Hulstkamp building

The Hulstkamp building is a monument to the river Maas in Rotterdam . It is a prominent landmark property on the north side of the North Island . The Rotterdamarchitect Pieter Jacobus Stick designed it in 1888 in neo-Renaissance . Typically, the use of red brick, decorated with white bands and ornaments.

History
Client to the construction company was the Laming & Sons, who in 1892 moved into the building. It served as margarine and cheese factory with office, residential and warehouse. After the bankruptcy of the company it was from 1919 - 1972 owned by the company Hulstkamp & Son & Molijn that a distillery established for gin . In theattack on Rotterdam in May 1940 this building was one of the first occupied by German soldiers. In 1979 the building became vacant. From 1980 to 1995 there wasMariniersmuseum located.

Renovation
After a thorough renovation of the office building and demolition of the distillery was the monumental building a business complex adjoining banquet and conference center operated by Maison van den Boer . Downstairs are five rooms and in the central part is a winter garden with glass roof. Its original steel structures visible in the halls, the distillery and the distillery. In 2012 there occurred a metamorphosis of the halls.