A pile of modest, traditional houses stretching into the sky

The new Inntel Hotel, slated for construction in the Dutch town of Zaandam, is your basic traditional rectangular block, wrapped in facades from the different types of houses that are typical to the region. It gives new meaning to the phrase "a magnificent pile." I like it.

Hotel Inntel Zaandam (Thanks, Fipi Lele!

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Cory Doctorow

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