ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Thu, 9 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/965978/huis-van-albrandswaard-gortemaker-algra-feenstra Fri, 30 Jul 2021 03:00:00 +0000 Paula Pintos https://www.archdaily.com/965978/huis-van-albrandswaard-gortemaker-algra-feenstra The Huis van Albrandswaard is a new office building for the municipality of Albrandswaard. The building was designed by Gortemaker Algra Feenstra architects, after convincingly coming out on top with their eye-catching round design at the architect selection process in 2018. Residents, politicians, and civil servants have to feel welcome in this new building, which will also house several other departments alongside the town hall, such as the district team, the Albrandswaard Well-being Foundation, RTV Albrandswaard, the multifunctional council chamber which can also be used as a space for events, as well as the sports cafeteria of the gym next door.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/898496/gortemaker-algra-feenstra-designs-a-transparent-dutch-town-hall-for-the-21st-century Sat, 21 Jul 2018 14:00:00 +0000 Ella Comberg https://www.archdaily.com/898496/gortemaker-algra-feenstra-designs-a-transparent-dutch-town-hall-for-the-21st-century In the world of politics, the notion of “transparency” refers to the honesty constituents expect of their elected officials. In architecture, it means something much more literal: a transparent surface, like a window or glass wall, is one you can see through. In the small Dutch municipality of Albrandswaard, architects Gortemaker Algra Feenstra have melded the two definitions with a circular, glass town hall. As the firm writes of the project, “a single transparent space...shows the process of democracy as soon as you enter.”

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