Architects Merkx+Girod have sent us these images of the interior they designed for Foster + Partners' Vivaldi Tower near Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
The 24-storey building, for financial services company Ernst & Young, includes a restaurant and bar, auditorium, meeting rooms, library, newsroom and fitness facilities plus offices, video conference rooms and an executive boardroom.
See our previous story for more about Vivaldi Tower.
Photography: Roos Aldershoff
The following information is from Merkx+Girod:
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Ernst & Young Amsterdam
Interior design for the new office building of Ernst&Young designed by Foster Architects, located at the Zuidas in Amsterdam.
The architecture of the 26.000 square metre, 22 storey-high building is very clear and straightforward in reaction to which Merkx+Girod designed a ‘softer’ layer for the entire interior.
Special attention was hereby given to the spatial relations and qualities of the different areas and the use of materials, colour, three dimensionality, decoration and graphics.
The ground floor and first floor area contain the entrance and lobby, informal ‘living room’ with coffee bar and lounge, self service restaurant, bar, auditorium, general meeting rooms, library, newsroom and fitness facilities.
Floors 3-20 contain the employees and partner offices as well as corridors, general areas, pantrys and communal meeting spaces.
The 21st floor houses staff meeting rooms, video conference rooms and the executive boardroom.
Architecture and interior have become one in which ‘business meets pleasure’, Ernst meets Young!
Project: Office design Ernst & Young Amsterdam
Client: Ernst & Young Amsterdam
Location: Zuidas Amsterdam
Realisation: April 2008
Area: 26.000 m2
Project team: Evelyne Merkx, Patrice Girod, Det van Oers, Jan Willem Wijker, Klaas Cammelbeeck, Raymond Leentvaar, Iris Derks, Victor Veerman, Ramon Wijsman, Josje Kuiper, Patrick Bento, Roy Grob, Marlies Hoevers
Architecture: Foster & Partners.
In collaboration with: Irma Boom, Rene Knip
Great balance…
Sober, yet daring.
It of course still has the feel of a corporate interior design, that is: never progressive and no rough edges. But keeping this in mind, the design is actually very nice especially compared to most other examples of this.
Don’t Foster and partnrs buildings just shout ‘fun’ ‘community’ ‘individuality’? I bet it killed him that the zany dutch wanted a colour other than grey. Still, its slightly less offensive than that supermarket-for-football they did at wembley. . . . its just so JOYLESS. Is that what architecture is for? Hopefully the financial crisis will put paid to turning all the worlds resources into grey Norman Foster buildings containing nothing but 5 whacky armchairs.
It works for me.
any clues on the light mfr from the first pic, or are they custom? i feel i’ve seen these a lot lately…
I find the exterior bold; the interior looks transparent, light and elegant with generous architectural features.
i like it more from the inside than i did from the outside.
it’s corporate, it’s for a corporation, that’s kinda the definition
but well done corporate
too much gray carpeting, but really like the dark wood floor
Hey Mike…
I think those lamps are made Ingo Maurer…
I forgot to add “by” before Ingo!
lot of dutch furniture
Looks great, and for a change it’s ‘modern’ while still addressing utility need. So many places in a similar style seem to abandon the building purpose. I found this appears to be purposeful throughout. *golf claps*
What a great design !
They are very great design I like them
Looks great, and for a change it’s ‘modern’ while still addressing utility need. So many places in a similar style seem to abandon the building purpose.
Does anyone know where are the pending lights on the first image from? any help, please :) thanks!!
Found it! the lamps are by famous Ingo Maurer :) http://www.ingo-maurer.com/products
Lights Arrangement is Mind Blowing