Detail View: SHIMMER: Lijnbaan

Title: 
Lijnbaan
Creation Date: 
1953
Image Date: 
1960 - 1969
Period: 
20th century
Location: 
Rotterdam, Zuid Holland
Country: 
NETHERLANDS
Display Creator: 
VAN DER BROEK, Johannes Hendrik
Image ID: 
12-0357
Description: 
Exterior view: pedestrianised shopping precinct area. Blocks of flats by MAASKANT in the background. The centre of Rotterdam was destroyed in World War 2. The Lijnbaan was the ground breaking mixed use shopping precinct and apartment buildings which was built during postwar city centre reconstruction. Lead architects: VAN DER BROEK and BAKEMA; Flats by MAASKANT , Shops by VAN GOOL.
Rights: 
© Professor Peter Fawcett
Permissions: 
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Photographed by: 
Peter Fawcett
Creator: 
VAN DER BROEK, Johannes Hendrik
Creator Dates - Born: 
1898
Creator Dates - Died: 
1978
Creator Role: 
Lead architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
Dutch.
Creator: 
BAKEMA, Jacob B.
Creator Dates - Born: 
1914
Creator Dates - Died: 
1981
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
Dutch.
Creator: 
VAN GOOL, Frans Jan
Creator Dates - Born: 
1922
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
Dutch.
Creator: 
MAASKANT, Hugh
Creator Dates - Born: 
1907
Creator Dates - Died: 
1977
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
Dutch.
Subject Heading: 
Housing -- Netherlands -- Rotterdam
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- 1900-2000
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- Netherlands -- Rotterdam
Subject Heading: 
Shopping -- Netherlands
Subject Heading: 
Pedestrian areas
Subject Heading: 
Urban renewal -- Netherlands
Subject Heading: 
Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction
Subject Heading: 
Apartments -- Netherlands