#Single family house #Heerlen #1931
Oude Lindestraat 1
6411
Heerlen,
Netherlands
Public transport: Akerstraat
Today's use: office
Description
It's making fun to look at the house. Although it is simple, there is a lot to discover. Like the arrangement of the windows and their different sizes. Always related to the use of the rooms behind them. The largest window area extends over the entire height of the house and is part of the house's stairways. Basically, the house consists of two cubes, a design motif that is encountered again and again for buildings of this type to give them more rhythm. On the other hand, sculptures are rather rare at buildings of the International style. To the west facade is added a small sculpture called the buck rider (De Bokkerijder) by the Dutch sculptor Charles Vos.
We did not find any information in the souces we used about the construction. Due to the big window and several ribbon windows, we suppose it is made of reinforced concrete.
Description
It's making fun to look at the house. Although it is simple, there is a lot to discover. Like the arrangement of the windows and their different sizes. Always related to the use of the rooms behind them. The largest window area extends over the entire height of the house and is part of the house's stairways. Basically, the house consists of two cubes, a design motif that is encountered again and again for buildings of this type to give them more rhythm. On the other hand, sculptures are rather rare at buildings of the International style. To the west facade is added a small sculpture called the buck rider (De Bokkerijder) by the Dutch sculptor Charles Vos.
We did not find any information in the souces we used about the construction. Due to the big window and several ribbon windows, we suppose it is made of reinforced concrete.
History
Frits Peutz designed this house for himself, to work and to live in it. It is huge, because the family had 14 children.
The house was renovated in 1991 and is a National Monument and became a architect's studio.
History
Frits Peutz designed this house for himself, to work and to live in it. It is huge, because the family had 14 children.
The house was renovated in 1991 and is a National Monument and became a architect's studio.
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