Netherlands Institute for Architecture, Design & e-culture and villa Sonneveld
The building itself is a design by Jo Coenen. The three
functions of the institute are housed in identifyable parts: the archive in the
bend on the norht side,
the staff and library in the high rise and the exhibition area on the east side.
The arcade is lit by coloured light tubes at night and constitutes a dynamic
work of light art by Peter Struyken.
The NAi is not a real museum, but a centre for information and documentation on Dutch and International architecture, city and country planning, design and e-culture. There is library and an exhibition area for exhibitions on the subjects mentioned above. For recently updated information look at the website.
At Jongkindstraat nr 12 is the
villa
Sonneveld (1933). The house was built by Brinkman en Van der Vlugt in
1929-33. Sonneveld was a member of the board of the Van Nelle coffee, tea and
tobacco factory, 
also
designed by the same architects. The interior decoration is modernist to
the finest detail. and was a total breach with traditional housing for the
Sonneveld family. They moved here in 1933 without a single piece of existing
furniture. In 1999 the Nederlands Architectuur instituut acquired the
house. The house is now open to visitors, and has a meticulously restored
interior. Tickets are availbable from the Niewe Instituut
Ned. Architectuur instituut
Museumpark 25
3015 CB Rotterdam
Telefoon : 010-4401200 Fax : 010-4366975
website: http://www.hetnieuweintsituut.nl/en
open tue-sat 10.00-17.00 hrs; sun 11.00-17.00 hrs;
trams: 4 and 5 (ap Eendrachtsplein)
metro station Eendrachtsplein