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Booking.com City Campus / UNStudio

Paula Pintos — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000

The architecture of the Booking.com City Campus. In 2015, Booking.com, together with BPD (Bouwfonds Property Development), selected UNStudio to design their new campus in the center of Amsterdam. From the outset, the goal for the buildings was to create a healthy community; to bring employees together and to attract new talent from across the globe.

Exploring Showroom Interiors: The Art of Displaying Materials, Furniture, and Design Objects

Agustina Iñiguez — Wed, 28 May 2025 07:30:00 +0000

When creating exhibition spaces, the design of the experience, the proposed route, and the transmission of certain perceptions and senses contribute to establishing different bonds and connections between the displayed objects and their visitors. Understanding a showroom as a space designed to creatively and experientially showcase products and services, what design strategies could enhance users’ interior experiences? How does interior design engage in dialogue with exhibition architecture?

Apartment With a View / i29

Valeria Silva — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Situated on the 19th floor in the heart of Amsterdam's vibrant Zuidas business district, this stunning apartment offers breathtaking views of the city skyline. Here, the dynamic energy of urban life blends seamlessly with the warmth of tactile materials and a soft color palette, creating a serene high-rise retreat.

Fontys Hogescholen's Rachelsmolen Campus / Barcode Architects + Nudus + Hollandse Nieuwe + OKRA

Paula Pintos — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Fontys Hogescholen's Rachelsmolen Campus in Eindhoven has undergone a transformation from a closed island in the city to an inspiring learning environment. The design team of Barcode Architects, Nudus, Okra landscape architects, and Hollandse Nieuwe was responsible for designing a master plan, the surrounding landscape and the realization of three new education buildings.

Leolux Experience Center / i29 interior architects

Paula Pintos — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Dutch furniture group Leolux has opened its new experience center near Amsterdam. For their new showroom studio, i29 worked on the interior design of 3500 m2 retail where everything is about the experience. To i29, the challenge was to create an optimized balance between both intimate and spacious areas, offering visitors a variety of experiences while wandering through the space.

The West Residence Club / Concrete

Paula Pintos — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 14:00:00 +0000

The West Residence Club is located in Hell's Kitchen, one of Manhattan's most sprouting neighborhoods. The neighborhood is known for its industrial character and its rich, colorful history, which combined, create an unmistakable mystique. Today it offers varied urban architecture from brick warehouses and low-rise showrooms to open parking lots and original townhouses. Its unique mix of residents, companies, independent shops, and small restaurants has made it into a dynamic neighborhood.

Concrete, Wood, Steel and Glass: How to Choose the Material of a Staircase?

Valeria Montjoy — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 07:30:00 +0000

Most of us use stairways every day, but few times do we stop to contemplate their design or put much thought into their function. With their steps, treads and railing, they are easily one of the most fundamental architectural elements in any home. Apart from providing a safe, simple and easy access from one floor to another, it is through staircases that architects create unique spatial forms and strong visuals. From afar, one can observe people moving up and down repeatedly; from within, the user is treated to new angles and ways to perceive a space. Therefore, good staircases are more than just means of vertical circulation. Through their might and scale, they can become the protagonist of a space – a design focal point that rises to the level of art. In this article, we present their versatile characteristics and material qualities through a selection of inspiring examples, all of which can be found in Architonic's 'Staircases' section.

Kitchen Organization: Different Materials for Your Worktop

Giovana Martino — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 04:00:00 +0000

Kitchens as we know them today have functionality as their main feature and for that their space was historically organized from an industrial logic. The development of home appliances and the precise definition of the layout guarantee a functional floor plan and the optimization of work in the kitchen. As part of this layout we find the worktops, horizontal half-height surfaces that have multiple uses and, therefore, many possible configurations.

5 Design Elements to Enhance Your Bookshelf

Claire Brodka — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:30:00 +0000

In times of an ongoing global pandemic and constant video meetings, more and more people are leveraging their bookshelves at home to not only create appropriately stylish screen backdrops but also communicate credibility. There’s even a Twitter account on the subject. That being said, not everyone has a library-worthy collection to display or the space to store heavy art volumes. But whatever your personal shelf dream – even if it involves cats – here are five design elements that will help you make the most out of a tool you didn’t know you had, plus real examples of how they are being used to enhance bookshelves in projects around the globe. Head to the bookshelf section on Architonic for further inspiration and concrete product examples.

