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Architects: Benthem Crouwel Architects
- Area: 21841 m²
- Year: 2025
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Professionals: Raadgevend Ingenieursbureau van Nunen, Endotec, Peutz, Van de Ven Bouw & Ontwikkeling



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In the quaint Dutch town of Den Bosch, amongst typical brick-clad homes and winding canals, sits the odd community of Bolwoningen: a cluster of globe-shaped stilt houses punctuated with round windows in a sea of wild vegetation. Built in 1984, these oversized “golf balls” are, in fact, homes: an eccentric product of a relatively unknown architectural experiment conducted by a visionary architect, attempting to impose a new morphological dwelling solution, and hoping to generate a new residential typology. Instead, the bizarre neighbourhood remains a secluded, momentary anecdote in architectural history, and today, provides a glimpse into an age of praised radicalism and irrepressible imagination.
More on these “oddballs” after the break.



