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The 19.500m2 Flowerbed Hotel and conference center, designed by MVRDV, will be devoted entirely to flowers and will be located next to the future Bloomin’ Holland theme park and business center. The hotel with include 280 rooms along with 2.100m2 flowerbeds and host tourists and business travellers. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »
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Shenzen Stock Exchange by OMA - © Philippe Ruault
Architecture 2.0, the symposium for Architecture, will take place on November 11, 2011. For the third edition of Architecture 2.0, China and India take centre stage. Both countries have a fast-growing economy and a rapidly evolving architectural tradition. The mammoth tasks that await these countries will also contribute to shaping the future of architecture. Representatives of different generations of architects from China and India will shed light on developments in their respective homelands: Charles Correa and Bimal Patel will speak about India, while Zhang Ke and Yung Ho Chang will speak about China. From the Dutch perspective, two speakers will share their experiences of working in these two countries: Jacob van Rijs will talk about MVRDV’s projects in India, and David Gianotten about OMA’s work in China. For more information on the event, please visit here.
© Marcel van der Burg – Primabeeld
Architect: Dick van Gameren architecten
Location: Netherlands
Photographs: Marcel van der Burg – Primabeeld
Courtesy of Mecanoo Architecten
On Thursday 29 September 2011 at 6:15 pm Jan Nieuwenburg, councillor of education in the city of Haarlem, will open the exhibition, ‘From Crèche to Campus – Mecanoo’s educational buildings, present and future’ in the ABC Architecture Centre in Haarlem, the Netherlands. This exhibition presents the educational buildings designed by Mecanoo Architecten analysed and placed in perspective against the backdrop of changes in society, ideas about education and the status of schools. The exhibition is open until November 27th. More information on the exhibition after the break. read more »
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Architect: Dick van Gameren architecten
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Project team: Dick van Gameren; Paul Vlok; Willmar Groenendijk; Dries van Eijk; Remco van Buuren; Maarten Kemperink; Julien Merle
Client: Far West / De Principaal, Amsterdam
Contractor: BAM Woningbouw, Amsterdam
Structural Engineer: Strackee Bouwadviesburo, Amsterdam
Technical Engineer: Huygen Installatie Adviseurs, Rotterdam
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Marcel van der Burg – Primabeeld
© Marcel van der Burg - Primabeeld
Architect: Dick van Gameren architecten
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Project team: Dick van Gameren; Sebastiaan Kaal; Willmar Groenendijk; Maarten Peters; Niels Boswinkel; Julia Hilgenberg; Miguel Loos
Client: Woningstichting Rochdale / Delta Forte, Amsterdam
Contractor: KBK Bouw, Volendam
Structural Engineer: Ingenieursbureau Zonneveld, Rotterdam
Technical Engineer: Ebatech, Amsterdam
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Marcel van der Burg – Primabeeld
© Marcel van der Burg – Primabeeld
Architect: Dick van Gameren architecten
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
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
© Merel van Beukering
Architects: boetzkes|helder
Location: Arnhem, Netherlands
Structural Engineer: Bartels Engineers
Facade Engineer: Metadecor
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 160 sqm
Photographs: Merel van Beukering
© Marcel van der Burg - Primabeeld
Architect: Dick van Gameren architecten
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
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
© Christian Richters
Architect: Dick van Gameren architecten
Location: IJburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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
Highline, New York / Courtesy of IABR
In partnership with AIR, the architecture centre in Rotterdam, the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) is organizing five lectures on the theme ‘Making City’ which will run from September 13th to November 8th.
We are currently witnessing one of the biggest changes in the history of mankind. A revolution is taking place almost imperceptibly, the force and scale of which is unprecedented: urbanization. In just a few decades almost 80% of mankind will live in cities. More than 90% of our wealth will be generated there. And all that on less than 3% of the earth’s surface. Urbanization is inevitable, and that is precisely why it offers opportunities for a future in which millions of people enjoy a good balance between prosperity and environment, between economy and ecology. But those opportunities will only present themselves if the city is managed better, designed better, organized better, and planned better than it is at the moment. More information on the event after the break. read more »
© Stink Finger / Bob Driessen
Architect: Studio Elmo Vermijs
Location: St. Oedenrode, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
Client: Land Art / BKKC / Forest Green
Project Manager: Erik Luermans
Collaborators: Quentin Corbey, Pieter Paul Pothoven, Henk Wiersma
Engineering: Frans Schippers
Local Companies: Ahrend (residuals), A. van Liempd demolition company, BAM construction company
Project Area: 12.5 meters long, 5.5 meters wide, 3.5 meters high
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Stink Finger / Bob Driessen
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The E Tower is a high rise residence that will serve as a landmark within its newly built urban environment while seeking to bring the amenities of a world class hotel to tower’s residents The E Tower is located in an area of Eindhoven whose urban plan was drawn up by the Dutch landscape firm West 8. The original brief for the area includes the E Tower, the E Block and a slender end piece of the adjacent Block J, which are all apartment buildings in this emerging district. A gap between the E Tower and Block J will shape the area’s entrance while simultaneously providing an outdoor space. Each building in this emerging district has been named after one of the world’s cities with the E Tower taking the title of ‘New York’, aptly reflecting its prominent stance within the cluster.
Architect: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
Courtesy of Flickr CC License / Bart van Damme
Next week we will be taking our Architecture City Guide to Amsterdam 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 / Renzo Piano
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Address: Oosterdok 2, 1011 VX Amsterdam, Netherlands
Courtesy NEXT Architects + MASS Studies
“The Canopy”, a collaborative project between NEXT Architects, Amsterdam and MASS Studies, Seoul for the invited competition for a student pavilion at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Additional images of the proposal and a narrative from the designers after the break.
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The student centre as vibrant heart of any University Campus and the concept behind Student Center for the Erasmus University Campus by the collaboration of Powerhouse Company and De Zwarte Hond is no exception. The new center will be the heart of a new masterplan of the university campus in Rotterdam, Netherlands as a vibrant and central meeting point where research meets business and science meets culture.
Read on for more after the break. read more »
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Amsterdam 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.
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With a primary focus for new construction in Amsterdam South, 2700 new houses will be developed in the Havenstraat and Zuidas zones. The Havenstraat 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. read more »
© Christian Richters
Tony Fretton Architects has completed a development of apartments for sale in the North harbor of Amsterdam (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, Netherlands
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
Writing About Architecture / Alexandra Lange
We recently received a book we wished we had earlier, Writing About Architecture. …Lange’s book pulls from “lessons learned from her courses at New York University and the School of Visual Arts.” ”The book offers works by some of the
A short while ago we received Pamphlet Architecture 11-20, …the second volume that accumulates the continually growing series. Steven Holl and William Stout started the Pamphlet series back in 1978. They wanted to create a venue “for publishing the works,
Design Like You Give A Damn [2] / Architecture for Humanity
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