Canal House Amsterdam / i29 interior architects

Andreas Luco — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 02:00:00 +0000

Amsterdam-based studio i29 converted a neglected 17th-century canal house into a bright home with unexpected views and room for discovery. The house is located along the canals near Amstelveld, originally constructed in 1675. Over the years the house had been fallen into almost a complete ruin, the renovation took more than 2 years and was executed in collaboration with a team of specialists.

Ninetynine Office / Ninetynine

Paula Pintos — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 13:00:00 +0000

When designing our own workplace, we wanted it to reflect our way of working as a small design studio. By mapping our main activities and dividing them throughout the space, we created a clear division between the area where “stuff gets done” and the area where the creative process takes place. We designed bespoke furniture items to help us to organise the daily balancing act between creating and organising, pushing boundaries, and making things happen.

Bonnefanten Museum Maastricht Workspace / Hollandse Nieuwe

Pilar Caballero — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 01:00:00 +0000

Located in Maastricht, The Bonnefanten Museum is housed in a world-renown monumental building designed by Aldo Rossi. Hollandse Nieuwe was asked to re-design the Bonnefanten Museum’s workspace and employee areas. These new areas consist of the director’s rooms, workspace for employees planning and curating exhibits, and a small restaurant.

House of Dentons / Studio Prototype + DZAP

Valeria Silva — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Dentons is the world’s largest law firm, with currently 183 offices in 75 countries. Studio PROTOTYPE has been asked to design the interior concept of ‘The House of Dentons’ for their office in the Netherlands, with approximately 6000 m2 located in the Viñoly building on Amsterdam’s Zuidas.

Klaprozenweg Municipality of Amsterdam / Hollandse Nieuwe

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:00:00 +0000

The goal of the municipality of Amsterdam has with its current housing policy is one that seeks to find attractive, efficient, and environmentally friendly homes for civil servants. To realize this, the municipality has created a policy in which there are two bigger ‘head locations’ and a number of smaller locations throughout the city. A number of public services have been incorporated in this location aside from its existing management functions; another detail is the semi-public workspace which civil servants of all other locations may use. This general area has a number of facilities like a semi-public plaza which has the aesthetic of a grand café, housing diverse meeting places.

VanMoof Brand Store / Ninetynine

Andreas Luco — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Dutch bike brand VanMoof is on a mission to introduce the Dutch mobility mindset to the rest of the world and in the process get as many city dwellers on bikes as possible. To this effect, they’ve opened a number of brand stores in cities around the world, designed by Ninetynine. Welcome to Dream City. “The e-bike is transformational for the urban commute. Where bikes were traditionally considered for the 5km range, the e-bike is suited for the 30km commute. We engineered this new range with the urban commuter in mind and designed a riding experience that will change urban mobility as we know it.” - Taco Carlier, co-founder of VanMoof.

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.

Aidsfonds SoaAids Netherlands Offices / Hollandse Nieuwe

Andreas Luco — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 14:00:00 +0000

To be able to excel in their activities we created a mix of spaces to encourage collaboration, deep focus, (in)formal exchanges. The new Aidsfonds interior declares love with the inspiring rainbow gathering space. Aidsfonds is a special organization housed in a special building in Amsterdam. Located on the canal in the center of the city, employees of Aidsfonds have been making history for 25 years fighting against AIDS.

Felix Meritis Interior Renovation / i29 interior architects

Andreas Luco — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000

This unique building on Keizersgracht was built in 1788 for a society of scientists, artists, entrepreneurs, and thinkers. It was a hotspot for creativity and cross-overs during the intellectual movement "The Enlightenment". Five different departments were housed in one building; Music, Commerce, Literature, Physics, and Drawing. Award-winning studio i29 made the interior design of Felix Meritis Anno 2020 commissioned by investment group Amerborgh. A distinct and charismatic design, inspired by the rich history of the building. Every space within the building refers to a specific period in the building's history.