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‘The Boomerang’ is an iconic office building designed in the 1960’s by the well known Dutch architect H.A. Maaskant (1907 – 1977).

The architecture of the building was very progressive for its time: the exterior consists of profiled concrete with large teak fronts, while the interior is dominated by a dramatic blue ceiling with numerous spotlights to create a ‘starry sky’ effect. The building is on the municipal list of monuments.
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Johnson wax building
Dutch headquarters of American company S.C. Johnson (formerly Johnson Wax) in Mijdrecht, the Netherlands. The space age building was designed by Dutch architect Maaskant and was finished in 1964. It’s very unusual to come across buildings like this in the Netherlands, especially in a village like Mijdrecht. The monumentality, the grand formal gesture, and the expressive, sculptural shape seem to be quite ‘undutch’.

Type of Structure: Building Upswept Roof / Folded Plate Roof(s): no Large Dome(s): no Boomerang and/or Arrow Shape(s): yes Amoebae Shape(s): no Atomic Model(s): no Starburst(s): no Exposed Steel Beam(s): no Flying Saucer/Rocket Shape(s): no Physical Address: S.C. Johnson Benelux Groot Mijdrechtstraat 81 Mijdrecht , The Netherlands 3641 RV Web Address or URL: [Web Link] Large Sheet Glass Window(s): Not Listed If I knew, I'd be an architect: Not Listed

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