Oost-Indisch Huis
In Oost-Indisch Huis, the East India Company’s Amsterdam office and headquarters were forged in 1606, the first building built specifically for the VOC in this city. Designed with a Tuscan-pillared gate and a Courtyard, it connected the Bushuis armory to the canal, and its Amsterdam Renaissance façades reflect the era’s architectural flair, a design likely by Hendrick de Keyser who helped shape its distinctive look. The western wing was added in 1663–64, with a northern wing reaching Oude Hoogstraat, and a later extension between 1658 and 1661 completed the compound as a multifunctional complex—warehouse, office, and auction room—where the 20 regents of the Amsterdam chamber met and where many Heeren XVII meetings were held. After the VOC dissolved in 1798, the Oost-Indisch Huis continued in use for a few decades more, but by fate it was demolished, and today the site no longer bears the building. …
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