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Rotterdam stays behind on two issues compared to other cities. First, Rotterdam has little functional green public space. Second, Rotterdam ignores a positive use for citizens and tourists of its 94-KM waterfront along the Maas River.
Cool Tower is located in the Cool neighbourhood of the city centre of Rotterdam. This area was totally rebuilt in the 60’s after the massive bombardments suffered by the city.
The structure of the two residential blocks is an intervention in the centre of Rotterdam, a city that is naturally incised by a network of flowing waters. The site of the project is an old commercial trade grounds.
Making City Istanbul is the last exhibition of the 5th IABR: Making City. The exhibition is part of Musibet, the main exhibition of the first Istanbul Design Biennial that opens on 10 October at the Istanbul Modern Museum.
On top of an existing monumental house and atelier, the bedrooms are positioned as separate houses, optimizing the privacy of every member of the family.
The centre of the neighbourhood is lacking liveliness and atmosphere. Points of interest – Sparta Stadion, Marconi towers and Van Nelle Factory – surround the area outside its boundaries.
The arched building located in the centre of Rotterdam, developed by Provast and designed by MVRDV is a hybrid of public market and apartment building.
Post Rotterdam Consortium (made up of Delta Development Group and SNS Property Finance), together with Alderman Karakus from the Municipality of Rotterdam, presented the plans for the redevelopment of the former Post office on the Coolsingel 42.
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), in collaboration with Werner Sobek and engineers ABT, has won the competition for Rotterdam’s Stadskantoor, a new building for the city hall that will accommodate municipal services, offices, and residential units.
KCAP Architects&Planners realises the 23.000 m2 office building Blaak 31 in Rotterdam. The project, commissioned by Dutch developer Provast, will be used mainly by the legal and tax service provider Loyens & Loeff.
The Witte Keizer is located on a triangular site at a bend in the River Rotte. It forms a transition between the high-rise zones along the Coolsingel and the Blaak.
KCAP Architects&Planners’ project The Red Apple was awarded the title ‘Dutch Architecture Award 2009’ during the Expo Real in Munich.
In the course of the Symposium “The Future of the Informal” at the 4th International Rotterdam Architecture Biennale (NAI Rotterdam) the winners of the Squatcity-Urbaninform Competition have been announced.
Situated between the gothic Sint Laurenskerk (Saint Laurens cathedral) and the Delftsevaart canal, the Grotekerkplein was formed only during the course of the modernist reconstruction of the city center, which was almost entirely destroyed during WW2.