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The W.I.N.D. House / UNStudio

Cristian Aguilar — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 01:00:00 +0000

Super Living – the expansion of the smart home

The ‘homes of the future’, previously the stuff of fantasy exhibited only in World's Fairs and science fiction, are increasingly becoming a reality. Automation and connectivity are making it possible for today’s smart homes to integrate information technologies through which systems and appliances are able to communicate in an integrated way, resulting in vastly increased convenience, energy efficiency, safety and security.

Rabobank Westelijke Mijnstreek Advice Centre / Mecanoo

Nico Saieh — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 01:00:00 +0000

The bank that doesn’t want to look like a bank

Kraanspoor / OTH Architecten

Nico Saieh — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Kraanspoor (translated as craneway) is a light-weight transparent office building of three floors built on top of a concrete craneway on the grounds of the former NDSM (Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij) shipyard, a relic of Amsterdam's shipping industry. This industrial monument, built in 1952, has a length of 270 meters, a height of 13,5 meters and a width of 8,7 meters. A street length and width. The new construction on top is the same 270 meters long, with a width of 13,8 meters, accentuates the length of Kraanspoor and the phenomenal expansive view of the river IJ. Fully respecting its foundation, the building is lifted by slender steel columns 3 meters above the crane way, appearing to float above the impressive concrete colossus.