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MVRDV Wins Rotterdam’s Shift Embassy With a “Rocky Green Landmark”
Rotterdam-based architecture practice MVRDV has won the international competition for the city’s new Shift Embassy, with a design…
Agence Ontwerp Turns a 1958 Rotterdam Gallery Flat Around an 8-Meter Storage Wall
Bentinck, the debut project from newly founded Rotterdam practice agence ontwerp, reorganizes a 90 sqm (969 sq ft)…
Ninetynine Shrinks Its Tile Grid from 20cm to 5cm to Pull Diners into Fab Fries Freddy
Ninetynine‘s Fab Fries Freddy squeezes a full snack-bar identity into 35 sqm (377 sq ft) near Amsterdam’s Red…
Studio RAP Wraps a Dutch Transformer Station in 322 Robotically 3D-Printed Ceramic Tiles
Studio RAP‘s Powerwall wraps a live Dutch transformer station in 322 hand-glazed, robotically 3D-printed ceramic tiles that turn…
MVRDV Built a Crater of Plants Inside a Bordeaux Housing Block That Looks Like Any Other From the Street
MVRDV has completed La Vallée Verte, a residential project that is, in its most honest description, two completely…
Studio Modijefsky Expands a 1920s Dutch Waterfront House Into a Complete Domestic Ecosystem Along the Rijn
A protected early-twentieth-century house on the banks of the Rijn presented Amsterdam-based Studio Modijefsky with a challenge that…
Maarten Baas Uses 1,000 Airport Workers to Form “Human Hands” of Schiphol Clock
Maarten Baas returns to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol with “People’s Clock,” a monumental video installation in Lounge 1 that…
De Hoop: Stijn Dries Transforms a Derelict Paper Factory Into a “Vibrant Village” for 200 Makers
Stijn Dries has transformed De Hoop, a formerly derelict paper factory in Zaandam, Netherlands, into a sprawling internal…
Studioninedots Stacks “Playful Boxes” to Create Light House in Amsterdam
In the burgeoning Amsterdam‘s Centrumeiland district, local studio Studioninedots has completed Light House, a vertical family residence defined…
EeStairs and Julia Van Beuningen Insert Sculptural Plywood Staircase Into Dutch Barn
The renovation of the Ahof Farm in Nijkerk, Netherlands, led by cellist and interior architect Julia van Beuningen…
Studio A Kwadraat and OMA Complete Modular Timber School in Amsterdam
Basisschool Wisperweide emerges as a definitive shift in educational environments, marking the first completion under Amsterdam’s Innovation Partnership…
“A Different Kind of Public Place”: Heatherwick Studio Reveals Biobased “Urban Reef”
Heatherwick Studio’s ‘Urban Reef’ proposal for Rotterdam’s Waterkant district reimagines the public landmark as a regenerative, timber-framed ecosystem…
MVRDV and Heatherwick Among Five Firms Shortlisted for Rotterdam “World Wonder” Landmark
The “World Wonder” competition in Rotterdam has reached a pivotal milestone with the announcement of five shortlisted international…
Lounge Lodge by I29 Is a “Sculptural Green Volume” That Fits Four People Into 20 Square Metres
Designed by Jatin Chaletbouw and i29 architects, the Lounge Lodge is a compact retreat nestled within the RCN…
Holy Water: MVRDV and Zecc Architecten Reimagine a Church as a Public Pool in Heerlen
In a creative adaptive reuse project, MVRDV and Zecc Architecten have won the competition to transform the St.…
Amsterdam Light Festival Welcomes “Polaris”: A Celestial Beacon in the Cityscape
The Amsterdam Light Festival, celebrating the city’s 750th anniversary, is bathed in the ethereal glow of “Polaris,” a…
LEO Goudvisch: A Modern Twist on Amsterdam’s Classic Bars
The Goudvisch Family is known for their collection of bars in Amsterdam that perfectly mix old-school charm with…
NIO House Amsterdam: MVRDV’s Transformation of a 19th-Century Listed Building
Electric car maker NIO has unveiled its flagship location in Europe at a seven-storey building situated on Amsterdam’s…
Firm Architects Designs From Scratch an Apartment in Amsterdam With a Strongly Masculine Aesthetic
Dutch architecture practice Firm Architects has recently designed this apartment in Amsterdam with a strong masculine aesthetic. The floor of…
Studio Modijefsky Mixes Reclaimed Materials and Harsh Textures for the New De Biertuin West in Amsterdam
After the successful renovation of De Biertuin East in 2015, Studio Modijefsky was commissioned to design De Biertuin…
MVRDV to transform Eindhoven Shopping Centre into Sustainable Cultural Hub with “Music Mountain” and Rooftop Parks
MVRDV has proposed a radical transformation of Eindhoven‘s Heuvel shopping centre into a green cultural quarter. On its…