Het Slaakhuis, Office building and national monument on Slaak Street, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Het Slaakhuis features a six-story office block with top-hung windows, randomly placed balconies, and decorative brickwork on the side facades.
Built between 1951 and 1954, the building served as headquarters for Het Vrije Volk newspaper, replacing the 1907 Voorwaarts structure damaged in 1940.
The bronze sculpture by Wessel Couzijn, depicting a courier in motion, represents the connection between labor organizations and the socialist press.
The ground floor contains a reception area, public counter, and commercial spaces behind a glass facade with a parasol-shaped canopy entrance.
The building transformed from socialist press offices to a snooker center hosting international players, then became a squatted community hub.
Location: Rotterdam
Inception: 1951
Architects: Jo Vegter, P.A. Leupen
Creator: Wessel Couzijn
Architectural style: reconstruction-period architecture
Part of: Top 100 of Dutch monuments 1940-1958
Address: Slaak 34 te Rotterdam, e.a.
GPS coordinates: 51.92415,4.49955
Latest update: March 17, 2025 08:46
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