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Hilversum Town Hall: Willem Dudok’s Monument to Civic Architecture

Diogo Borges Ferreira — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 07:30:00 +0000

In the Dutch city of Hilversum, a municipal building completed in 1931 redefined the very idea of what a town hall could be. More than a house for local administration, the Hilversum Town Hall became the architectural expression of a community in transformation. With its tower rising above reflective ponds, its brick masses composed around courtyards, and its carefully detailed interiors, the building asserted that civic architecture could unite function with symbolism, efficiency with ceremony.

Volante Social Housing / MONADNOCK

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000

As part of a densification operation, the Nieuw-Zuid project in Hilversum adds an ensemble of five buildings to a fifties neighbourhood with porch flats and abundant greenery. A pre-existing residential-care complex has been replaced with new constructions and densified with social housing.

Tergooi Medical Center / Wiegerinck

Valeria Silva — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Two hospital locations (Blaricum and Hilversum) have been merged into the new Tergooi Medical Center in Hilversum, the Netherlands. The new hospital offers a soft, calming, and open environment for patients and staff. Nature and daylight play an important role in the design. The building features numerous windows overlooking the beautiful green surroundings.

Nike HomeCourt Skate Landscape / F31

Paula Pintos — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 01:00:00 +0000

Many traditional sports typically operate within a set of rules on a regulated ‘court’. Skateboarding is different, it can be done anywhere with a hard surface, skateboarders often interpret the urban environment in creative and unique ways which are personal, stylistic, and technical.

Villa Trompenberg / Engel Architecten

Paula Pintos — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 10:00:00 +0000

In 2017, Engel Architecten was asked to design a house on a plot in the villa district Trompenberg in Hilversum. The plot is located in a wooded area on the outskirts of the village. The allowed building area is located near the middle of the lot and is surrounded by trees, which guarantee privacy for the residents. The house was built in 2 phases, the first of which was completed in 2019. The second phase was finished in 2021. In the meantime, the garden, designed by Anet Scholma, was laid out.

Belvedere Tower / René van Zuuk Architects

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 03:00:00 +0000

The Belvedere tower's innovative form, is both informed and defined by the constraints of it's site, it's design began with rigorous analysis of these urban surrounding.

UNStudio Creates Urban Vision for Hilversum’s Media Park

Eric Baldwin — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:00:00 +0000

UNStudio was selected by the Hilversum Municipality and Media Park Enterprise to develop an urban vision which could offer a roadmap for the transformation of Hilversum’s Media Park into a vibrant and leading destination for future media content creation. The urban vision was born out of the need to adapt to new technologies and shifting consumer demands and includes potential programmatic, spatial and infrastructural development models that will fully prepare the Hilversum Media Park for the future.

Masterplan Villa Industria / Mecanoo

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 03:00:00 +0000

Recognisable identity
With its characteristic industrial buildings, the former site of the Regional Energy Supply Company in Hilversum has always had its own identity. The gasworks site was originally situated outside the city perimeter, but gradually became enclosed by residential developments. With the relocation of the gasworks, the opportunity arose to redevelop the site and give it a new name: Villa Industria.

Villa 4.0, ‘t Gooi / Mecanoo

Florencia Mena — Tue, 10 May 2016 05:00:00 +0000

A bungalow in Naarden built in 1967 was extended and transformed by Dick van Gameren into a contemporary villa. The visionary design led to a timeless house that reflects the personalities and needs of its owners. Previous renovations closed off the original heart of the house from the living space and entrance hall.

Willem Dudok: Meet the Father of Dutch Modernism

Finn MacLeod — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 12:00:00 +0000

Willem Marinus Dudok (6 July 1884 - 6 July 1974) was one of The Netherlands' most influential Modernist architects. Formally trained as an engineer, Dudok spent his formative years designing military barracks for the Dutch forces, and his time with the military has been credited with the development of his early linear style, though he was known to borrow elements from Frank Lloyd Wright's prairie school of architecture. Dudok's architectural legacy is undeniable: with a career spanning several decades, his portfolio encompasses nearly all civic buildings in Hilversum, along with a series of projects in Rotterdam, Utrecht, and Paris, among others.

Project Chemotherapy Outside / VANDERSALM-aim

Karen Valenzuela — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 01:00:00 +0000

This summer the Tergooi Hospital in Hilversum commissioned a pavilion where patients with cancer can serve their chemotherapy in the open air. The structure consists of a number of joint and individual seats, which are included in an earthen embankment. Patients are surrounded by grass, flowers and shrubs.

Tree-Trunk Garden House / Piet Hein Eek

Javier Gaete — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000

It sometimes happens that you are asked to produce something you have actually wanted to do for some time. A customer called and asked if we could build a log shack in his field, one that would be large enough to sit and write inside. I loved the idea from the start. Oddly enough, we've recently received quite a few questions about the log shack we produced years ago.