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...
Designed by UNStudio, Education Executive Agency and Tax Offices is located in Groningen, Netherlands. A monochromatic form with repetitive projecting fins, the structure towers above its neighbours in the public realm, its asymmetric form ‘set amidst small, ancient woodland, sheltering rare and protected species’. External developments are still in progress, as concepts for a sizeable public garden...
The De hood designed by Atelier Kempe Thill is located in Osdorp, Netherlands. The public green with its dominated tree canopy becomes part of the interior and generously extends the small space to the outside. This effect is enhanced by the modest interior design and the greyish colour scheme. Used as a ‘public living room’ of the neighbourhood, activities on the inside are well visible and stimulate...
Designed by Merkx+Girod architects, Bookstore Selexyz Dominicanen is located in Maastricht, Netherlands. As the countdown to the Battle of Barcelona begins, (World Architecture Festival or WAF as its better known), so some incredible examples of contemporary architecture are starting to get exposed. This is just one of 224 projects shortlisted for the three days of presentations, knockouts, eliminations...
The Faculty Bernoulliborg designed by De Zwarte Hond architects is located in Groningen, Netherlands. The lower glass facade allows the approach route to the upper floors to be seen, and provides a panoramic view over the surrounding area. It allows for the various activities going on inside the building to be seen from outside. The upper floors form the main volume of the building. The building’s...