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A key new structure is the Stationspostgebouw Den Haag by KCAP and Kraaijvanger Architects. The designers transformed the former postal sorting centre next to the Hollands Spoor train station in The Hague.
We post details of Villa BW in Schoorl by esigned Mecanoo architecten.
This Dutch property is sited where the rolling dune landscape flows into the lower-lying polder terrain of the hinterland.
International Criminal Court, The Hague, Holland, design by schmidt hammer lassen architects. The ICC is the first permanent, treaty-based, international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community.
The Netherlands Institute for Ecology is situated on the campus of Wageningen University, but falls under the aegis of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. The principal’s ambition was to implement the most sustainable research institute in the world based on the cradle-to-cradle philosophy.
Powerhouse Company, in close collaboration with RAU, recently completed Villa L. Designed to fulfil the desires and needs of a young family, Villa L is set in the woods of central Netherlands, fully oriented towards the sun and the views on the garden.
Built in 1938, this Noordwijk seaside villa was originally the holiday home of a concrete factory owner. Battered and blustered by the salty sea weather over the decades, the house was in need of renovation.
Serge Schoemaker Architects has transformed and extended the attic of this charming Dutch house of the twenties in a radical way. The upper part of the roof construction was completely dismantled and the original rafters were replaced by laminated wood portal frames.
The construction of the Laboratory is a start of the redevelopment at the MartiniPoint in Groningen. This laboratory with over 200 employees, is the largest of its kind in the Netherlands and does research in the field of virology and immunology.
In the south of the Netherlands just outside of the village Berghem, Mulders vandenBerk Architects has realized the ‘Paddenstoelenhuis’ commissioned by Champignonkwekerij van de Vorle.
The start of the construction work at the new Noorderpoort school for vocational education has been celebrated in Stadskanaal on the 7th of February 2013.
MVRDV Glass Farm, Schijndel, Netherlands: RemBrand developers, the Town of Schijndel and MVRDV complete this Dutch multifunctional building in the village square.
The roads are lined with wildflowers. In summer, purple and yellow loosestrife are in bloom. Timber-framed farmhouses, enclosed meadows, ancient fields, and wonderful oak trees with their thick trunks turn your thoughts to days long gone.
This house is the result of the exceptional conditions of the context. It is squeezed between a five story apartment block and a semi classical house with a gabled roof. An abstract wall guarantees privacy towards the neighbouring apartment.
Villa Laar is a new house placed on the footprint of the old barn. The design is based upon the rotation of the sun. It opens in the morning towards the east where the light enters the house through the entree patio.
Office Jarrik Ouburg designed the scenography of a group exhibition bringing together the works of the Dutch painter Kees Verwey (1900-1995) and five Rijksakademie alumni at museum De Hallen in Haarlem, The Netherlands.
Designed by Erick van Egeraat won ‘best interior’ at the Dutch Design Awards 2012 with the design of Drents Museum in Assen. Last Sunday the award ceremony awarded different architects in the categories communications, free design, product and space.
Kaap Skil, Maritime and Beachcombers Museum, on the island of Texel, the Netherlands, has been nominated for the Wood Architecture Award 2012.
Commissioned by the Bornego College of Heerenveen, we designed a cost-effective and sustainable school of 4500m2 with multi-use areas and a sports hall.
At the same time the site will be with a vast program such as a university, hotel, marina, offices and homes more urban than any other Floriade has ever been before, it is an exemplary green city.