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Netherlands Institute for Architecture, Design & e-culture and villa Sonneveld The building itself is a design by Jo
Coenen. The three functions of the institute are housed in
identifyable parts: the archive in the bend on the norht
side, The NAi is not a real museum, but a centre for information and documentation on Dutch and International architecture, city and country planning, design and e-culture. There is library and an exhibition area for exhibitions on the subjects mentioned above. For recently updated information look at the website. At Jongkindstraat nr 12 is the villa Sonneveld (1933). The
house was built by Brinkman en Van der Vlugt in 1929-33.
Sonneveld was a member of the board of the Van Nelle coffee,
tea and tobacco factory, Ned. Architectuur instituut
trams: 4 and 5 (ap Eendrachtsplein) |
the staff and library in the high
rise and the exhibition area on the east side. The arcade is
lit by coloured light tubes at night and constitutes a
dynamic work of light art by Peter Struyken.
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designed by the same architects. The interior
decoration is modernist to the finest detail. and was a
total breach with traditional housing for the Sonneveld
family. They moved here in 1933 without a single piece of
existing furniture. In 1999 the Nederlands
Architectuur instituut acquired the house. The house is now
open to visitors, and has a meticulously restored interior.
Tickets are availbable from the Niewe Instituut