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More Than Parking: 12 Projects to Reclaim Urban Space

Diogo Borges Ferreira — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 07:30:00 +0000

Marginalized in architectural discourse and often dismissed as purely functional, parking garages remain among the most ubiquitous structures in the urban landscape. Designed to accommodate the needs of private vehicles, they occupy central locations, shape skylines, and consume considerable resources, yet rarely receive the same attention — or architectural care — as cultural institutions, schools, or housing. Despite their prevalence, these buildings tend to fade into the background of daily life, treated as infrastructural necessities rather than as design opportunities.

SuperHub Meerstad Market / De Zwarte Hond

Paula Pintos — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 10:00:00 +0000

Inspired by the mission to better connect the burgeoning Groningen district, and to transform it into an interactive social space, De Zwarte Hond was commissioned by real estate developer MWPO to design a multifunctional and adaptive central building for the neighborhood. The innovative community hub was inaugurated on November 2nd.

Huis van Albrandswaard Municipal Building / Gortemaker Algra Feenstra

Paula Pintos — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 03:00:00 +0000

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.

Ravel Residence / OZ

María Francisca González — Sat, 27 Mar 2021 17:00:00 +0000

The Ravel Residence is a versatile, sustainable campus for 800 students, designed to have a positive impact on the urban environment. The goal was to give the Ravel location a new urban identity, with a better connection to the urban and cultural climate in Amsterdam. The use of bicycles and public transport is stimulated and encouraged.

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.

Designing School Playgrounds: Architecture for Learning Outside the Classroom

Clara Ott — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 04:00:00 +0000

The most important part of children's education happens in the playground, instead of in the classroom. Despite this, many times we find huge empty school playgrounds.

Biesbosch Museum Island / Studio Marco Vermeulen

Daniel Sánchez — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 17:00:00 +0000

After an eight-month renovation, the Biesbosch Museum reopened to the public this summer. The museum has been completely transformed and extended with a new wing that opens to its beautiful surroundings and houses a restaurant and temporary exhibition space for contemporary art. The permanent exhibition that explains the historical development of the region has also been totally revamped. A large water model of the Biesbosch and a freshwater tidal park are also planned on the Museum Island. Building, interior, water model and freshwater tidal park were designed by Studio Marco Vermeulen, and the exhibition was designed by Studio Joyce Langezaal.

Train Stations: Examples of Floor Plans and Sections

María Francisca González — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 07:00:00 +0000

Train stations are usually complex programs since they must not only solve the departure and arrival of trains but also respond to the circulation of its users, provide certain services and be a connecting space between the transport systems of a city. Architects from different parts of the world have developed different solutions to this program. Below you can find 10 examples of train stations, their floor plans and sections.

Pivoting, Sliding, Accordion and Curtain Wall: Different Types Of Windows In 11 Buildings

Martita Vial della Maggiora — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 05:30:00 +0000

Although all windows have common functions such as allowing the passage of light, providing ventilation, and focusing the different views, these objectives can be enhanced through a series of useful options. Depending on the orientation of the building, climatic conditions, direction of the wind, and architectural point of view, each specific window model can make a difference within a project, improving usability and the spatial and environmental quality of each room.

Scheldehof Residential Care Centre / Atelier PRO architects

Rayen Sagredo — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0000

The monumental metal sheet factory on the former shipyard in the heart of Vlissingen, and the adjacent site, have been transformed into a residential care centre. The residential centre has 55 apartments for somatic care, 6 group accommodation units for psychogeriatric residents and 54 care and/or assisted-living apartments. In addition, the ground floor accommodates a public functions restaurant, a training and education room, studios, a hairdresser, a shop, a physiotherapy room, a theatre auditorium and a parking garage.

