Het Witte Huis,...Rotterdam@FTW - a photo on Flickriver

            The Witte Huis (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌʋɪtə ˈɦœys]) or White House is a building and National Heritage Site in Rotterdam, Netherlands, built in 1898 in the Art Nouveau style.[1] The building is 43 m (141 ft) tall, with 10 floors. [1] It was also the first hoogbouw (literally: high-rise building) in Europe. The building is listed as a Rijksmonument.

Construction[edit]

The architect Willem Molenbroek designed the 10-storey building, at the time an unprecedented height in Europe.[1] The site at Wijnhaven 3 is just 1 m above sea-level and skeptics claimed that the soft soil of Rotterdam would be unable to adequately support the building, so before construction could properly begin, 1000 piles were driven into the ground to support the building's weight. The building is constructed from iron and steel and concrete, and includes two thick interior walls which increase the building's strength. Unlike many other contemporary buildings of the time, wood was not a significant construction material due to the fear of fire. The building cost 127,900 Dutch guilders.

It was also one of the few buildings in central Rotterdam to survive the German bombing campaigns of World War II.

Taken in: Nederland / Zuid-Holland / Rotterdam / Water-stad (show map)

Taken on: December 17, 2015

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Camera: Nikon D7100, f/7.1, 8 sec, 24mm (=36mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7100
Lens:	17.0-55.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	8
Focal Length:	24mm (35mm equivalent: 36mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	+1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 13.0 (Windows)
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