open in 1934 on the London Underground, and imitates the illuminated tower. Except for partial illumination of one side in 1966 for the National Week of Architecture in the Netherlands, the building has not been illuminated since a few years after it was built; the exterior was altered in 1933 and 1938 and in 1974 it was renovated as an office building. Since 1988, it has been owned by Randstad Uitzendbureau (Randstad Employment Agency). De Arbeiderspers Building, Amsterdam This headquarters building for the socialist De Arbeiderspers (The Worker's Press) (1929–31) is in New Objectivist style. The managing director of the company pronounced it "a building of truly impressive beauty" partly because the façade "in accordance with the stated requirements ... has no 'ornamentation' other than an extension to be used for advertising. This façade has no other pretension than being the front of a building in which work is done". However, the Amsterdam Beauty Commission objected to the building on stylistic grounds. It was Buijs' favourite of his works, perhaps because in it he was able to explicitly articulate his viewpoint as a socialist architect by building a "cathedral of labour". The building, known as 'the red fortress', was demolished in 1972. C. J. Leembruggen residence, The Hague This private residence built in 1935–36 is radically Objectivist in external style, with a striking interplay of rectangular forms and voids, a facade clad in yellow and grey glazed tiles, many balconies and a roof terrace, but conventional in interior layout. References Sources Jan W. E. Buijs and Joan B. Lürsen. N.V. Drukkerij en Uitgeversmaatschappij De Arbeiderspers: 42 fotografische beelden uit het nieuwe gebouw. Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers, circa 1932. Chris Rehorst. Jan Buijs: interieurs (1889–1961). Monografieën van Nederlandse interieurarchitecten 9. Rotterdam: Uitgeverij 010, 1991. External links 1889 births 1961 deaths Dutch architects People from Surakarta Delft University of Technology alumni