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The Future Office - Holcim HQ / Beyond Space + Fritschi Beis Architektur

Hadir Al Koshta — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Inspirations and key concepts - The project was inspired by Holcim's core material and identity: cement. As the world's largest cement manufacturer and a driver of material innovation and emerging construction techniques, Holcim sought a headquarters that would both represent its DNA and support a future-proof way of working.

Bosrijk Houses / Marcel Lok_Architect

Hadir Al Koshta — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Bosrijk is a residential area west of the city of Eindhoven, located on a former military defense site. Housing in Bosrijk is designed as 'sculptures in a garden'. For a small plot next to an existing natural rainwater infiltration facility, the office designed a sculpture with five single-family homes, in which the idea of 'living in a forest landscape' was the leitmotif.

Banlieues Chéries Exhibition / Roll

Hadir Al Koshta — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Exhibition "Dearest Banlieues" brings together over 200 works, including archival documents, paintings, installations, videos, photographs, and personal testimonies, exploring the suburbs as complex, sensitive spaces. The exhibition moves beyond fixed or stigmatized portrayals to reveal these places as sites of memory and cultural transmission.

Terra Villa / Atlas

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Nestled in the dunes between Haarlem and the coastal town of Zandvoort, this 1950s villa in Aerdenhout has undergone a thoughtful renovation and expansion. Like many homes from this era, it had been altered over the years, with various extensions distorting its original form. The design approach focused on restoring the villa's integrity by preserving its original volumetry while removing poorly constructed additions. In their place, a new, carefully designed extension wraps around the house, opening it up to the surrounding garden.

AR House / Atlas

Andreas Luco — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The clients, an elderly couple with decades of memories in Wieringerwerf, approached Atlas with the request to transform their current home into a living environment where they could comfortably age in place. The deep-rooted love for their village prevented them from moving elsewhere. Therefore, it was only natural for them to expand and transform their current residence so that they could carry out all their daily activities on a single level. Located in the rural area north of Amsterdam, Wieringerwerf, the current house had already undergone two extensions in the past, which distorted its original shape. By enlarging the house with yet another

Rosa Rowhouse Renovation and Extension / Atlas

Andreas Luco — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Rosa is a thoughtful renovation and ground-floor extension of a 1960s rowhouse in Bussum, The Netherlands. Designed by Atlas Architects, the project integrates contemporary architectural elements while respecting the character of the original brown brick structure. A warm pink palette, used consistently throughout the exterior and garden, defines the visual identity of the project and inspires its name, "Rosa." At the heart of the extension is a large, striking pink concrete masonry block that serves not only as an aesthetic focal point but also as a multifunctional object. The block integrates practical elements such as cabinetry and an outdoor fireplace, creating a seamless blend of form and function. The concrete bricks are arranged in a vertical pattern that further enhances the modern yet cohesive feel, ensuring harmony with the existing building.

National Holocaust Museum / Office Winhov

Paula Pintos — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 03:00:00 +0000

As a singular and emotionally charged location, the National Holocaust Museum presents the history of the persecution of Dutch Jews during World War II. Opened in 2024, the museum is housed in the former teaching school Hervormde Kweekschool. It forms a larger whole with the former theatre Hollandsche Schouwburg across the street.

Pool on the River / Studio Nauta

Paula Pintos — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Pool on the River is an outdoor swimming pool along the River Rhine. The pool is tapered, accentuating view lines over the water meadows and the city of Arnhem.

‘t Bosbad / GAAGA

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 07:00:00 +0000

'Het Bosbad' is located in park Bosrijk, a residential location where housing is designed as 'sculptures in a sculpture garden'. The building stands completely free in a clearing among the trees and is the latest in a series of special residential ensembles.

Urban Canyon Apartments / Common Practice + Studio AAAN

Pilar Caballero — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 15:00:00 +0000

In the new urban district on Amsterdam’s Oostenburgereiland, a compact residential ensemble was realized on an exceptionally narrow plot along the blind side wall of a high parking building. Common Practice and Studio AAAN made the masterplan with 64 dwellings around a striking courtyard and designed two apartment buildings with special mid-rent housing, in which as many collective and private spaces as possible have a relationship with the serene courtyard.

