‘Here one lives in the world’: Luxury high-rise from the post-war reconstruction period (1948-1963) ; ‘Hier woont men in de wereld’: Luxe hoogbouw in Nederland tijdens de wederopbouw

In Dutch history the years between 1945 and 1965 are regarded as the period of post-war recovery and reconstruction (wederopbouw). One of the main issues of this period was the urgent need to house the rapidly rising Dutch population. High-rise dwellings were seen as one of the answers and, according to many, desirable. However, after the war, and even into the early 1960s, the construction of high-rise apartment towers was considered suitable for only a small, relatively well-to-do, part of the Dutch population. It was thought that most people would not be interested in living in tall buildin... Mehr ...