Sonneveld House

Elly Adriaansz, Barbara Laan, Joris Molenaar, Mienke Simon Thomas

The Sonneveld House in Rotterdam is one of the best preserved examples of Dutch Functionalist domestic architecture. It was built in 1933 to a design by Brinkman and Van der Vlugt, an architectural practice that acquired international fame with its designs for the Van Nelle Factory, the Van der Leeuw House and Feyenoord Stadium, all three in Rotterdam. The Sonneveld House, now a museum, was originally built for one of the Van Nelle directors, A.H. Sonneveld.

An unusual feature of the Sonneveld commission was that Brinkman and Van der Vugt designed not only the house but also the whole interior. For the latter they used the recently introduced series furniture and lamps by Gispen and fabrics from the collection of Metz & Co.

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