Powerhouse Company will redesign the central library
The Rotterdam Public Library at the corner of Hoogstraat and Binnerotte opened in 1983, it’s in urgent need of renovation after almost 40 years of intensive use. Design teams were invited to tender for this major project. From the 22 (national and international) applications, five design teams were selected. Their designs were exhibited this spring […]
The Punter is back where Rotterdam originated
Some thirty years ago, archaeologists in Rotterdam made an extraordinary discovery near the library. About ten meters under the ground they found a boat. A so-called punter. The vessel was found at the construction site of the railway tunnel under the Binnenrotte. Exactly at the site where the dam in the river Rotte used to […]
