Myriad, Syntax and Tunga / Dick van Gameren architecten

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Architect: Dick van Gameren architecten
Location: Amsterdam,
Project Team: Dick van Gameren; Jarno van Essen; Mark Sloof; Sebastiaan Kaal; Maarten Peters
Contractor: Heijmans Woningbouw, Almere
Structural Engineer: Berkhout Tros Bouwadviseurs, Alkmaar
Technical Engineers: BNI Installaties, Alkmaar; Pol Soest, Soest
Client: Heijmans Vastgoed, Almere
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Marcel van der Burg – Primabeeld

FOM Institute AMOLF / Dick van Gameren architecten

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Architect: Dick van Gameren architecten
Location: ,
Project team: Dick van Gameren; Otto Diesfeldt, Jarno van Essen; Maarten de Geus; Willmar Groenendijk, Maarten Peters
Contractor: Heijmans IBC, Leeuwarden
Structural Engineer: Aronsohn raadgevende ingenieurs BV, Rotterdam
Technical Engineers: Deerns, Rijswijk; Peutz, Mook
Client: F.O.M. Instituut AMOLF
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Marcel van der Burg – Primabeeld

Block 51-C / Dick van Gameren architecten

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Architect: Dick van Gameren architecten
Location: IJburg, Amsterdam,
Project Team: Dick van Gameren; Maarten de Geus; Mirjam van Hasselt; Thomas van Bekhoven
Contractor: Giesbers-Eemland Bouw, Bussum
Structural Engineer: Adviesbureau Buizer, Wijk bij Duurstede
Client: De Alliantie Ontwikkeling, Huizen
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Christian Richters

AD Classics: Amsterdam Orphanage / Aldo van Eyck

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Dutch Architect built the Orphanage in 1960. His design focused on a balance of forces to create both a home and small city on the outskirts of .

AD Classics: Vincent van Gogh Museum / Gerrit Rietveld

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The Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh was commissioned in 1963, but not completed until over a decade later. was originally chosen to spearhead the project, and provided the initial design. Tragically, however, Rietveld died a year after the project began. Rietveld’s colleague on the project, J. van Dillen, took over the commission as a result, sticking closely to Rietveld’s previous sketches. When van Dillen died in 1966, the project was finally left to be finished with a slightly adjusted design by J. van Tricht.

Architecture City Guide: Amsterdam

This week, with the help of our readers, our Architecture City Guide is headed to . With its numerous canals, Renaissance architecture, and bike friendly culture, it is hard not to fall in love with . Also, if you love modern or contemporary architecture one could hardly argue against making this city the first stop on a tour of Europe. Our list of 24 buildings hardly does justice to this amazing city, but it will certainly give those less familiar with the city a starting point. We will be adding to our list in the near future, as we didn’t come close to incorporating all our readers’ suggestions. In the meantime add more of your favorites to the comment section below.

The Architecture City Guide: Amsterdam list and corresponding map after the break.

Help us with our Architecture City Guide: Amsterdam

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Next week we will be taking our Architecture City Guide to and we need your help. To make the City Guides more engaging we are asking for your input on which designs should comprise our weekly list of 12-24. In order for this to work we will need you, our readers, to suggest a few of your favorite modern/contemporary buildings for the upcoming city guide in the comment section below. Along with your suggestions we ask that you provide a link to an image you took of the building that we can use, the address of the building, and the architect. (The image must be from a site that has a Creative Common License cache like Flickr or Wikimedia. We cannot use images that are copyrighted unless they are yours and you give us permission.) From that we will select the top 12-24 most recommended buildings. Hopefully this method will help bring to our attention smaller well done projects that only locals truly know. With that in mind we do not showcase private single-family residences for obvious reasons. Additionally, we try to only show completed projects.

This week we are headed to Amsterdam.

Example of the information we need for your suggestion:
NEMO Science Center /
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Address: Oosterdok 2, 1011 VX Amsterdam, Netherlands

Gerrit Rietveld Academy / Benthem Crouwel Architekten

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Architects: Benthem Crouwel Architekten
Location: Amsterdam,
Project Year: 2004
Project Area: 6,500 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Benthem Crouwel Architekten

Elicium RAI / Benthem Crouwel Architekten

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Architects: Benthem Crouwel Architekten
Location: Amsterdam, The
Project Year: 2009
Project Area: 15,195 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Benthem Crouwel Architekten

Academic Centre for Dentistry / Benthem Crouwel Architekten

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Architects: Benthem Crouwel Architekten
Location: ,
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 23,150 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Benthem Crouwel Architekten

De Nieuwe Liefde / Wiel Arets Architects

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Architects: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: ,
Client: Amerborgh Monumenten BV
Project team: Bettina Kraus, Gwendolyn Kerschbaumer, Julius Klatte, Dennis Villanueva, Marie Morin
Project area: 1,960 sqm
Project year: 2007 – 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of Wiel Arets Architects

Alphabet Building / MVRDV

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based project development corporation NIC started sale of the MVRDV designed Alphabet building. In Amsterdam small and mid-size creative companies have trouble finding suitable office space. The Alphabet building communicates through a clear exterior design which reveals on the East façade the house number and at the main façade the extension for each company, a letter of the alphabet. The interior is highly flexible and completed with a rough and pure finishing. The 3200m2 creative industry building will be completed in 2012 according to high energy efficiency standards.

