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East West House / Bloot Architecture

Valeria Silva — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000

The clients of the East-West House originated from China and the Netherlands. They have traveled all over the world, among other things, and lived in Asia for quite some time. Now back in The Netherlands, they have purchased a typical 1930s uninsulated brick corner house in The Hague. Their request was to create a sustainable, modern, attractive, and warm extension and renovation where both worlds, east and west, come together.

Villa K340 / François Verhoeven Architect

Andreas Luco — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Villa K340 is located in Vroondaal, situated in Madestein, a beautiful natural and recreational area adjacent to the dunes and the beaches near The Hague in The Netherlands. Vroondaal has several designated "residential atmospheres" from a planning perspective. K340 is situated in the residential atmosphere called "De Hoogte," where modern villas are allowed to be built in a landscape of artificially constructed hills. The design of this villa aligns with this concept, featuring a split-level layout that moves with the contours of the hill. This creates a dynamic interplay between landscape design and architecture. The entrance is located lower down by the road, while the living room is positioned higher up on the hill.

Stationspostgebouw Renovation / KCAP + Kraaijvanger Architects

Valeria Silva — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 06:00:00 +0000

KCAP and Kraaijvanger Architects transformed the Stationspostgebouw, a former postal sorting center next to the Hollands Spoor train station in The Hague, into a sustainable and social work environment for the 21st century while respecting the original architecture. Conceived as the most prominent building along the rail, it has always been a landmark for and within the city of The Hague.

House on a House / Bloot Architecture

Luciana Pejić — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 12:00:00 +0000

In the Bomenbuurt; a 1930’s neighborhood in The Hague located between the center of The Hague and the beach, the founder of Bloot Architecture designed and helped build a roof extension for his family on top of their existing apartment.

Lightrailstation The Hague / architectural studio ZJA

Andreas Luco — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 03:00:00 +0000

The Lightrailstation The Hague, in the Netherlands, is characterized by a slender roof of glass and steel above the platforms. A covered walkway in the form of an expressive steel canopy forms the connection between the lightrailstation and the main hall of The Hague Central station.

Marcelis Residence / Bas Vogelpoel Architecten

Luciana Pejić — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 06:00:00 +0000

This is a house extension and renovation project in Scheveningen, the old fishers' town of Den Hague. The original house was tiny at best. It’s the last of a short row of small workers' houses, in a side street to Scheveningen-center. The occupants loved the city and the surf but really needed some more space. The extension more than doubles the original house and is like a little gem hidden in the alleyway.

Grotius Towers / MVRDV

Paula Pintos — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Two residential towers designed by MVRDV for developer Provast have been completed in The Hague. The Grotius Towers, which are 120 and 100 metres tall, are located on Grotiusplaats, a stone’s throw from the city’s Central Station and alongside the Royal Library of the Netherlands. With their striking crowns of stacked apartments, the towers add affordable rental housing at the very centre of the city, with a public transport hub on the doorstep. Of the 655 apartments in the complex, 114 are intended for social rent, with a further 295 targeted at the mid-market rental sector.

Mecanoo Designs Soon-to-be Tallest High-Rise in The Hague, the Netherlands

Dima Stouhi — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 06:30:00 +0000

Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo has unveiled the design of what will soon become the tallest high-rise ensemble in the city of The Hague, in the Netherlands. Dubbed "The Grace", the project consists of two towers, one at 150 meters high and the other at 180 meters, becoming the tallest high-rise ensemble in the city. The residential project comes as a response to the growing demand for affordable housing, as well as fostering an enhanced sense of community.

Powerhouse Company and Delva Create a Gateway to a New National Park in The Hague, Netherlands

Maria-Cristina Florian — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 05:30:00 +0000

Powerhouse Company, in collaboration with landscape architecture office DELVA, has unveiled the design for a new visitor center for the Koekamp, which will play an essential role as a gateway to the new Hollandse Duinen national park. This intervention will open part of Koekamp, a green expanse near The Hague’s Central Station, to the public. The visitor center, commissioned by the Dutch forestry commission, is expected to be completed in 2024.

De Kroon Office & Residential Buildings / Rapp+Rapp

Andreas Luco — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 19:00:00 +0000

In The Hague’s Wijnhavenkwartier, situated between Central Station and the Spui, next to the new Ministries of Foreign Affairs, on the spot wherein 2007 the Zwarte Madonna residential building was torn down, stand De Kroon, a 131m high rise residential tower including office- and commercial space. The area is bounded on three sides by important traffic arteries: the Turfmarkt, an important pedestrian precinct from Central Station to the center of The Hague, the Schedeldoekshaven, an important traffic connection for cars, busses and trams and the Lage Zand also a tramline. The basic principles of the building design are based on the plot settings of the early American skyscrapers. An important reference for the building was the early high-rise typology of the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century in Chicago.

