VU Main building
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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The VU Main building, completed in 1973 in Amsterdam, is a brutalist structure designed by Architectengroep 69 and Christiaan Nielsen. The building exemplifies the bold, monumental aesthetics of brutalism that dominated institutional architecture in the postwar period, serving as a central facility for Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
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- Built
- Type
- university building
- Place
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
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