The Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam is credited to Leendert van der Vlugt of the Brinkman & Van der Vlugt office, with the civil engineer J. G. Wiebenga. The infobox also lists Johannes Brinkman, and the text says the design was often attributed to Brinkman and Mart Stam, who left after an authorship dispute. Cees van der Leeuw, co-owner of Van Nelle, commissioned it. The infobox and text agree on 1925 to 1931.
The article describes Nieuwe Bouwen, a modernist and functionalist style. It is reinforced concrete, steel and glass, and it is claimed to have the first industrially prefabricated curtain wall. It gives no dimensions.
It processed coffee, tea and tobacco. Production closed in 1996, and renovation began in 2000. It now houses companies, co-working space and events. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2014 and is a Dutch national monument. The article gives no hours.
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