A 150-metre-high skyscraper punctuated by arched windows is nearing completion in Rotterdam, designed by New York studio ODA as part of an adaptive reuse project involving an old post office. More about ODA skyscraper nears completion atop historic post office in Rotterdam
Dutch studios i29 and DP6 Architectuurstudio have overhauled a 20th-century school in the Netherlands, transforming it into a training institute for the Dutch Judiciary and Public Prosecution Service while honouring the building's original features. More about DP6 Architectuurstudio and i29 balance old and new in overhaul of historic school in Utrecht
Glass bricks, metal grilles and glossy tiles lend an industrial character to Light House, a family home in the Netherlands designed by local architecture practice Studioninedots. More about Studioninedots fronts skinny Amsterdam home with glass blocks
Dutch designer Maarten Baas enlisted 1,000 volunteers to form the hands of The People's Clock, which provides a choreographed representation of the passage of time at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. More about Maarten Baas creates clock made of people for Schiphol Airport
Dutch architectural studio Woonpioniers has built a house on the dunes in the south of the Netherlands using modular methods. More about Woonpioniers builds a house that "moves with the dunes"
A pair of gabled volumes conceal the expansive timber-lined interiors of Light House, a home in the Netherlands designed by local studio Woonpioniers. More about Woonpioniers opts for "modernity tucked inside tradition" at timber-lined Dutch home
A stained glass arch and striped cocktail bar add colourful geometry to the Ceintuur Theatre restaurant in Amsterdam, designed by Dutch interiors firm Studio Elèn Letort. More about Studio Elèn Letort transforms 1920s Amsterdam cinema into "easygoing and approachable" restaurant
The casings of woodland seeds such as chestnuts and pinecones informed the openable facade of this pod-like pavilion in the Netherlands, designed by local architecture practice Walden Studio. More about Protective seed pods inform timber forest pavilion by Walden Studio
Danish studio Dorte Mandrup has completed the Wadden Sea World Heritage Centre in the Netherlands, creating a "360-degree experience" overlooking its coastal site in Lauwersoog. More about Dorte Mandrup winds walkway around Wadden Sea World Heritage Centre
Dutch studio i29 and construction company Jatin Chaletbouw have completed Lounge Lodge, a compact holiday home in the Netherlands, revealed here in this Dezeen Exclusive. More about Compact holiday cabin by i29 "functions as a Swiss army knife"
Dutch studio B2A Architects has completed Cascade, a home in the Netherlands that is elevated above a dyke on a stepped concrete platform. More about B2A Architects uses concrete columns to elevate Dutch home above dyke
A series of "forest rooms" draws pockets of the surrounding woodland into Common Woods, a housing development in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, by Dutch studio Space&Matter. More about Space&Matter nestles timber housing blocks into a Dutch woodland
Plans have been unveiled for a sculpture garden beside the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which will see three brick pavilions renovated by British architecture studio Foster + Partners. More about Foster + Partners unveils designs for Rijksmuseum sculpture garden pavilions
Wood will be the dominant material through The Erven, a housing development in the Netherlands for which Swedish studio White Arkitekter is designing several buildings. More about White Arkitekter references farmsteads for wooden Hoofddorp housing
Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled plans for the Schieblocks office building in Rotterdam, which will comprise a series of stacked, colourful blocks beside Rotterdam Centraal station. More about MVRDV designs office block as "colourful addition" to Rotterdam
Architecture studios Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners and De Zwarte Hond have arranged the Rijnvliet housing development in Utrecht, the Netherlands, around 1,000 fruit trees and 220 species of edible flora. More about "Edible neighbourhood" surrounded by fruit trees in the Netherlands
Former Chicago Architecture Biennial artistic director Yesomi Umolu has been named general and artistic director of Rotterdam's Nieuwe Instituut museum starting next year. More about Nieuwe Instituut appoints Yesomi Umolu as general and artistic director
Locally sourced, bio-based materials, including hemp and crushed seashells, feature in Spring Studio's interior for the World Heritage Centre building in Lauwersoog, the Netherlands. More about Spring Studio uses biomaterials to create sustainable interiors for World Heritage Centre Wadden Sea
Dutch Design Week is known for bringing out the best and most original student design. This year, that included broom weapons, a swinging oven and a Chinese censorship detector. More about Eight of the best avant-garde student projects from Dutch Design Week
Every year, some surprising throughlines emerge from the programme of Dutch Design Week. This time, contributing editor Rima Sabina Aouf spotted attempts to revive democracy and a proliferation of alien creatures. More about Five unexpected themes that emerged at Dutch Design Week 2025