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Central Public Library Amsterdam
A totally new urban development is now emerging on the Oosterdokseiland, where the Central Station Post Office used to be. Erick van Egeraat’s urban development plan consists of abstract outlines...
Parkrand
Regeneration project focusing on the Buurt 9 area of Amsterdam.Shortlisted project in the World Architecture Festival.
Beurs van Berlage
The Beurs van Berlage is a building on the Damrak, in the center of Amsterdam. It was designed as a commodity exchange by architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage and constructed between 1896 and 1903. It...
Borneo Sporenburg
in Architecture by West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture
contributed by
miesvanderrohe, 11 November 2009
contributed by
miesvanderrohe, 11 November 2009
Statistically Borneo Sporenburg needed to be a high-density development
with a dominance of low-rise houses. This condition demanded a specific
typology for these dwellings. Within the urban design...
Arcam
The new pavilion is indeed a humble and compact three-storey building.
On the street level an exhibition space is located. The upper floor is
fitted with glass partitions, creating an attic-like...
Parkrand
Buurt 9, or ‘Neighbourhood # 9’, forms part of the garden cities west of Amsterdam. However, the area required regeneration: the quality of the buildings had to be improved to meet new standards;...
Sportplaza Mercator
Overgrown stronghold: Sportplaza Mercator lies as an overgrown bastion
at the gates of the city centre of Amsterdam. The facades – just
planted with fresh young green – will in a few years be...
Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA Station
The re-building of a 2km stretch of railway, with a 70m wide pedestrian boulevard and the addition of a pair of 200km/h tracks. Shortlisted project in the World Architecture Festival.
IJburg house
in Architecture by Marc Koehler Architects
World Architecture Festival , 12 October 2009
contributed by
World Architecture Festival , 12 October 2009
The 140 m2 house is located on a small plot in IJburg; a recently
developed suburb of the city of Amsterdam. The house is designed as a
vertical garden giving space to flora and fauna to grow in a...
Amsterdam Bijlmer Arena Station
Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA Station is situated to the southeast of the city on the line that links Amsterdam with Utrecht. Prior to this project, there were six tracks running on a raised earth...

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