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Architects: Wiel Arets Architects
- Year: 1995
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Photographs:Jan Bitter
Text description provided by the architects. The AZL Pension Fund Headquarters is an extension to an existing office building dating from the 1940s, in the center of Heerlen, the Netherlands. The existing structure was retained–against original desires–for its historic and cultural significance, largely owed to the region’s flourishing late 19th century coal mining industry. The restoration and addition makes use of a stark and restrained material palette, relying on concrete, black steel and black Birchwood.
