The design of Buitenverblijf Nest, a holiday home in Arnhem, draws from aviaries and birdhouses to make it blend into the forest landscape of Hoge Veluwe national park, formerly occupied by army barracks. It is one of eleven shelters camouflaged amid
Located in the metropolitan area of Rotterdam, Spijkenisse is a town that has undergone a huge transformation over the past 40 years, growing from a small population of farmers to become a modern mid-size city. In the urban center, the new library is
The apartment building in Sloterplas lake is part of a renewal plan for the area, which includes the extension of the existing boulevard, applying different urbanistic criteria to either side of the street: towards the west the original structure of
In the city of Huizen, near Amsterdam, a residential area ends in a platform facing Lake Gooimeer. Resting on a fringe of reed, five new buildings stand perpendicular to the coastal promenade, rising with a sphinx-like profile over the water. This is
The abandoned areas have been repopulated with a total of 60,000 birch trees. Contrasting pavement surfaces are played with in the central office entrance square...
The square is a knot of circulating traffic and pedestrians with train lines overhead, designed as a mosaic of grass and asphalt; the treatment of the columns which support the train lines creates an urban forest. Lighting is one of the key elements
The company Interpolis´s new garden is open to the public; the join between the building and the garden is resolved by a large plateau of slate slabs, punctuated with magnolias and crossed by a wooden bridge. The constant changes in the orientation o
Bajo una gran pirámide acristalada, una montaña de libros invita a la lectura en una estructura de terrazas apiladas: así es el nuevo edificio de MVRDV para la biblioteca pública de la ciudad de Spijkenisse, a unos 20 kilómetros de Rotterdam. Con una
En Amsterdam, laboratorio residencial de Europa, se concede cada año el Amsterdamse Nieuwbouwprijs: entre diez obras de nueva planta seleccionadas por un jurado los ciudadanos votan su preferida. La Schutterstoren del estudio holandés DKV, una torre
The tradition of a country which has entirely reinvented its own territory could be said to be well represented by West 8. Adrian Geuze (1960) is the visible head and founder of this team which has its headquarters in Rotterdam. The company´s name de
