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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlandsen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1918-1920 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorSlot, J.H.en_US
dc.date1918-1920en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-22T16:27:00Z
dc.date.available2014-12-22T16:27:00Z
dc.date.issued1918-1920en_US
dc.identifier254242en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3052en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/169881
dc.descriptionDetail, elaborate brickwork and carved details on the facade; 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. The client may have dictated the style. The sculptors of the monkey sculptures and reliefs of elephants on the richly decorated façade are unknown, possibly Jaap Kaas, Johan Altdorf and/or Jan Trapman. It originally had stained glass, which is only preserved on the canal-side facade. Since 2001, the building is designated as a Rijksmonument, under monument protection. Source: SPQA Amsterdam [website]; http://spqa-am.blogspot.com/ (accessed 6/2/2014)en_US
dc.format.mediumreinforced concrete; brown brick; glassen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectbusiness, commerce and tradeen_US
dc.subjectNetherlands--Coloniesen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.subjectExpressionisten_US
dc.subjectAmsterdam schoolen_US
dc.titleGebouw Bataviaen_US
dc.title.alternativeBatavia Buildingen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-N-A-GB-A11en_US
vra.culturalContextDutchen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeoffice buildingen_US
vra.worktypewarehouseen_US
dc.contributor.displayJ.H. Slot (Dutch architect, active ca. 1901-1925)en_US


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