(jasoneppink– flickr/creative commons license) Delugan Meissl Associated Architects designed the EYE Film Institute Netherlands building in Amsterdam, completed in 2012. The geometric white building takes on roles as both a viewing device and active participant in the city. Like film, …
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Rob van Erk designed the office tower for the Beurs World Trade Center in Rotterdam, completed in 1987. At 93m tall, it contains about 200 office spaces. This was inserted into the middle of a 1940 office building by …
DUS Architects designed the temporary entrance facade for the Europagebouw of the 2016 EU Presidency in Amsterdam. Currently underway, leaders from the European Union meet in the building to discuss policies and membership. The facade is a tent-like structure with …
(ericderedelijkheid– flickr/creative commons license) UNStudio designed the Arhem Centraal railway station in Arnhem, Netherlands, completed in 2015. This expansion focuses on large overhead lighting and wide structural members. This gives a sense of lightness and connection in the midst of …
(daryl_mitchell– flickr/creative commons license) Benthem Crouwel Architects designed the extention to the Stedelijk museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, completed in 2012. The original building was designed in 1895 by A.W. Weissman. The building is treated as a container of overall space. …
(hmmmayor– flickr/creative commons license) Benthem Crouwel, MVSA, and West 8 designed the Rotterdam Centraal railway station. A grand entrance greets travelers from the main city. This striking angular lobby breaks up the city grid and gestures them into the gridded …
(Rob Marson– flickr/creative commons license) Dutch architectural firm Concrete designed the Citizen M Hotel at the Schiphol Airport, near the city centre and Museum Quarter of Amsterdam. It was completed in 2008. The building is assembled like a stack of …
Meyer & Van Schooten Architecten designed the ING Group offices in Amsterdam, Netherlands, completed in 2002. An institution that avoids the word “bank” in its name is obviously trying to get away from the negative stigma of financial big-shots, and …
(Larixk– flickr/creative commons license) Henry van de Velde designed the original Kröller-Müller museum in 1938 and Wim Quist designed the 1961 exhibition wing art museum and sculpture garden for the Veluwe Nature Reserve in Otterlo, Gelderland Netherlands. The swampy, forested …
(Focushaus– flickr/creative commons license) Jan Duiker, Bernard Bijvoet and January Gerko Wiebenga designed the Sanatorium Zonnestraal near Hilversum Netherlands, completed in 1928. This cutting-edge design changed they way the world considered hospitals, by discarding the dank, unsanitary buildings of the …