100 years of architecture in Rotterdam
1995: Fortis Bank Blaak 555
This office building was built on the site of a former
department store. It had survived the war, but not the post war need for
progress. The new building is design by the German/American architect 
Helmut Jahn
of Murphy/Jahn Architects. The American looking office building reacts to the 17
century Schielandhuis across the street by means of cut in the facade allowing a
view from main thoroughfare Blaak. The building has four different facades. The
one towards Blaak is rounded. The crown of the building has a grid structure
like most of the western facade. The building is 30 stories high and reaches 104
metres.
Other known work by Jahn are the Sony Center in Berlin (1999), Head Office for German Mail in Bonn (2002), Kempinski Airport Hotel Munich (1994) and the Fair Ground Tower in Frankfurt.
Completed in 1995:
Nieuwe Delftse Poort, C. Kraat
Extension Natuurmuseum, E. van Egeraat
Extension Parkhotel, Mecanoo
Salvation Army, Van Duivenbode & De Jong
Residential Prinsenland, Van Duivenbode & De Jong
