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39: 253: 46: 185:). Founded as a hotel, it initially housed travelling immigrants. Later, it was used as a detention center and also housed artists' studios. It is an official national monument of the Netherlands. It operated as the Lloyd Hotel from 2004 until 2022 and was re-opened after extensive refurbishment as The Hoxton, Lloyd Amsterdam in September 2023. 26: 197:, commissioned by the Royal Holland Lloyd (KHL). The KHL did use the hotel as advertising, to recruit clients for passengers heading to South America. When it was completed on June 1, 1921, it had cost eight times more than originally estimated, contributing to the subsequent bankruptcy of the KHL. 226:
After operating for many years as the Lloyd Hotel, it closed its doors in November 2021 for a complete renovation. In October 2022, it was announced that the international hotel chain
204:. In 1936, the KHL went bankrupt and the building was purchased by the City of Amsterdam. Subsequently, from 1938 it was used as a shelter for Jewish refugees from Germany and during 353: 219:
and art historian Otto Nan presented a design for a hotel and "cultural embassy" of culture in Amsterdam. Their plan was developed in sketches by the architect firm
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and after an extensive restoration, the building has served as a hotel since 2004, placed on the monument list in 2001. The hotel has 117 rooms.
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By 1989 the detention center building had fallen into neglect. It was then served as studio space for artists from the former
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From 1921 to 1936 the building was used as temporary accommodation for immigrants, mostly poor
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The building was established in 1918 in the eclectic style, designed by architect
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Over 40 Dutch and international designers worked on the interior of Lloyd Hotel.
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Lloyd Hotel is located in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Coordinates
52°22′27″N 4°56′5″E / 52.37417°N 4.93472°E / 52.37417; 4.93472
MVRDV
Eastern Docklands
Amsterdam
Royal Holland Lloyd
Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd
Evert Breman
Eastern European Jews
World War II
Yugoslavia
Suzanne Oxenaar
MVRDV
The Hoxton
The Hoxton, Lloyd Amsterdam
Breman Brasserie
Barbue
The Apartment
Rijksmonument
523289
"Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam"
Official site
Categories
Hotels in Amsterdam
Prisons in the Netherlands
Hotel buildings completed in 1921

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