Pavilion for an Artist / DHL Architecture

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Architects: DHL Architecture
Location: Amsterdam,
Design team: Lada Hršak, Daniëlle Huls
Client: Stichting Nieuw en Meer
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Thomas Lenden

Havenstraat Dwelling Scheme / Allard Architecture

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With a primary focus for new construction in Amsterdam South, 2700 new houses will be developed in the and Zuidas zones. The masterplan is currently the biggest project in this area, with construction due to start in 2014. The plans are yet to be finalised, as the city must reclaim the land from companies which occupy the existing temporary buildings. As a result, Allard Architecture was triggered by these plans to develop a dwelling scheme that adapts to the specific qualities of the Havenstraat area, near the old Olympic stadium in Amsterdam. More images and architects’ description after the break.

The Tree Garden / SNITKER/BORST/ARCHITECTEN/

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Architects: SNITKER/BORST/ARCHITECTEN/ – Leen Borst, Mark Snitker
Location: Amsterdam, The
Project Team: Brigitte Kwa, Janet André, Pieter van der Pot, Rudy Davi, Petty Tang, Patrick Colly
Design Team – Urban Design: Andrea Alvarez, Sebastian Soelberg
Landscape Architect: Ruwan Aluvihare
Project year: 2007 – 2009
Photographs: Roos Aldershoff

De Prinsendam / Tony Fretton Architects

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Tony Fretton Architects has completed a development of apartments for sale in the North harbor of (Overhoeks). Commissioned by ING Real Estate the 10,700 sqm building is situated in a masterplan by urban designer Ton Schaap and Geurst and Schulze Architekten bv. The building comprises 74 flats through 8 floors, over a basement car park. It occupies the Northern end of the site and forms a courtyard with a scheme by Alvaro Siza. The building is within close proximity to schemes by Jo Coenen, Mecanoo Architekten, Baneke van der Hoeven and Geurst and Schulze Architekten bv.

Architect: Tony Fretton Architects
Location: Overhoeks 1, 1031 CC Amsterdam,
Project Team: Tony Fretton, Jim McKinney, David Owen (Project Architect)
Executive Architect: Geurst en Schulze Architecten
Structural Engineer: Ingenieursbureau Zonneveld
Services Engineer: Halmos Adviseurs Installaties
Project Area: 437,000 sqm (site), 10,700 sqm (internal area)
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Christian Richters

Houtsma Site Live/Work Factory / Architectenbureau Marlies Rohmer

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Architects: Architectenbureau Marlies Rohmer
Location: Amsterdam, The
Design team: Marlies Rohmer, Floris Hund (deputy architect), Kirsten Gabriëls (assistant designer/coordinator), Gieneke Pieterse (project coordinator), Ido de Boer, Charles Hueber, Marie Louise Greger
Project area: 6,260 sqm
Project year: 2004 – 2010
Photographs: Luuk Kramer, Marlies Rohmer

Floating Houses in IJburg / Architectenbureau Marlies Rohmer

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Architects: Architectenbureau Marlies Rohmer
Location: , The Netherlands
Design team: Marlies Rohmer and Floris Hund, Michiel van Pelt, Ronald Hageman, Marc de Vries, Charles Hueber, Martin Koster
Client: Ontwikkelingscombinatie Waterbuurt West and Woningstichting Eigen Haard
Project area: 10,652 sqm
Project year: 2001-2011
Photographs: Marcel van der Burg, Luuk, Kramer, Roos Aldershoff

Zuiderzeeweg / Fact Architects

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Architects: Fact Architects
Location: ,
Client: De Principaal
Project area: 12,395 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Fact Architects

Ronald McDonald Centre / Fact Architects

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Architects: Fact Architects – Inge Brouwer, Juul van Gemert, 
Peer Glandorff, 
Jean-Marc Saurer, Ruud Visser
Location: Amsterdam, The
Structural Engineer: Pieters Bouwtechniek, Delft
Installations: Grontmij TM
Climate, acoustics and safety: Peutz
Contractor: Wessels Zeist
Project area: 7,300
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Luuk Kramer

Brouwersgracht Apartment / CUBE Architecten

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Architects: CUBE Architecten & SOLUZ architecten
Location: Amsterdam,
Project area: 200 sqm
Project year: 2008
Photographs: CUBE Architecten