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Undertoad · 05-13-2003, 10:40 AM

xoxoxoBruce sends along these vacation shots (although not his) of the "Cube Houses of Rotterdam". He says they're famous in Europe. I'd never heard of them before.

He reports that some are businesses and some residences. Googling turns up the following facts:

They were designed and built in the early 80s. One guy basically makes a living out of having people tour his house: he's turned it into a museum of sorts. A visitor said he was disappointed at how the interior works (the cube should allow for more interior space but apparently does not).

The architect, Piet Blom, thought of his design as an abstract tree and of the total complex as a woods.

Units are regularly up for sale and you can get one for about 200,000 Euros. With a view, 250,000 Euros.

05-13-2003, 10:40 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	5/13/2003: Cube houses of Rotterdam xoxoxoBruce sends along these vacation shots (although not his) of the "Cube Houses of Rotterdam". He says they're famous in Europe. I'd never heard of them before. He reports that some are businesses and some residences. Googling turns up the following facts: They were designed and built in the early 80s. One guy basically makes a living out of having people tour his house: he's turned it into a museum of sorts. A visitor said he was disappointed at how the interior works (the cube should allow for more interior space but apparently does not). The architect, Piet Blom, thought of his design as an abstract tree and of the total complex as a woods. Units are regularly up for sale and you can get one for about 200,000 Euros. With a view, 250,000 Euros.