Gebouw Batavia ; Batavia Building

Entrance to the cafe on the first floor; The client for this office building was NV Batavia Arak Maatschappij, a trading company dealing arack (or arrack, a liquor) from Jakarta (formerly Batavia) in what was then the Dutch East Indies. The building has five floors, an attic and a basement on the back, which is adjacent to the Oudezijds Kolk canal. The building also had a warehouse area. It is reinforced concrete clad with brown brick in the style of the expressionist Amsterdam School. This was unusual for Slot, who normally worked in the Hilversum area in an art nouveau (Nieuwe Kunst) style.... Mehr ...