Achmea Tower 1 - Leeuwarden 4

Posted by Illuci (Hurdegaryp, Netherlands) on 4 December 2007 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

My dear Aminus blogging friends,
Thank you for all all your kind comments!
When we appraise this way each other
About ourselves we will not bother

A little poem because around this time we in the Netherlands are preparing Sinterklaas (5 December) when we exchange presents with accompaning poems to each other. Traditionally we're not used to exchange presents at Christmas although this beocmes a trend more and more under influence of retail industry (they want to earn at both occasions :).

In Leeuwarden it's called "Achmea Tower" (e and a pronounced separately) and it's designed by A. Bonnema (1921-2001) who lived in my village (see here and here). I like this kind of architecture more and more because by its simplicity it both attracts postive attention and directs also attention to its environment without damaging it visually. I don't know if Bonnema had this in mind, he was inspired by the idea of combining functionality with esthetical design.

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