Glaspaleis
The Glaspaleis (English: Glass Palace) is a building in Heerlen (Dutch Limburg), built in the years 1934-1935 and serves as the cultural centre.
Most part of the building is covered with glass. It belongs to the architecture of Het Nieuwe Bouwen, a style more or less comparable to that of the Bauhaus, Modernism and International Style. Architect is Frits Peutz, largely responsible for reshaping Heerlen in a modern way.
The Glaspaleis is one of the top thousand buildings of the twentieth century.
Glaspaleis Media
The layout, showing the old and the new business. The passage is at ground floor level, leading to the main entrance in the centre and a second one at the back.*A = the connection between the old shop and the Glaspaleis*B = Vroom en Dreesman (see text)*C = Logister's umbrella shop
The mezzanine and ground floor, seen from the location of the former offices, suspended from the ceiling.
The interior of the Glaspaleis library, featuring the building's mushroom-shaped pillars.
The gap between the floors and the free standing glass encasing, with a metal grid to prevent anything falling through.
The rear side of the Glaspaleis, where the old shop used to be and which now faces the Pancratius Square.
Photograph by Dirk van der Made*The penthouse of the Glaspaleis, with former inhabitant Otto Stahl (son of Jos Schunck, oldest daughter of Peter Schunck) in the left bottom corner.
A glassart exposition in the basement.
The penthouse bay of the Glaspaleis and the church tower in the background.
