What is today considered an eye-catching piece of architecture, the Cube House was actually the solution to a perplexing zoning issue the city of Rotterdam faced in the 1970s. Small parcels of land on the southeast and northwest sides of Blaak Street were residentially zoned, but were also somehow required to be connected. The city contracted architect Pier Blom to create a housing complex that resides above the busy road. His design, features 38 standard units and two super cubes. Each of these slanted cubic residences are held up by hexagonal pillars. The Cube House Show Room was converted into a museum, which is open to visitors every day for a nominal fee.

Overblaak 70, 3011 MH Rotterdam, Netherlands, Phone: +31-10-4-14-22-85

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