Work of art in brick

Museum Het Schip published a book about the thorough restauration of the building (2015 - 2018). Het Schip is thé icon of social housing and the architecture of the Amsterdam School movement. The so-called Workers' Palace was build in 1920-1921 by the socialist housing cooperation Eigen Haard (Own Hearth). Young architect Michel de Klerk designed the building, which consists of 102 apartments, a postoffice and a primary school. Between 2015 and 2018, Het Schip was radically renovated. In the book, six specialists that worked on this renovation, write about the history and the meaning of this special building.