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 the historic décor of the surrounding...
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 has a gently sloping roof. Openings have been introduced in both...
Located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Westerdok Apartment Building was designed by MVRDV Architects. Each apartment has a balcony of varying depths, which stretch as bands along the entire façade offering varied outside spaces and views over the western docklands of Amsterdam. The floor-to-ceiling glass façade can be fully opened and contrasts with the mainly brick buildings located within the so called...
Alphabet Building brings new options to small- to mid-size creative businesses that located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, was designed by MVRDV. In an effort to address a lack of available office space for small- to mid-size commercial businesses in Amsterdam, Netherlands-based MVRDV has composed an unusual alternative. The design of the Alphabet Building in Rotterdam is a highly flexible, 3,200 sq m...
Located in France, Dijon Mustard Laboratory was designed by MVRDV. Rotterdam-based design studio MVRDV has secured a contract to transform the interior and exterior of a recently completed building currently out of use. Initially used as a Unilever Dijon Mustard Laboratory, the stark white complex was completed in 2004 but it was soon discovered that the overly spacious internal layout made it unfit...