The Architectural Photography Awards 2019 has revealed its shortlisted images under 6 categories: Exterior, Interior, Sense of Place, Buildings in Use, Mobile, and Portfolio. Sponsored by Sto and supported by the World Architecture Festival (WAF), this year’s lineup was selected from nearly 2000 entries from 42 countries.
Amsterdam: The Latest Architecture and News
Shortlist Announced for the Architectural Photography Awards 2019
Hotel Arena in Amsterdam / Team V Architecture
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Architects: Team V Architecture
- Area: 5000 m²
- Year: 2017
Restoration Project Transforms Old Bridge Cabins Into Hotel Rooms
The city of Amsterdam is popular for its compelling architecture, interlaced water canals, bridges, and docks. However, alongside these water canals lay old guard cabins that have been left to defunct. A restoration project by Dutch architecture firm space&matter promises to bring together the historic city's tourists and water canals through a unique architecture project.
Gerrit Rietveld Academy and Sandberg Institute / Studio Paulien Bremmer + Hootsmans Architects
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Architects: Hootsmans Architects, Studio Paulien Bremmer
- Area: 6850 m²
- Year: 2019
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Professionals: Fedlev, Hootsmans architects.
Frame Residential Building / Frits van Dongen Architecten en Planners + Koschuch Architects
- Area: 8142 m²
- Year: 2019
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Professionals: DPA, ERA Contour, Frits van Dongen architects & Koschuch architects, Van Rossum
House M&M / NEXT architects + Claudia Linders
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Architects: Claudia Linders, NEXT architects
- Area: 269 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Alcoa, Quooker, Viroc, Vola
The World’s First Dynamic Bridge and Autonomous Boats in Amsterdam
The roundAround project, developed by researchers at MIT Senseable City Lab, in collaboration with the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions, is basically a bridge made of autonomous boats called Roboats. The least traditional solution, roundAround, but the most versatile and modular answer, connects the waterway between Marineterrein and the City Center in Amsterdam, allowing the transportation of people and goods.
MVRDV Reopens Crystal Houses with New Tenant and Facade
Dutch design practice MVRDV has reopened their 2016 project Crystal Houses with a new tenant and façade. Located on the high-end shopping street PC Hooftstraat, Crystal Houses initially hosted a temporary store for Chanel. The project’s jewel-like façade was proposed as a way for Amsterdam to be home to distinctive, upmarket flagship stores without compromising the city’s historical character. Now the project has been renovated and re-opened for French luxury brand Hermès.
Harbour Building Amsterdam / Margulis Moormann Architects
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Architects: Margulis Moormann Architects
- Area: 400 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Alcoa, De Groot Vroomshoop
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Professionals: Nieman Engineers
Huis VT House / ANA architecten
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Architects: ANA architecten
- Area: 216 m²
- Year: 2018
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Professionals: Aannemersbedrijf Sondervan, De Ingenieursgroep
zU-Studio Creates Floating Harbor Pavilion for Amsterdam
Architecture practice zU-Studio has created a proposal for a floating pavilion in Amsterdam's historic shipyard. Designed atop an old Dortmunder Ship, the project was made to be a sculptural object that creates connections between cultures. The structure is inspired by Richard Serra´s sculpture in Museumplein in Amsterdam. The pavilion aims to create a unique Dutch floating experience that brings art and history together.
SLA Salad Bar / Standard Studio
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Architects: Standard Studio
- Area: 275 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Fest, Maretti
Montessori school De Scholekster / Heren 5 Architects
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Architects: Heren 5 Architects
- Area: 804 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Carl Stahl, Glasbox, PC Henderson, RGM
Funen Blok K - Verdana / NL Architects
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Architects: NL Architects
- Year: 2009
De Nieuwe Noorder / Dok Architecten + Moke Architecten
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Architects: Dok Architecten, Moke Architecten
- Area: 1415 m²
- Year: 2012
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Manufacturers: Saint-Gobain, Wienerberger, Acosorb, Brakel Atmos, De Groot Vroomshoop, +3
Freebooter Housing / GG-loop
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Architects: GG-loop
- Area: 257 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: JUNG, KCP Amsterdam, Plaisier Interieur, Senso
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Professionals: JF Totaaltechniek, Mabutec, Pieters Bouwtechniek
The World's Most Liveable Cities in 2019
For ten consecutive years, Vienna ranks first in the Mercer survey on cities with the best quality of life in the world. In this edition to the global ranking, eight Western European cities join the top ten, even when "trade tensions and populist undercurrents continue to dominate the global economic climate", as Mercer points out in its report.