The northwest facade of the European Patent Office on Patentlaan in the Plaspoelpolder in Rijswijk. The large narrow glass disc-shaped building is visible from the A4 motorway. The 27-storey building with 85,000 m2 of floor space is only 24 metres wide. It was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel and Dutch architect Diederik Dam.
Bart van Hoek is an architectural photographer based in The Hague. He is photographer of BRUUT, atlas of brutalism in NL.. Read more…