Architect: Kingma Roorda architects
Location: Poortkade and Oosterscheldestraat, Zierikzee, The Netherlands
Design team: Ruurd Roorda, Klaas Kingma, Bas Kegge, Roelof Verheijen, Frank Velthuis, Niels van Ham
Urban plan: Rothuizen van Doorn ’t Hooft, Breda/Middelburg/Poznan
Project Area: 2,126 sqm (building 1), 1,545 sqm (building 2)
Completion construction: 2010 (building 1), 2012 (est.)
Photographs: René de Wit, Breda / Kingma Roorda architects, Rotterdam

This project, situated just west of the historical center of Zierikzee, links up the existing neighbourhood Poortambacht to the historic town. Both as a reaction to the specific character of the site and as a response to today’s diverging lifestyles, the design for this new quay, parallel to a canal, can be seen as a reinterpretation of the quay typologies that can be found through the provinces of Zeeland and Holland. Read the rest of this entry »

Architects: HVDN
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Project Team: Arie van Der Neut, Albert Herder, Vincent van Der Klei, Monika Pieroth, Pascal Bemelmans
Structural Engineering: Jean-Marc Saurer, Vincent van Der Klei
Client: Hopman Interheem Groep Gouda
Project Year: 2004-2008
Budget: € 17.000.000
Photographs: John Lewis Marshall, Luuk Kramer & Jean-Pierre Jans

The Science Park is hemmed in between the Flevopark, the neighborhood of the Indische buurt and the Amsterdam-Almere railway line. Until recently, the site was occupied by allotments alongside research institutes and science and technology companies. The allotments are to be replaced by five new residential buildings situated in a park-like environment of restricted traffic speeds. Car-parking is located within the buildings so the area’s appearance is not defined by on-street parking. As ‘Het Kasteel’ (the castle) stands at the entrance to the project, on the west side facing the city, it acts as its calling card. Read the rest of this entry »

Architect, Interior architect: DHV Architecten
Client: TNO Finance & Real Estate
Completion: 2009
Floor area/size: 9300 m2
Location: Delft, The Netherlands

The Van Leeuwenhoek Laboratory, which houses advanced research facilities, is the nerve centre of activities in the field of nano technology in the Netherlands. The main users, TNO and Delft University of Technology, use the building for research, education and development. Read the rest of this entry »

Architects: 123DV Architecture
Location: Vroondaal, near The Hague, The Netherlands
Completed: 2009
Photography: Christiaan de Bruijne

Capturing the character of Dali, Jugendstill forms, Spanish facades and nautical life in one villa.

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Project Type: Interior Design, Hospitality
Architect: Wiel Arets Architects
Client: Hotel Zenden
Location: Maastricht, The Netherlands

The Hotel and Sport School Zenden is located within three monumental town houses near the river Maas in Maastricht, the Netherlands.  The hotel’s history begins in the late sixties, and originally contained only a pool for swimming lessons. Over the years other functions such as hotel rooms and a Judo school were implemented into the program. Upon the facilities reaching spatial limits, a renovation and reorganisation of the program was needed. Read the rest of this entry »

Architect: Grosfeld van der Velde Architects
Project Type: House KvD, Single family residence
Location: Teteringen, the Netherlands
Year: 2007-2009
Photography: Rene de Wit

Important, from the residents point of view, was to experience the green environment in a most intense way. This ambition has formed the main concept of the building: A house that feeds in between the trees, giving every arbitrary movement a surprising perspective on the forest. The square-shaped volume keeps you, while moving through the building, in constant contact with the environment.

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The Dutch design studio AEQUO have designed an informatieplein (information plaza) inside the Culture Campus Vleuterweide in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The Informatieplein is shaped as the interior space of a monastery. It contains one large monastery bench, which comprises a multitude of functions upon closer inspection.

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