Witte Huis (White House)

The Dutch White House was the first skyscraper in Europe and was build between 1897 and 1898. It is one of the few structures that survived the bombings Rotterdam in 1940.

Molenbroek designed the building 43 meters high with 10 stories, an unprecedented achievement in Europe. Skeptics believed that the soft soil of Rotterdam would be inadequate to support the building. To get around it 1000 piles were driven in the ground making it a meter higher than its surroundings.

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