New Dutch architecture projects with current Netherlands building news and good architectural images, plus contemporary Dutch architect studio background. Holland building news from across this North European country.
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.
Design: Bekkering Adams architects. Opening of Fire Station Doetinchem on Friday 21st March 2014. A new home for the Fire Brigade : Fire Station Doetinchem combines sustainability, functionality and an attractive living and working environment in a green oasis.
Van Ommeren-Architects made the plans and supervised the renovation of a 1930’s house in Haarlem, Holland.
The design is completed with the placement of a contemporary extension. On the contours of the old extension a lightweight construction realized a healthier relationship with the garden.
Liong Lie Architects designed the new interior of the NTI head office in Leiden, Holland. NTI stands for more than 70 years of cutting-edge distance education. The new learning according to NTI is the ideal combination of online learning and classroom meetings.
Design: NL Architects. ArtA will be an exciting mixture of public functions: a ‘sandwich’ of cinema, square, museum and park: Art House, Art Square, Art Show, Art Park. By pushing this programmatic sandwich down on one side the roof becomes accessible. At the same time the building opens up to the river.
Design: möhn + bouman, Architects. Centre for pastoral care in The Netherlands. The journey of a stable to a chapel; the story of this little building. Embedded deep in a beautiful landscape, itself shaped during the last ice age, this chapel embodies a peaceful and inspirational atmosphere.
V House, Maastricht Residence, The Netherlands design by Wiel Arets Architects (WAA). V’ House was constructed for a couple that collects vintage cars, and is stitched within the medieval tapestry of Maastricht. The city dictates all new structures remain within the envelope of pre-existing buildings, and so a cut was created in the house’s front façade to generate a triangulated surface, which leads from one neighbor’s sloped roof to the opposite neighbor’s vertical bearing wall.
Sky Frame House on Haagwijk Estate, Voorschoten, The Netherlands, design by 123DV architecture & consult. Residence with swimming pool and bedroom pavilions. On part of estate Duivenvoorde, seven plots will be available for people who want to design their own home. The future residents will be living in peace in an ancient cultural landscape, while The Hague, Leiden and Schiphol Airport are all within reach.
With a program of simple apartments, the project deals mainly with the horizontal stacking of slabs from which projects a series of specifically shaped brises-soleil, creating a constant play of shadow on the façade, itself composed of a semi-structural glazing of sliding panels.
Serge Schoemaker Architects was commissioned to renovate and modernize a semi-detached house from the thirties in Naarden, the Netherlands. The architectural office significantly improved the internal spatial quality of the traditional house without physically altering its protected external appearance.
Julian Harrap Architects LLP have just been awarded the commission to restore and extend the historic Museum De Lakenhal, in Leiden, Netherlands in collaboration with Dutch practice Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven Architects.
Walking or jogging through the Genneper Parken you’ll immediately notice the new sports college. Sporting figures are incorporated in the dark brick walls – a swimmer, a footballer, a hockey player.
The house is situated on a corner lot in the typical 30’s district ‘de Elzent’ against the natural landscape of the river Dommel valley, in the center of Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Both volumes are connected underground by a basement level in which the bedrooms and bathrooms are situated. Here too, the landscaping of the grounds and the large glass windows allow for outstanding views over the surrounding landscape.
In the design for the new accommodations of public school Panta Rhei in Amstelveen (NL) there is a lot of attention on the balance between freedom and a sense of security. Snelder Architecten realised a building with many open multifunctional spaces where students can make themselves familiar with the teaching material.
Combiwerk Delft is a Social Workplace (SW) company and offers custom work to people who, due to a physical, psychological or mental limitation, are not able to find a regular job.
Close to Bloemendaal, on the edge of the Kennemer dunes, the site of Villa Bloemendaal is situated. A sustainable home that follows a minimalistic design and shows respect for man and nature alike, in a unique residential area where the existing flora and fauna are given full rein.
The monolithic wall unit is custom made from birch plywood and encompasses seating facilities, archive storage space, drawers for medical equipment and a kitchenette. It has three large openings which slant towards the outside facade and give the interior its sculptural character.