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Leiden University Lecture Hall / Civic Architects

Hadir Al Koshta — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000

The first university in the Netherlands was founded in Leiden in 1575. The institute is a familiar sight in the historic city centre with its historic buildings. Less well known is the fact that the university's "Gorlaeus" buildings were constructed in the second half of the 20th century, marking the development of a modern knowledge campus outside the city centre: today's Leiden Bio Science Park.

Hotel Rumour / Studio Modijefsky

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Hotel Rumour: a beguiling destination where anything can happen. As the oldest structure in Leiden, dating back to 1060, the Burcht van Leiden castle is one of the most evocative places in the city. Just down the hill is a carriage house that dates back to 1657. Studio Modijefsky has brought this humble building into the 21st century as Hotel Rumour: a vibrant social hub that can host everything from lively dinners to intimate drinks, private gatherings and dance nights – anything, in fact, apart from a sleepover. Despite the vitrine in the hallway that sells gift shop staples like bathrobes and keychains, this isn't really a hotel. It's all part of an elaborate personality created by Studio Modijefsky, who worked on everything from the name and brand identity to the merchandise and postcards.

Herta Mohr Building Leiden University Renovation / De Zwarte Hond

Hadir Al Koshta — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 03:00:00 +0000

Commissioned by Leiden University, De Zwarte Hond has completed the circular renovation and extension of the former Cluster Zuid building of the Faculty of Humanities. Architect Joop van Stigt designed Cluster Zuid for the Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University in the late 1970s. This impressive example of structuralist architecture was re-inaugurated on 8 October as Herta Mohr. It now offers 11,400 m² of space, plus car parking, with more than 700 teaching spaces and self-study places, two lecture theatres, work and meeting rooms, and common rooms. The building also houses the libraries of Leiden's African Studies Centre and the Middle Eastern Studies program.

The Float / Studio RAP

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 18:00:00 +0000

The Float
Studio RAP, a Rotterdam (NL) based architecture firm, designed a sustainable floating home from timber and solid cork. The exposed timber interior captures light and creates a wonderful tranquil interior experience, the exposed cork exterior blends in subtly with the atmosphere of the historical city. The use of mainly two materials, timber and cork, radically simplified its construction while creating simple yet elegant details.

Leiden City Hall / Office Winhov

Paula Pintos — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 02:00:00 +0000

Leiden's City Hall has been renovated and made more sustainable. Adapted to the new working methods of local government, the City Hall offers the municipality an appropriately rich and welcoming stage that again reflects the original allure of this monument – one with roots going back to the 14th Century.

Naturalis Biodiversity Center / Hollandse Nieuwe

Pilar Caballero — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 11:00:00 +0000

After many years, the renovation of the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre is finally complete. Located in the city of Leiden, the Netherlands, the museum and research institute has been dramatically expanded and transformed, with Hollandse Nieuwe responsible for the interior transformation of the employee areas and research offices. Hollandse Nieuwe was involved in workplace strategy, support, and the complete interior design of the new working environments. Together with Naturalis, a workplace strategy and design were developed through a combination of workshops, analysis, and department shadowing by the design team. The central issue in the Naturalis project was in creating an appropriate design solution that catered for its diverse workforce, as researchers, museum staff, and support staff all had different requirements and activity patterns. Alongside these considerations, the building's technical and installation constraints also played a significant role in the development and definition of the final design.

Lorentz Leiden Residential Building / Neutelings Riedijk Architects

Andreas Luco — Tue, 26 May 2020 10:00:00 +0000

The first Phase of project Lorentz at the station square in Leiden is completed and the new residents started moving in: an important step in the renewal of the Leiden station area. Lorentz Leiden consists of a composition of three light-colored towers of different heights on top of a plinth building. In Phase 1, the first two towers and plinth have now been realized. The towers have a slightly sparkling aluminium façade cladding; the highest tower in champagne color and the lower one in bronze. Both towers are crowned with two storey-high maisonettes that offer a splendid view on the city and far beyond.

Studio Akkerhuis Transforms a 19th Century Flour Mill Complex into a Mixed-Use Project

Christele Harrouk — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 06:30:00 +0000

Part of a bigger vision and a master plan by Peter Zumthor, Studio Akkerhuis’ new 55.000 square meter project in Leiden’s 19th-century flour mill complex is under construction. With a landscape by Piet Oudolf and Lola, the development that recently won the "Future Project - Commercial Mixed Use” at WAF, will include shops, galleries, apartments, workspaces, a hotel, and a spa.

Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden / Neutelings Riedijk Architects

Paula Pintos — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:01:00 +0000

Naturalis, the Dutch National Biodiversity Center, designed by Neutelings Riedijk Architects in collaboration with fashion designer Iris van Herpen brings science and the public together in a new spatial ensemble.

Lammermarkt Parking Garage / JHK Architecten

Cristobal Rojas — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 08:00:00 +0000

The Assignment

V12K03 / pasel.kuenzel architects

Valentina Villa — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 05:00:00 +0000

In an inner-city context the spatial qualities of private dwellings depend on the degree of privacy. On the street-side outside the house, you wish to store your bike when coming home from work and to protect yourself from the rain while searching for your keys. You may also long for a place where to lean on when talking to your neighbours.

Adaptive Reuse of a Former School for Infants / ATELIER SPACE

Valentina Villa — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 03:00:00 +0000

Recently, we completed the adaptive reuse of a former school for infants that was built in Leiden in 1925. The monumental school is now a residence. We maintained all the valuable and historical elements, such as the characteristic tiled floor in the corridor, the premises, the doors, and the sky lights.

ID College and ROC Leiden / Mecanoo

Valentina Villa — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 04:00:00 +0000

ID College and ROC Leiden offer secondary vocational training and education. The new build location in the historic city centre of Leiden accommodates the vocational education for students in healthcare. The complexity and historical nature of the inner city site required a thorough analysis in order to developed a design vision which reconciled these aspects within the brief. The integrated approach in which architecture, urban planning, landscape, interior design and engineering converge results in a unique design.

V13K05 / Pasel.Kuenzel

Florencia Mena — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 08:00:00 +0000

Home to a patchwork family and space for a living and working environment, this house serves several ambitions.

Tea House 'Tuin van Noord' / GAAGA

Diego Hernández — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 09:00:00 +0000

Tea house 'Tuin van Noord' is a small scale, low-budget project initiated by local residents. It functions as a community gathering place located in a local park in Leiden (NL), a historic city in the Netherlands. The tea house accommodates a seating area, a kitchen, a space from where outdoor games can be borrowed and a multifunctional space intended both for temporary exhibitions of local objects - a so-called neighbourhood museum - and meetings.

Neutelings Riedijk Architects Reveal Expansion Plans for Leiden’s Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Patricia Arcilla — Sun, 10 May 2015 13:00:07 +0000

Neutelings Riedijk Architects have revealed the final design for the expansion and renovation of the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, the Netherlands. With construction set to begin in October 2015, the rejuvenation scheme will see the renovation of 20,000m2 of the existing museum and the construction of an additional 19,000m2.

Nieuw Leyden Block / Arons en Gelauff Architecten

Daniel Sánchez — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 01:00:00 +0000

This housing block ends a field of single-family houses and stands as a free object in a new to built park. The programme consists of 42 social housing apartments and 20 parking places. Special feature of this building is the sculptural balcony facade on the south side of the building.

BioPartner / JHK Architecten

Daniel Sánchez — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

BioPartner Accelerator & Incubator are two buildings that were developed within a Design & Build construction for BioPartner Center Leiden by Dura Vermeer Bouw in partnership with JHK Architecten.