quirky architecture of Inntel Hotel in Zaandam, Netherlands


Inntel hotel Zaandam, Netherlands, designed by Wilfried van Winden of WAM architects Delft, (Van Winden & Molenaar) and completed in 2010. Visually speaking the structure is built up from a varied stacking of almost seventy individual little houses, executed in four shades of the traditional green of the Zaan region. ‘The Blue House’ at the top was inspired by the work Claude Monet painted at Zaandam in 1871, The building itself is exemplary for the Fusion Architecture of Wilfried van Winden.


Size: 4928px × 3264px
Location: Zaandam, Noord Holland, Netherlands Europe
Photo credit: © eddie linssen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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