Busstop Park+Ride Citybus in Hoogkerk, Netherlands

Located in Hoogkerk, Netherlands, the Busstop Park Ride Citybus was designed by Lysbeth de Groot-de Vries, LYVR which offers space for 600 cars, bicycles and offers various options for transfer from county and city buses. Located on the edge of the parking and the bus lane, the waiting room at the brightly coloured Busstop directly [...]

Tags: Busstop building, Busstop Park Ride Citybus, domed concrete shell building, sculpture busstop building, triangular metal core

Plusgebouw, New ambulance service in Dordrecht, Netherlands

The Plusgebouw, New ambulance service designed by Powerhouse Company is located in Dordrecht, Netherlands. The Plusgebouw is being developed and constructed by property developer Heijmans within the Leerpark masterplan drawn up by West 8. Covering about 2,700 sq m of space, the office building will come into operation in the spring of 2012 as a [...]

Tags: Dordrecht, Holland, Moerdijk, Netherlands, Plusgebouw, Plusgebouw New ambulance service, Powerhouse Company, Regional Crisis Centre for the Zuid-Holland Zuid, South Holland, Zuid-Holland Zuid

Achterhaven, a modern cluster of city houses in a historic urban fabric in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Designed by Sputnik Architecture Urbanism Research, Achterhaven, a modern cluster of city houses in a historic urban fabric is located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Delfshaven was originally the Port City of Delft, and Woonbron requested a design that would fit into the historic context of the district. Rather than applying a standard architectural approach of replicating [...]

Tags: Delfshaven, Delft, energy, Geography of the Netherlands, Hospitality/Recreation, Netherlands, Port City, Rotterdam, Sputnik program, Urban studies and planning, Urbanism

Town Hall Bronckhorst in Bronckhorst, Netherlands

Designed by atelier PRO, Town Hall Bronckhorst is located in Bronckhorst, Netherlands. Two office wings project slightly outwards and have been placed next to each other on a wedge-shaped site between the Elderinkweg and a brook near the Rondweg that runs past the village of Hengelo. The wings are of different heights, and the highest [...]

Tags: Bronckhorst, energy consumption, Geography of the Netherlands, Hengelo, low-energy-consumption, Netherlands, Provinces of the Netherlands, spire of Hengelo, Town Hall Bronckhorst

Mint Hotel Opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Mint Hotel Opens designed by Bennetts Associates Architects is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Bennetts Associates’ hotel rises from eight to eleven floors and comprises of three linked blocks of bedrooms above two public floors that contain conference and dining facilities. The composition of the building ensures that the bedrooms, terraces and the SkyLounge rooftop [...]

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