Tagged Rotterdam

MAD Architects’ first cultural project in Europe, the Fenix Museum of Migration, has broken ground in Rotterdam. The project (see previous coverage here) includes the renovation of the Fenix warehouse, built...

MVRDV has completed the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam's Museumpark, which is covered in mirrored glass and topped by a "rooftop forest". The depot features a new type of experience for museum visito...

MVRDV has completed Villa Stardust, transforming a former commercial building in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, into a private home. Inspired by a Moroccan riad, the interior living spaces of the villa are oriente...

Studio Roosegaarde has memorialized the 104.000 victims of the Holocaust in the Netherlands with an interactive installation, titled Levenslicht, unveiled last week in Rotterdam. The purpose of the light monume...

Dutch practice Eklund Terbeek has converted a former school gymnasium into a spacious loft-style apartment for a family of four in Rotterdam. Eklund Terbeek architects were responsible for the transformation o...

A floating dairy farm designed by Peter van Wingerden and Minke van Wingerden of Beladon a company that specializes in waterborne architecture, and local architecture studio Goldsmith, has opened in Rotterdam, ...

Madrid-based architect Teresa Sapey is the mind behind the bold interior of Bruno, the biggest hotel to date, for Room Mate in Rotterdam. Occupying a former 19th-century spice warehouse, the Bruno hotel feature...

MAD Architects has been commissioned to design a panoramic viewpoint on top of the historic Fenix warehouse in Rotterdam. The Fenix Warehouse is located on the Katendrecht peninsula, on the southern banks in...

Witte de Withstraat, one of Rotterdam’s liveliest and well-known streets, has a new resident. CityHub has teamed up with Studio Modijefsky to modified three existing buildings on the street to create the se...

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen’s 11500m2 Bodon Galleries have been filled with four massive mounds of turd sculpted by Vienna-based artists collective Gelatin. Gelatin’s humorous, infectiously enthusiastic�...

Standard Studio has recently converted office building ‘Hermes City Plaza’ in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, into a residential building with 218 student houses. Each year the Erasmus University program houses...

Dutch practice MVRDV gives a new look to the Groos Concept Store in Rotterdam. From The Wall Street Journal to Elle, and Architectural Digest to The Lonely Planet city guide; Groos has been named as a leading e...

Dutch studio Shift Architecture Urbanism has recently transformed an early 20th century townhouse into two high-end apartments by radically opening it up. Situated in the center of Rotterdam, the Matryoskha Hou...

MVRDV has recently completed Casa Kwantes, a private residence in The Netherlands based around the clients’ desire for seclusion and privacy, whilst having a maximum of daylight and open living spaces. From...

Dutch architects Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman designed this skinny house in Rotterdam for themselves, showing how forgotten empty spaces in the city can be used. Each city has neglected spaces that can...

A little over a month since its presentation, the giant staircase designed by Dutch practice MVRDV has been officially opened in Rotterdam. 180 steps leading up from the Stationsplein, outside Rotterdam Centra...

From mid-May to mid-June, Rotterdam is set to host a temporary new eye-catcher, a giant staircase with 180 steps leading from Stationsplein, outside Rotterdam Central Station’s entrance, to the top of the Gro...

Rotterdam based Studio AAAN have combined architecture and wine in their design for the new wine shop Wijn aan de Kade. The store is located in a 1896 monumental building along the Admiraliteitskade in the ce...

The spatial installation ‘Urban Ant City’ by Dutch design firm STUDIO 1:1 is a living city map of Rotterdam. Hundreds of Spanish ants find their way through the functionally planned city, designed by arc...

After a very fast construction period of only two months a striking new pavilion shines in the heart of Rotterdam. Mei architects and planners designed this new McDonald's pavilion on Coolsingel Rotterdam. T...

Today the Markthal Rotterdam designed by local practice MVRDV opens its door to the public. The covered market is located in the city center of Rotterdam and comprises 96 fresh produce units and 20 hospitality ...