Erve BE / Reitsema & partners architects

Rayen Sagredo — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 06:00:00 +0000

A country estate complete with tasting room has been built in the Twente countryside, designed by Reitsema & partners architects and consultants Eelerwoude. The project is part of a broader plan by a local entrepreneur to breathe new life into the landscape. The land in the planning area is divided into “rooms” separated by solid old “walls” of trees. In the new layout, each “room” is being given a slightly different shape and the visibility of the microrelief in the landscape is being enhanced. The buildings on the estate are characterised by their long, narrow floor plans and calmly designed roof surfaces, which fit into the landscape as if they had always been there.

Princess Máxima Centre for Child Oncology / LIAG Architects

Daniel Tapia — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 04:00:00 +0000

The Princess Máxima Centre for child oncology designed by LIAG brings together all expertise in the field of care and research at the very highest level. The Princess Máxima Centre is unique, and at 45,000 m2 it is the biggest child oncology center in Europe. The Princess Máxima Centre for child oncology wants to cure every child with cancer and offer them an optimal quality of life. Its architecture, with its unique interior and exterior, helping to achieve this goal. There is a natural flow between inside and outside, and between the worlds of children and research. The main route through the building forms a meeting zone for children, parents, doctors, nurses, and researchers.

LAM – Lisser Art Museum / KVDK architecten

Rayen Sagredo — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 04:00:00 +0000

From country estate to cultural park
The Keukenhof is famous around the world for its flower garden. Laid out between 1950 and 1958 for a National Flowering Bulb Exhibition, the garden is part of the grounds of the historical Keukenhof country estate. Dating from 1658, it featured a terraced garden with an artificial dike, unique in the Netherlands at that time. In 1860 the entire park was redesigned by the celebrated father and son landscape architects J.D. and L.P. Zocher. The estate has since been accorded national heritage status. In a masterplan drawn up in 2010, the area around Keukenhof Castle was designated a ‘cultural park’.

‘De poort van Borne’ Healthcare Center / Reitsema & partners architecten

Cristobal Rojas — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 02:00:00 +0000

At the end of 2017, 20 health and wellness practitioners began offering services in De Poort van Borne. The new centre occupies the former St. Theresa’s church in the village of Borne. “It’s a unique workplace in a fantastic location,” says physiotherapist Jacomine Blokvoort. “Clients really appreciate the preservation of the historical elements.” Developer Erik Mijnhardt initiated the conversion. Reitsema & Partners Architects designed the project, which was managed by Key2 Bouwmanagement.

Michael Maltzan Architecture and UNStudio Headline 2017 Zumtobel Group Awards

Rory Stott — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 16:00:00 +0000

Zumtobel Group has announced the 2017 winners of its Zumtobel Group Awards for architecture, which rewards the year's innovations which best promote "sustainability and humanity in the built environment." Leading the awards is Los Angeles-based firm Michael Maltzan Architecture whose Star Apartments project, which provides 102 homes for previously homeless individuals in LA, was awarded the prize in Zumtobel Group's Buildings category. Also winning prizes were UNStudio, Atelier TeamMinus, and Arturo Vittori. Read on for more details and the full list of winners and honorable mentions.

Lammermarkt Parking Garage / JHK Architecten

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

The Assignment

15 Houses and Their Inhabitants: The Best Photos of the Week

María Francisca González — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 11:00:00 +0000

We are accustomed to seeing photographs in which architecture is recorded without any occupants, or perhaps captured only with models who give scale to the spaces shown. However, in recent years architectural photographers have increasingly decided to humanize the houses they document, presenting not only their architecture, but also those who inhabit these buildings. In this week's best photos, we present a selection of 15 houses captured by renowned photographers such as Luc Roymans, Adrien Williams and Fernando Schapochnik.

Villa RR / Reitsema and Partners Architects

Rayen Sagredo — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 02:00:00 +0000

How do you transform a 50-year-old villa into a comfortable, contemporary, sustainable home? To find the answer, the architect Theo Reitsema and the interior designer Stephanie Weitering, who are married to each other, spent a year living in a 1967-built house in the Dutch community of Rijssen, looking, listening and feeling. They and their two young children settled in the villa, set in the middle of the forest. Together they explored the possibilities presented by the house and its location.