National monument with features characteristic of 'New Realism' and the 'Amsterdam School'. The ceramics factory Royal Delft was founded in 1653 at Oosteinde.
In 1907, production of Delftware pottery was moved from the inner city to its current location. The company headquarters, characterised by a sleek, rigid and cubist design with highly expressive details, were built in 1930 after a design by Anton van der Lee. In and around the courtyard, there is an extraordinary collection of building ceramics on show. The factory produced building ceramics for many a monument, a.o. the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam and the Peace Palace in The Hague.