Zonnestraal in Hilversum

You're standing at Zonnestraal, a former sanatorium in the middle of the Loosdrecht woods near Hilversum. Look at those white buildings with their huge walls of glass. They seem light, almost weightless. That's exactly the idea. Jan Duiker designed it together with Bernard Bijvoet and Jan Gerko Wiebenga, and it became a famous example of Dutch modernism, the Nieuwe Bouwen. Notice the colours too: white, black and a special pale blue known as Duiker blue.