Frederiksplein 1 Offices / Office Winhov

Valeria Silva — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 09:00:00 +0000

The former insurance bank building on the Amsterdam square Frederiksplein was constructed in 1967 and designed by Arthur Staal (1907-1993). It was a unique project for this fierce modernist who had a challenge in forming a relationship in the façades between two historical adjacent buildings. The result is a singular office building that is modern while still referencing the past – albeit abstractly.

Leyhof Apartments / Studio Ard Hoksbergen + Workshop Architecten

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 12:00:00 +0000

Leyhof is a very sustainable residential building in the new Proeftuin Erasmusveld district in The Hague. It gives shape to the desire to live healthily and consciously. Proeftuin Erasmusveld is a neighborhood that is ready for the future on all fronts. Themes like climate/landscape, energy, mobility, living together, and health are central. For Leyhof, the first residential building to be completed in the district, developer BPD selected a young design team through competition. This gave shape to the theme 'Consciously Different Living' in an innovative way. Leyhof has become a green and special living environment for people who choose a healthy future by connecting sustainability and collectivity. Families, starters, and seniors live in the 75 apartments and 33 townhouses. The houses are all conveniently located in relation to the sun and are adjacent to a large courtyard garden and an ecological zone.

Regards du Grand Paris Exhibition / Roll

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 02:00:00 +0000

Exhibition design. The exhibition is organized around five spaces that represent five topics and perspectives. They borrow from the vocabulary of everyday life and urbanism. The « street » passes in front of the « monument », follows the « river », crosses the « park » and serves the « square ». These five places create a visiting experience with no order, both constrained and infinite, like a walk through the landscape of a metropolis.

House Vaneker / Groothuijse de Boer architecten

Luciana Pejić — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 10:00:00 +0000

The project is part of the allotment of the former military site of Zuidkamp airfield in Enschede. It is characterized by large, existing trees that mark the transition from the street to the site.

Sud Residential Building / Office Winhov

Valeria Silva — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000

The Kop Zuidas can be seen as a pivot point in Amsterdam. The north side of the location is the Zuidelijke Wandelweg [walking path]; the historical boundary between the Plan Zuid of Berlage and the green Amstelland in the south. The walking path still forms an important connection between the Zuidas and the Amstel.

Garden House / HANGHAR

Valeria Silva — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 02:00:00 +0000

In a small village in the county of Cameros, La Rioja we find a very special house. Unlike the structures nearby, this house is defined by a monumental, five-story high façade, composed of thick, stone walls and symmetrical openings. Each floor, which has the same distribution and dimensions, is connected by a spiraling wooden staircase ending in a skylight that brings light in. On the ground floor of house, next to the village’s ravine, we find a narrow and long space, formerly used for storing cattle and goods.

Visitor Center Unesco World Heritage Site Kinderdijk / M& DB Architecten

Andreas Luco — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 02:00:00 +0000

Kinderijk is the prime example of a Dutch windmill landscape. In 1997, the landscape’s ensemble of mills and pumping stations was declared a Unesco World Heritage Site. Suddenly Kinderdijk was overrun by busloads of tourists turning the area into a logistical nightmare. The entrance area was turned into a parking lot for tourbuses, the little ramshackle iceskating clubhouse was converted into a provisional souvenir shop and the narrow quays filled up with rows of potable toilet cabins. Overnight the windmills had disappeared behind a wall of clutter. Today, the area is accessed by a sequence of strategically positioned bridges, paths and visitor facilities. The buses are banned to the stop & go on the edge of the area. Instead of the clubhouse, the new Visitor Center is positioned half on water and land restoring the long visual line running along the quay. The Visitor Center’s clever design unbundles the different visitor flows and its subtle architectural language restores the landscape’s identity. Again, as in the early nineties, the windmills - the icons of Kinderdijk - can be seen on arrival.

Trippenhuis Complex / Office Winhov

Daniel Tapia — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 13:00:00 +0000

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) is the proud tenant of the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. The Trippenhuis is part of a complex of several buildings along the Kloveniersburgwal in the historic center of Amsterdam and is owned by the Central Government Real Estate Agency. The Trippenhuis was built between 1660 and 1662 for the brothers Louis and Hendrick Trip, rich traders in arms and ammunition. The design is by Justus Vingboons. The Trippenhuis is one of the leading examples of Dutch classicism in Amsterdam and one of the few canal houses with both a monumental front and rear façade.