The Red Apple
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The Red Apple is a residential tower located at Wijnhaven Island in Rotterdam
, Netherlands. The building was topped out in 2008 and was completed in 2009.
The Red Apple is a residential tower, the "Kopblok" and a parking
house. The tower is 124 metres high and has 40 floors (152 apartments). It is the fourth tallest building in Rotterdam. The "Kopblok" is 53 metres high and is divided into offices and apartments (79 apartments). The ground floor is designed for shops and restaurants. The entire complex has an open fiber network
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The Red Apple is designed by KCAP Architects & Planners and Jan des Bouvrie
. KCAP the exterior design, the layout of the Des Bouvrie homes. Especially with the red design is the staggered aluminium facade.
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
, Netherlands. The building was topped out in 2008 and was completed in 2009.
The Red Apple is a residential tower, the "Kopblok" and a parking
Parking
Parking is the act of stopping a vehicle and leaving it unoccupied for more than a brief time. Parking on one or both sides of a road is commonly permitted, though often with restrictions...
house. The tower is 124 metres high and has 40 floors (152 apartments). It is the fourth tallest building in Rotterdam. The "Kopblok" is 53 metres high and is divided into offices and apartments (79 apartments). The ground floor is designed for shops and restaurants. The entire complex has an open fiber network
Optical fiber
An optical fiber is a flexible, transparent fiber made of a pure glass not much wider than a human hair. It functions as a waveguide, or "light pipe", to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber. The field of applied science and engineering concerned with the design and application of...
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The Red Apple is designed by KCAP Architects & Planners and Jan des Bouvrie
Jan Des Bouvrie
Jan des Bouvrie is a furniture designer, who also designs the furnishings in hotels.-Career:After he finished high school, he went to the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam at the age of sixteen. He later started his own interior design shop, and hosted the TV show TV Woonmagazine...
. KCAP the exterior design, the layout of the Des Bouvrie homes. Especially with the red design is the staggered aluminium facade.