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Staal-Kade Office Building Transformation / Office Winhov

Pilar Caballero — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Staal-Kade – A New Future for a Modernist Icon. On the southern bank of the river Schinkel in Amsterdam stands a thoroughly renovated office building that bridges the past and future. Since its transformation in 2024, the structure – originally designed by Arthur Staal in 1962 – has gained renewed significance through a revitalisation and extension by Office Winhov, commissioned by Flow Development. Among Staal's most iconic works is the Shell Tower, now known as the A'DAM Tower.

Stories Residential Building / Olaf Gipser Architects

Hadir Al Koshta — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000

In 2021, Olaf Gipser Architects, in collaboration with Self-build Cooperative BSH20A, contractor Heutink Groep, and Smartland landscape architecture, completed Stories in Amsterdam - a pioneering collective self-build project. Built largely from early adopted cross-laminated timber (CLT) and PEFC certified wood, with a negative carbon balance and using 'Open Building' principles to assure longevity, the 45-meter-high green tower addresses the challenge of communal, high-density, sustainable, and healthy urban living.

Heroes Residence Island / Arons & Gelauff architecten

Andreas Luco — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The team of Arons en Gelauff architecten enriched the rigid block structure on Amsterdam's newly developed island, Zeeburgereiland, with three vibrant, standalone towers. Each tower is shaped by a series of stepped, expansive terraces, and topped off with generous penthouses. Heroes was designed with a strong focus on its surrounding views.

Lieven Zuidblok Apartments / Arons & Gelauff architecten

Valeria Silva — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 13:00:00 +0000

How to transform two regular building blocks into an attractive living environment for young starters and students? A twofold challenge. Housing corporation De Key was looking for a way to break open the classic urban planning plan for two closed building blocks and turn it into a vibrant community, housing approximately 1200 starters and students.

Houseboat / EVA architecten

Andreas Luco — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Located in the Merwedekanaal in the neighborhood Rivierenwijk in Utrecht, we designed a contemporary-looking houseboat. The houseboat opens maximally to the water and has a more intimate relationship with the green front yard on the shore. The contemporary appearance is provided by a composition of large openings. The houseboat's robust character comes from the dark aluminum plinth with the construction of vertical wooden slats and black window frames. Inside, the houseboat has a clean but warm atmosphere due to the openwork wooden ceiling combined with walls and floors in light shades.

A Hidden House / Engel Architecten

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 16:00:00 +0000

In the wooded and accidental surroundings of Nijmegen, a modest city in the eastern part of the Netherlands lies a beautifully hidden plot, hardly visible from the street. An ideal place to live. At the end of 2016, Engel Architects was approached by the owner, a young family from Nijmegen, with the request to design their dream house here. It had to be a modern house but one with a warm feeling, to be relatively large but feel modest.

Multifunctional Accommodation / EVA architecten

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000

The community house, shooting club De Schutters and football club EMM in Randwijk all had plans for new accommodation and decided to join forces to build a new, joint building. In the Randwijk area, there are a number of brick factories that let the bricks dry in elongated sheds with saddle roofs and gentle slopes.

Roosenhorst Neighborhood / Atelier PRO architects

Luciana Pejić — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 12:00:00 +0000

Over the past few years, atelier PRO has developed a unique small-scale neighborhood called Roosenhorst, set within the historical cultural landscape of the Duivenvoorde corridor. This corridor, located on the western coast of the Netherlands, stretches out across a beach ridge, with the dunes to one side and the Vliet river and typical Dutch peat meadows to the other. This is a semi-open landscape with stately tree-lined lanes, monumental farms, country estates, and villas.

The Comeback of Curved Design: Materials That Can Bend and Curl

Valeria Montjoy — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 04:00:00 +0000

Take a second to imagine a building or a room. Chances are you are envisioning flat rectangular surfaces and straight lines. Whether it be walls, beams or windows, most architectural elements come in standard and extremely practical orthogonal shapes. However, the pandemic has shed light on designs that are not only functional, but also that improve our mood and well-being. In that sense, the power of curved, free-flowing surfaces is unmatched, which explains why they have been making a comeback as a modern design trend. Adopting beautiful nature-inspired shapes, organic curls and bends energize rooms and make users feel good. In fact, neuroscientists have shown that this affection is hard-wired into the brain; in a 2013 study, they found that participants were most likely to consider a space beautiful if it was curvilinear instead of rectilinear. In short, humans love curves.

