhoto: Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer) · CC BY 4.0 · source
Cube Houses: Exterior · A large game of chess in the cube houses of Rotterdam, NL
3/6 · Exterior · A large game of chess in the cube houses of Rotterdam, NLPhoto: Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer) · CC BY 4.0 · source
Cube Houses: Exterior · Helmond, cube houses
4/6 · Exterior · Helmond, cube housesPhoto: Michielverbeek · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Cube Houses: Interior
5/6 · InteriorPhoto: Marcelo Campi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Cube Houses: Interior · Aerial view of the Westblaak and the Blaak, and the tunnelled Churchillplein
6/6 · Interior · Aerial view of the Westblaak and the Blaak, and the tunnelled ChurchillpleinPhoto: Gemeentelijke Archiefdienst Rotterdam · CC BY 4.0 · source
Photo 1: Context · The Cube Houses in Rotterdam, The Netherlands viewed from Blaak Subway StationPhoto 2: Exterior · Cube houses of RotterdamPhoto 3: Exterior · A large game of chess in the cube houses of Rotterdam, NLPhoto 4: Exterior · Helmond, cube housesPhoto 5: InteriorPhoto 6: Interior · Aerial view of the Westblaak and the Blaak, and the tunnelled Churchillplein

Housing · Postmodernism

Cube Houses

Piet Blom · Rotterdam, Netherlands · 1984

Key featuresCubes tilted onto one corner sit on hexagonal pylons, forming a raised 'forest' of homes over a street.

Architect
Piet Blom
Place
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Year
1984
Typology
Housing
Movement
Postmodernism
Region
Europe
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