Park Hoog Oostduin Apartments / Cepezed

Andreas Luco — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 11:00:00 +0000

The residents of the luxury Park Hoog Oostduin in The Hague have recently moved into their apartments. They now live quietly in green surroundings, but in the heart of the city as well. Therefore, the access pass to their private parking garage reads "Living in the park, enjoying the city". modernist giant

Foodhallen Den Haag Foodcourt / Studio Modijefsky

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:00:00 +0000

Wrapped around an internal courtyard of the Haagsche Bluf, the food court spreads across three adjoining buildings, connecting multiple floor levels and irregular structural grids. The new design simplifies the original chaotic ‘forest’ formed of existing columns, beams and staircases, turning the dark and low interior into an open public space heavily inspired by the tradition of the greatest European piazzas. For the basis of the concept Studio Modijefsky chose seven unique elements which can be found in all the typical urban squares: landmarks, striking paving, fountains, stairs, merchant stalls, playgrounds and statues. Each of those objects has been translated into a contemporary architectural component, forming a new design language which links together the spaces forming the venue.

MVRDV+ Local Community Propose Plans for Lost Canals in The Hague

Christele Harrouk — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 06:30:00 +0000

MVRDV has designed with local neighborhood organizations, a proposal to regenerate the canals of the city of The Hague, in the Netherlands. Filled-in during the 20th century, the canals will be reopened in order to revive the historic center and improve the city on the sustainable, economical and infrastructural levels.

Switching Prisons - Rethinking correctional facilities in context of tomorrow

Rene Submissions — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:48:00 +0000

OVERVIEW

The definition of crime is culturally subjective. This subjectivity used to help us define law and punishment in a more rational manner in the past. Today, this subjectivity placed against pacing time and increasing globalization is not easy to rationalize anymore.

We see this in many walks of life where assets like gold which used to be the driving force of an economy. Where trade and even countries were valued based on how much gold reserves they had in the past. In today’s context, trade depends on technology and the currency here is information. The millions of gigabytes of data that

KCAP Reveals Urban Vision to Revitalize the Post-Industrial Landscape of The Hague

Niall Patrick Walsh — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 09:00:00 +0000

KCAP has released images of their proposed HS Kwartier urban vision for The Hague in the Netherlands. As cities such as The Hague face the challenge of providing more inner-city housing, former industrial and port areas are increasingly being reimagined as attractive areas for living and working. KCAP’s HS Kwartier scheme, situated in the post-industrial Laakhavens region, seeks to “give an impulse to both the environment around Hollands Spoor station and the connections with the center of The Hague."

Alba’s Play / ANA ROCHA architecture

Rayen Sagredo — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 09:00:00 +0000

Designers Carvalho & Bernau bought from the municipality two old classrooms in a former school building. The renovated complex, with 11 apartments, consists on a hybrid combination of buildings from the beginning of the 20th century and from the 1980s. The municipality has carried out the renovation of the exterior themselves. The transformed dwelling, with high rooms that can be reached via a communal corridor, had to accommodate three bedrooms, living area and play space for Alba, who had just turned one year.

UNStudio Designs a City of the Future for The Hague

Eric Baldwin — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +0000

Dutch architectural practice UNStudio have created a new urban vision for the City of the Future, a Central Innovation District (CID) test site in The Hague. Dubbed the "Socio-Technical City", the design covers a 1 square km area in the center of the city. The proposal aims to transform the site into a green, self-sufficient district of housing, offices, urban mobility and public spaces over the existing train track infrastructure.

AD Classics: Dutch Parliament Extension / OMA

Luke Fiederer — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 22:00:00 +0000

This article was originally published on April 22, 2016. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD Classics section.

Designed shortly before Zaha Hadid left the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)—led by Rem Koolhaas—to found her practice, Zaha Hadid Architects, the proposed extension for the Dutch Parliament firmly rejects the notion that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Rather than mimic the style of the existing historic buildings, OMA elected to pay tribute to the complex’s accretive construction by inserting a collection of visibly postmodern, geometric elements. These new buildings, unapologetic products of the late 1970s, would have served as unmistakable indicators of the passage of time, creating a graphic reminder of the Parliament’s long history.