The Sketchblock / ANA architecten

Andreas Luco — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 06:00:00 +0000

ANA Architecten designed a flexible three dimensional housing structure with a maximum freedom of the individual layout. The buyers of the apartments in The SketchBlock were able to fill in the dwellings freely in size, position, layout and finishing. The Sketchblock has been chosen as Best Building of the Year 2019 in the category ‘private living experience’. The building is part of an ensemble of three new residential all-sided buildings in a park-like car-free setting. Access to the three buildings is from a central green space. The residents of the three buildings determined the layout of the park in a special collaboration with the municipality. The residents of the three buildings are collectively responsible for the maintenance of the park.

Townhouse Zwanenburg / SOME architects

Andreas Luco — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +0000

A living room between park and plaza A building with the shape of a village and the feeling of a living room The new Zwanenburg village house has been completed. A striking and sustainable building that unites public functions such as sports, meeting, recreation and reading under one spectacular wooden roof, inspired by the village roofs in the immediate vicinity. The building emphatically unites two worlds; that of park and plaza.

Residence Hoge Dennen / Engel Architecten

Valeria Silva — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Dutch studio Engel Architecten has recently completed this private residence in the wooded surroundings of Zeist, a small town in the centre of the Netherlands. To save as many trees as possible the layout of the house is carefully configured on the site. The colour and texture of the materials have been chosen meticulously to match the surrounding pines.

How will Families' Architectural Expectations Change over the Next Few Years?

Eduardo Souza — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 06:35:00 +0000

Between 1950 and 2011, the world's urban population increased fivefold. In 2007, for the first time, the number of people living in cities surpassed the number of people living in the country. In 2019, the urban population had already reached 55% of the total population, and by 2050, it is estimated that just over two thirds of the population will live in urban areas. However, this growth is not constant in all parts of the world: according to the UN World Urbanization Prospects 2018 Report, the global urban population is expected to grow by 2.5 billion inhabitants between 2018 and 2050, with almost 90% of this increase concentrated in Asia and Africa. As populations in these areas increase, so will the demand for energy, food, and water, making resources more scarce. This scarcity will be compounded by the negative impact of urbanization on the climate and the environment.

The Colors of Brick

Lilly Cao — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 04:30:00 +0000

Brick is one of the most popular materials for architects designing with a vintage or rustic aesthetic: exposed brick walls are often touted as highly desirable for apartments, restaurants, and stores, and exterior brick facades can make a building or home feel warmer and more inviting. However, the color and cut of the brick can greatly influence the atmosphere it emanates, with white brick lending itself to more minimalist design and tan brick tending to feel more rustic and earthy. In this article, we will explore some of the most popular brick colors, ways to artificially color brick, and recent projects that use brick facades or interior brick elements effectively.

City Library Het Predikheren / Korteknie Stuhlmacher Architecten + Callebaut Architecten + Bureau Bouwtechniek

Andreas Luco — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 02:00:00 +0000

The Predikherenklooster is a more than impressive building. The baroque monastery was built starting in 1650 and was deconsecrated in the 18th century. In the 19th and 20th centuries it was mainly used for military purposes and has been abandoned since 1975. We developed our design with respect for the particular characteristics of the existing edifice. The programming, the spatial design, our concept for the restoration as well as the design of the technical installations, and all structural interventions are intended to preserve and reinforce these characteristics. The building has a clear structure consisting of an outer ring consisting of broad multifunctional rooms, an inner ring (the cloister), the courtyard, the attic and the church. Over the years the structure has been entirely preserved and can be experienced everywhere in the building.

Villa SR / Reitsema and Partners Architects

Diego Hernández — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 14:00:00 +0000

When older houses are preserved, it is often because of their recyclability. They have high ceilings, daylight, large rooms, and wide doors. But there is one more important reason why we don’t demolish them. We love them, because their architecture is good and because they are made of beautiful materials. Preserve your house, or make a new one with a high long term value, and you make your house more environmentally friendly.

How Will COVID-19 Shape the Future of Work?

Eric Baldwin — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 07:35:00 +0000

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed how we work around the world. From telecommuting and distance learning to virtual events, designers have quickly rethought traditional workflows to stay connected. With the rise of both self-imposed and mandated social distancing, as well as global turn towards remote work, ArchDaily is exploring the impact of COVID-19 and what it will mean for the future.

Besix Dordrecht Offices / RoosRos Architecten

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0000

The Besix House in Dordrecht has been fully taken into use. When it was time to select an architect for the new construction of their head office in the Netherlands, this multidisciplinary construction company chose RoosRos Architecten.