The Hague: The Latest Architecture and News

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• Architects

  ANA ROCHA architecture

• Location

  The Hague, The Netherlands

• Category

  Refurbishment

• Area

  150.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Christiane Wirth

Dutch architectural practice UNStudio have created a new urban vision for the City of the Future, a Central Innovation District (CID) test site in The Hague. Dubbed the "Socio-Technical City", the design covers a 1 square km area in the center of the city. The proposal aims to transform the site into a green, self-sufficient district of housing, offices, urban mobility and public spaces over the existing train track infrastructure.

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• Architects

  FaulknerBrowns Architects

• Location

  The Hague, The Netherlands

• Category

  Recreation & Training

• Lead Architects

  FaulknerBrowns Architects

• Area

  33000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Scagliola Brakkee, Arjen Schmitz, Hufton+Crow

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• Architects

  Bláha Architecture + Design

• Location

  The Hague, The Netherlands

• Category

  Houses

• Lead Architects

  Annemieke Bláha

• Area

  330.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Maurice Mikkers

Serving as a new gateway to the city through the connection of various green spaces and public programs, The Green Entrance is DELVA Landscape Architects’ masterplan for a historic district of The Hague. Given The Hague’s future inner-city densification, which involves the creation of 50,000 new houses, the Dutch firm’s aim is to aid these developments through sustainable and green urban strategies, manifested “through an integral approach between landscape design, cultural heritage, mobility, programming and technology.”

Commenting on the project’s primary function, the architects state: “’The Green Entrance’ connects areas that have been isolated over the years. It starts in the spacious and open ‘City Hall' that connects to the train station and continues to the ‘Koningin Julianaplein’. No narrow doors or gates, but a wide view over the green and lively surrounding public space.”

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• Architects

  GAAGA

• Location

  The Hague, The Netherlands

• Category

  Houses

• Architects in Charge

  Esther Stevelink, Arie Bergsma

• Area

  180.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

MVRDV and developer Provast has revealed plans for a two new mixed-use residential towers in The Hague that will add over 500 new apartments to the city’s Central Business District. Located on Grotiusplaats adjacent to the National Library and near the city’s Central Station, the “Grotius Towers” will offer 61,800 square meters of residential and commercial space to service the needs of The Hague’s growing downtown core.

The towers’ design reacts to the typical tower typology found in the Hague by focusing on high-quality details, a subtle facade, a ‘soft’ landing on the street and a ‘crown’ of large outdoor spaces. Inside, a mix of social housing and private accommodations will ensure the buildings are inhabited by a diverse community, while their ground-floor commercial plinths will make the complex a destination for shopping, dining and socializing.

Richard Meier is well-known for his love of the color white, describing it as “the most wonderful color, because within it you can see all the colors of the rainbow” in his Pritzker Prize acceptance speech. As such, many of his buildings, including the City Hall of The Hague in Netherlands (completed in 1995), are painted head-to-toe in the snowy pigment. But now, all that white has given the building a new unintentional function: as a perfect canvas for the world’s largest Mondrian painting.

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• Architects

  Bureau Fraai

• Location

  The Hague, The Netherlands

• Category

  Interiors Architecture

• Architects in Charge

  Rikjan Scholten, Daniel Aw

• Area

  317.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  René van Dongen , Pascal Striebel

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• Architects

  De Zwarte Hond

• Location

  Utenbroekestraat 6, 2597 PH The Hague, The Netherlands

• Category

  Schools

• Developer

  Bouwonderneming Stout B.V., Hardinxveld-Giessendam, The Netherlands

• Area

  2480.0 m2

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  ScagliolaBrakkee

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• Architects

  Atelier Kempe Thill

• Location

  The Hague, The Netherlands

• Category

  Apartments

• Design Team

  André Kempe, Oliver Thill, Teun van der Meulen, Rafael Alencar Saraiva, Marcel Geerdink, Anja Mueller, Peter Graf, Stefanie Diwischek, Andris Rubenis, David van Eck

• Area

  9132.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Ulrich Schwarz

The Mauritshuis, a Dutch 17^th century city palace in The Hague, will reopen this week following a large scale renovation and extension designed by Hans van Heeswijk with servicing and fire engineering undertaken by Arup. Similar to Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, which reopened after a ten year restoration and remodelling in 2013, the Mauritshuis Royal Picture Gallery exhibits one of the finest collections of Dutch Golden Age paintings including Johannes Vermeer's Girl With a Pearl Earring. Alongside a large scale renovation, Hans van Heeswijk have also extended the galleries with new exhibition spaces, an auditorium and educational spaces.

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• Architects

  Carve

• Location

  The Hague, The Netherlands

• Category

  skatepark

• Carve Team

  Elger Blitz, Mark van der Eng, Thomas Tiel Groenestege, Emma Kaul, Thijs van der Zouwen, Hannah Schubert

• Area

  1650.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2014

• Photographs

  Marleen Beek

• Architects

  KAAN Architecten

• Location

  The Hague, South Holland, The Netherlands

• Category

  Institutional buildings

• Project Team

  Kees Kaan, Vincent Panhuysen, Dikkie Scipio, Allard Assies, Henri van Bennekom, Valéry Didelon, Gabriella Fiorentini, Michael Geensen, Artsje Hijlkema, Carl de Leeuw, Eric van Noord, Hannes Ochmann, Björn Scharwei, Kartsen Schellmat, Heidi Serbruyns, Kim Sneyders, Pasquale Talerico, Thierry Voellinger, Martin Zwinggi

• Client

  The Government Buildings Agency

• Area

  28500.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2005

• Photographs

  Christian Richters

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