Markthal Rotterdam
Rotterdam has a residential, office, and market hall building called The Markthal. On October 1st, 2014, Queen Maxima of the Netherlands officially opened the structure consisting of a huge market hall; the complex has 228 apartments, 4,600 square feet of retail space, 1,600 square feet of warehouse space, and a 4-story underground parking garage to park more than 1200 cars.
The architecture firm MVRDV created the Markthal. The building is made of natural gray stone and has a horseshoe-shaped archway. Both of the building’s outsides are constructed of smaller glass panes and are made of glass. Most of the smaller windows are square and measure 1485 millimeters in width.