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FACTS
addressOtto Reuchlinweg, Rotterdam, Netherlands
statuscompleted
typebuilding
main functionresidential

NEWS
April 01, 2005Montevideo bereikt hoogste puntarticle
March 21, 2003Montevideo Construction Start-up on 21 March 2003article

FIGURES
functional height152.32 meter
func.height tower 243.48 meter
storeys43
storeys tower 212
start construction2003
completion2005
elevators7
number of appartments192
office space6053
commercial space2741

INTERACTIVE
official websitewww.montevideorotterdam.nl
discussions and updatesforum thread

COMPANIES
architectFrancine Houben
architecture companyMecanoo Architecten
structural engineerABT Delft
construction companyBesix
installationsETB Vos
project managementKats & Waalwijk
installationsENVO
developerING Real Estate Development
elevator supplierKONE Nederland
consultancyDe Boer en Post
consultancyPeutz

EXTRA FACTS
When completed the tallest residential building of The Netherlands
Official drilling of the first pole sceduled for march 21, 2003
Foundation has 719 piles
First 27 floors will be constructed in concrete
Floors 28 though 43 will be constructed in steel
Voted best construction site in Rotterdam in 2003 and 2004
Heighest point reached on March 21, 2005 when the -M- was lifted in place on top of the tower
Tallest building in The Netherlands by architectural height
Exact archtectural height 152,317 meters revealed during celebrations of the heighest point
-M- designed by Rick Vermeulen
Structural height: 139.50 meter
Water tank placed on October 28, 2005
Opened by mayor of Rotterdam Ivo Opstelten on December 19, 2005
IMAGES
View from Wilhelminakade
Montevideo

View from Wilhelminahoofd
Montevideo

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...I hate the design ... It's a 50-story building that looks like it's 120 stories. It's a skeleton. And that's the last thing we need in New York is a skeleton of -- representing the World Trade Center. I think that it is not an appropriate design. I don't like it... - Donald Trump
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