A “poem in steel and glass,” Rotterdam’s modernist processing plant receives a 21st-century makeover as a creative space
After careful adaptive redevelopment, the Van Nellefabriek in Rotterdam has transformed from a coffee, tea and tobacco processing plant to a modern architectural icon on the UNESCO World Heritage List. This revised edition of its guide presents photographs and explanations of the building’s transformation from old to new.
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Van Nellefabriek Rotterdam World Heritage of a World Port
Published by nai010 publishers. Edited with text by Marieke Kuipers.
A “poem in steel and glass,” Rotterdam’s modernist processing plant receives a 21st-century makeover as a creative space
After careful adaptive redevelopment, the Van Nellefabriek in Rotterdam has transformed from a coffee, tea and tobacco processing plant to a modern architectural icon on the UNESCO World Heritage List. This revised edition of its guide presents photographs and explanations of the building’s transformation from old to new.
