When city ordinances restrict your building design so that it seems impossible to satisfy the occupancy requirements on such a small site, what do you do? Just cantilever over the required parking spaces, and while you are at it change …
Category: Netherlands
(zak mc– flickr/creative commons license) OMA/ Rem Koolhaas designed these residences in Breda Netherlands, completed in 2000.The Chassé campus is an old military base (barracks and monastery), and the site had to be reused and renovated to make it beautiful …
The Erasmus Bridge spans the Nieuwe Maas river in Rotterdam. It was designed by Ben van Berkel with UN Studio in 1996. The distinctive look takes on the industrial character of Rotterdam. The ends of the bridge take on a …
(p2cl– flickr/creative commons license) René van Zuuk designed this apartment complex in OMA’s master plan for Almere’s new city centre. The boring continuous section pushes outward as the building approaches the dock, expressing the waves of the sea and power …
(Lauren Manning– flickr/creative commons license) This gravity-defying apartment complex in the Geuzenveld neighborhood of Amsterdam considers negative space as more important than the actual building. Beginning with the concept of a country house, architect MVRDV arranged colossal blocks to create …
This Nieuwe Bouwen home was designed by Brinkman and Van der Vlugt in 1929. A rare example of Dutch Functionalism, the Sonneveld Huise has slabs of concrete attached to a steel frame, opening up the walls for large windows and …
JHK Architects came up with the idea of elevating above the historic factory complex on the river bank. Getting the four story building up there was quite a feat. Completed in 2007, the € 28 million structure stretches 130 meters. …
(rick ligthelm– flickr/creative commons license) Checkered corrugated steel panels act as a communication device for the intent of this college building, imitating the stacking of shipping containers at the port. At the very top, an auditorium cantilevers out and creates …
The Nederlands Architectuurinstituut te Rotterdam (NAI), located at the Rotterdam Museumpark, has one of the world’s largest museum collections of architecture. Along with exhibitions, it facilitates research and presentations. Jo Coenen’s 1992 design for the building takes form with four …
(tnarik– flickr/creative commons license) Piet Blom designed the Kubuswoningen (Cube House) in 1984, in Rotterdam Netherlands. A line of 38 traditional houses are tilted diagonally and lifted onto hexagonal pillars. The entire first floor is dedicated to an entrance. The …