AMSTERDAM

Community versus individuality: within post-war urbanism: Amsterdam Osdorp was built in the 1960ties and is since a few years in a process of urban renewal. The ambition of the program […]

In Osdorp, southwest of Amsterdam, major changes took place to transform a vacant zone into a residential district connected to the existing housing area alongside it. One part of the […]

The new premises of the Academic Centre for Dentistry is situated on the ambitious Southern Axis development corridor (Zuidas), in full view of the A10 motorway. They consist of a […]

The Oeverpad apartment complex is splendidly located on the edge of the Sloterplas and within walking distance of the Sloterpark. The brief called for a closed building block four to […]

The Architecture Centre Amsterdam (ARCAM) needed a significantly larger accommodation. Therefore a wonderful location close to the Oosterdok was allocated to this promotional institute. In the vicinity of Renzo Piano’s […]

The cultural building consists of an ellipse shape, with the upper two floors slightly displaced in relation to the ground floor. This provides a covered entrance area located in a […]

The Booster pump station is located on the Zeeburgereiland in Amsterdam. The building accommodates three Booster pumps, which collects all the sewage of Amsterdam East and passes it on to […]

In Borneo-Sporenburg Amsterdam  – the most compact new housing district in The Netherlands – two dwellings have been designed that aim for the greatest possible spaciousness and versatility within a limited […]

This distinctive loft is located on the first floor of a historic warehouse and monument on the Brouwersgracht in the center of Amsterdam. The apartment is designed by Remco Wilcke […]

Café-restaurant OPEN is a simple, pure, transparent volume. It fits precisely onto the disused railway bridge at the Westerdokskade in Amsterdam. The undulation of the pivoting windows results in an elegant glazed façade, […]

CitizenM is a new Dutch hotel group that opens their first hotel at Schiphol Airport in the second quarter of 2008. The concept of the hotel is to cut out […]

The Conservatorium of Amsterdam can best be described as a college of music and a concert hall in one. The U-shaped configuration, next to the new Central Library of Amsterdam, […]

This is a major development of apartments for sale commissioned by ING Real Estate, which has been master-planned by urban designer Ton Schaap and Geurst & Schulze Architecten bv. The […]

The RAI Exhibition and Congress Centre is to be extended with a new building, Elicium (from Elysium, meaning a delightful place). Its lower component, the Expo Foyer or ‘Ballroom’, hovers […]

The Rietveld Academy of Art has been expanded with a studio building of nine storeys including the basement. Its north facade, which overlooks the old building, is fully transparent so […]

This seventy meters high apartment tower is situated on the dam towards the KNSM Island, in the former docklands of Amsterdam. The tower has a regular facade composition with a […]

The master plan for Haveneiland (IJburg) consists of a grid of roads, waterways and blocks. A number of different architectural offices fleshed out the designs for each block. KCAP Architects […]

With a view to a canal on the Grote Rietland of IJburg the site provided a unique opportunity for a family to live in a free-standing villa within 20 minutes […]

The headquarter offices for the ING Group occupies a long, narrow site adjacent to the motorway ring around Amsterdam. The location is at the junction of two areas, the cosmopolitan […]

The Amsterdam-Bijlmermeer housing development, which was erected in the nineteen-seventies based on CIAM principles under the direction of Siegfried Nassuth, has been being overhauled since the mid-nineteen-nineties due to a […]

In some projects, the process is so intertwined with the end result that the story behind it is almost literally explained by the house itself. The monumental canal house at […]

This former shop in a monumental canal house is renovated and refurnished to an open and very distinctive loft. The challenge of the design was on one hand to make […]

In this corner house, all floors are interconnected in a continuous flow. The house takes maximum advantage of the exceptional views of its rugged, industrial environment. Lofthouse 1 is the […]

In 1997, 3XN won the international competition for the new centre for modern music and jazz in Amsterdam, positioned at the tip of the Oosterlijke Handelskade pier,  just a short […]

An immense green building is located about 15 minutes walk from Amsterdam Central Station. The fascinating construction – often compared to a ship – is located above the IJ Tunnel. […]

This cycle and pedestrian bridge is the longest in the Netherlands, spanning the Rijn Kanaal in the IJburg district of Amsterdam. The result of a close collaboration between architects and engineers, […]

VMX Architects has been commissioned to design a new GA Terminal for Schiphol Airport. GA (General Aviation) is the international name for private and business flights. The new building will […]

The OZW health care and wellbeing training institute is a new landmark for the architectural landscape of the VU University. It embodies an innovative training concept that combines intermediate and […]

The pavilion is situated on the Lloydplein along the river Y in Amsterdam.  It is a freestanding object framed on three sides by several large complexes. It has spacious views towards the […]

The Piet Hein Tunnel is part of the continuing development of the eastern area of Amsterdam and is situated in the midst of several new building projects. This project consists […]

Residence Rieteiland Oost opens onto the IJ with a view over the Diemerzeedijk. Maximum use is made of this open view by raising the living area to the bell level and […]

An old industrial warehouse of 1100 m2, at one of the most beautiful spots along the Amsterdam waterfronts, was transformed by CUBE architecten and SOLUZ architecten to an attractive café […]

Is true architecture not the design of emptiness; the space between walls, floors and ceilings, between the materials themselves? Does the opposite not lead inevitably to flamboyance and ostentation, to […]

In August 2013 the City of Amsterdam gave the go-ahead for the redevelopment of an old store room under one of their offices on Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam into a multifunctional […]

The Erick van Egeraat office tower is part of an expressive “High-Rise” urban development south of Amsterdam, named Zuid-As. Located in the proximity of the city centre and with direct […]

Architectenbureau Paul de Ruiter was selected by Schiphol Real Estate (SRE) to design a new office building for transavia.com at the corner of business park Schiphol East. When designing for […]

The new building for the University of Amsterdam’s Science Centre (FNWI) is the product of a collaboration between Architectuurstudio HH, MVSA, and Rudy Uytenhaak Architectenbureau, which acted as the coordinating […]

The Van Gogh Museum consists of two buildings: the main structure (I) designed by Gerrit Rietveld and opened in 1973, and the Exhibition Wing (II) by Kisho Kurokawa completed in […]

The Van Gogh Museum consists of two buildings: the main structure (I) designed by Gerrit Rietveld and opened in 1973, and the Exhibition Wing (II) by Kisho Kurokawa completed in […]

The housing complex ‘Downtown’ stands in a line with the densification project ‘New York/Amsterdam ‘ Uptown’. The urban design scheme for this site proposed four urban villas with apartments on […]

Bright illuminated and dark at the same time, the Ziggo Dome is an impressive concert hall that will not go unnoticed when passing by. The building is covered with nearly […]

Zoku Amsterdam, the first to open, is situated in the ‘Metropool building’ at the Weesperstraat, a former office building by architect Arthur Staal. When you come from the city on […]