Fact of the week: TU Delft Observatory

It was part of the former building of the Department of Geodesy, built between 1892 and 1895. The architect, Jacobus van Lokhorst, built a number of university buildings and laboratories in Delft, Leiden, Groningen, Utrecht and other places. His buildings were built in the Neo-Holland Renaissance style which was popular at the time. It revived styles from Renaissance architecture and incorporated some French elements as well.

Damini Purkayastha