a central courtyard at Rotterdam's Cube Houses , designed by Piet Blom in 1984

…(or Cube Houses) especially the inviting central courtyards (featuring small retail spaces occupied by nail, massage, hair, and waxing salons) which I think were meant to feel like an abstract forest interior – were the highlight of a gloomy Dutch afternoon, where I find myself in town for a few days of meetings about a big exciting upcoming project, but more on that later. (wikipedia page – plus a hostel just opened up in a few of the cubes)