Equinox, The Hague

[Piet Meijs]

Pictures of the building.

[Piet Meijs]

Some more images.

[Margaret and Rijk Rietveld]

This is the first project Rietveld Architects built. The main feature is that this 8800m2 office building has no foundation. It is a prime example of "Double Land Use". Build on top of an old sub-streetlevel highway, it uses the upward pressure of the highway to offset its weight, which means that the new building does not have its own foundation.

[Margaret and Rijk Rietveld]

I found some old presentation material from before the year 2000.

[Margaret and Rijk Rietveld]

Some more:

[Jo Meers]

Hoi Rijk en Margaret,

dat is al een tijdje geleden zeg, die beelden die je gisteren gepost heb...
Het zou leuk zijn jullie nog eens te ontmoeten dit jaar. Zou dit lukken? Ik kom wel eens naar Nederland (voor NY wachten we tot de kindjes iets groter zijn) of ontvang jullie ook graag eens in Antwerpen.
Zijn jullie er samen een keer? zoniet, Rijk, eens eten samen?
Laat maar weten.

[Margaret and Rijk Rietveld]

Thanks Jo,

Nice to hear from you, being one of the early pioneers in our office, and instrumental to get our first project built.

Vera will send you my travel schedule, so we can meet.

Rijk

[Jennifer Piterman]

For their first project built, Rietveld Architects was awarded the SARA National Design Award of Merit for the Equinox Office Building!

[Piet Meijs]

The building in Google Street View.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...1.18,,0,-10.28

[Piet Meijs]

This picture was posted on SkyScraperCity by Jeromeo.