Autopon,
Amsterdam, Holland
Architect
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Johannes Bernardus
Ingwersen & Commer de Geus
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Date Built
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1953 - 1961
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Location
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Overtoom
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Description
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This brutalist mixed-use building on
Amsterdam's Overtoom was designed by Ingwersen
and de Geus but inspired by Le Corbusier.
When built, it featured a street level VW car
showroom and garage and an underground car park
for 200 cars. It featured a glass walled
display space that projected out from the
building above the footpath. It can be
seen in the image below with advertising for the
David Lloyd fitness centre that occupies the
building today.
Above the garage were 56 "spacious"
apartments. I have seen it suggested that
it is one of the 100 most important post-war
buildings in Amsterdam.
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