The Euromast is an observation tower in Rotterdam, Netherlands, designed by the architect Hugh Maaskant and built between 1958 and 1960 specifically for the 1960 Floriade horticultural exhibition. Its reinforced-concrete shaft has an internal diameter of nine meters and rests on a concrete foundation block weighing about 1,900,000 kilograms, positioned so the tower's center of gravity sits below ground for stability. Originally 101 meters tall, the Euromast briefly lost its status as Rotterdam's tallest structure before a 1970 addition, the slender Space Tower, restored its height record with a further 85 meters and gave the building its present 184.6-metre overall height; it has been a protected listed monument since 2010. The Euromast is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers and has occasionally hosted organized BASE jumping events from its upper platform.
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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1. Euromast, Wikipedia
Lead section, first sentence
Euromast is an observation tower in Rotterdam, Netherlands, designed by Hugh Maaskant
Infobox, General information, Location
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Lead section, construction sentence
constructed between 1958 and 1960
Infobox, General information, Height
Antenna spire: 184.6 m (606 ft)
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
The Euromast is an observation tower in Rotterdam, Netherlands, designed by the architect Hugh Maaskant and built between 1958 and 1960 specifically for the 1960 Floriade horticultural exhibition. Its reinforced-concrete shaft has an internal diameter of nine meters and rests on a concrete foundation block weighing about 1,900,000 kilograms, positioned so the tower's center of gravity sits below ground for stability. Originally 101 meters tall, the Euromast briefly lost its status as Rotterdam's tallest structure before a 1970 addition, the slender Space Tower, restored its height record with a further 85 meters and gave the building its present 184.6-metre overall height; it has been a protected listed monument since 2010. The Euromast is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers and has occasionally hosted organized BASE jumping events from its upper platform.
- In Style: Modernist Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Modernism
Uses Element: Concrete, Wikipedia lead
The tower is a concrete structure with an internal diameter of 9 m (30 ft) and a wall thickness of 30 cm (12 in).
View the Source2. Wikidata: Euromast
- Wikidata Q969215, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q969215, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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