Maastoren
Sign in to saveThe Maastoren (Dutch for Meuse Tower) is with its height of the second tallest building in the Netherlands. The office building is situated on the bank of the Nieuwe Maas, after which the building is named, in the neighborhood Kop van Zuid in the South Holland city of Rotterdam. The Maastoren was built between 2006 and 2009, and had OVG as its developer. The Maastoren has a total of 44 above ground floors and two underground floors.
Key facts
- Building.name
- Maastoren
- Building.image
- Maastoren 2012.jpg
- Building.image_caption
- The Maastoren in July 2012
- Building.location_city
- Rotterdam
- Building.location_country
- Netherlands
- Building.status
- In use
- Building.construction_start_date
- October 2006
- Building.topped_out_date
- 27 May 2009
- Building.developer
- OVG
- Building.opened_date
- 28 May 2010
- Building.groundbreaking_date
- 25 April 2007
- Building.building_type
- Offices
- Building.height
- (architectural) (tip)
- Building.floor_count
- 44 (two underground floors excluded)
- Building.cost
- €67 million
- Building.architecture_firm
- - Dam & Partners Architecten - Odile Decq Benoit Cornette - OTH (interior)
- Building.owner
- - OVG (2006-2009) - SEB Asset Management (2009-2014) - NorthStar (2014-2018) - Joint Venture with FOM Real Estate, Asia Pacific Real Estate and Coquine SA. (2018 - Present)
- Building.main_contractor
- Besix
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Described at
Maastoren, Rotterdam, Dam & Partners Architecten | Architectuurgids
Maastoren, Rotterdam, Dam & Partners Architecten - Architectuurgids op Architectuur.ORG
architectuur.org →Met 165 meter en 44 verdiepingen was dit bij oplevering het hoogste gebouw in Nederland. Het gebouw bestaat uit 2 ten opzichte van elkaar gedraaide volumes. Het ene volume, 100 meter hoog en zwart, staat aan de Laan van Zuid. De andere is 165 meter hoog en wordt naar boven toe steeds lichter. Hiervoor zijn veertig grijstinten gebruikt. De gevelbekleding is in aluminium uitgevoerd. De bovenste lagen hebben een glazen gevel. De Maastoren wordt gebruikt door Deloitte, AKD Prinsen van Wijmen, Q-Park en Mabanaft. In de plint is een parkeergarage met 630 parkeerplaatsen over negen verdiepingen ondergebracht. De entree wordt gemarkeerd door een aan witte staalkabels opgehangen glazen golvende luifel. In deze luifel is 700 m² glas en 80 ton staal verwerkt.
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Prior to the construction
- Construction
- Opening and sale
- Architecture
- Interior
- Height
- Maastoren Challenge
- Awards
- References
The Maastoren (Dutch for Meuse Tower) is with its height of the second tallest building in the Netherlands. The office building is situated on the bank of the Nieuwe Maas, after which the building is named, in the neighborhood Kop van Zuid in the South Holland city of Rotterdam. The Maastoren was built between 2006 and 2009, and had OVG as its developer. The Maastoren has a total of 44 above ground floors and two underground floors.
The Maastoren serves as the headquarters of the Dutch branch of Deloitte, and is used by the company AKD. In 2019, the State of the Netherlands leased an area of . Around 1,600 employees of both companies work in the office building. The Maastoren has a total floor area of , of which around is rentable office space. Also, the Maastoren features a parking garage with ten floors, which is operated by APCOA.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maastoren” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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