MVRDV creates interiors for Groos store inside post-war Rotterdam building
MVRDV restored the industrial roots of this building in the Het Industriegebouw in Rotterdam to create a new home for the Groos design store. More
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Shift exchanges brickwork for glazing to create bright apartments in Rotterdam townhouse
Big windows replace the rear wall of a 20th-century house in Rotterdam, which has been overhauled by Shift Architecture Urbanism to create two light-filled apartments. More
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MVRDV wraps Rotterdam house around a mature olive tree
Two tiers of glazing sweep around a stout olive tree in the back garden of this Rotterdam residence by MVRDV, contrasting with the almost windowless brick walls that face the street and neighbouring houses. More
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Skinny Rotterdam house for two architects features black brickwork and concealed windows
Dutch architects Gwendolyn Huisman and Marijn Boterman designed this skinny house in Rotterdam for themselves, incorporating hidden windows into the black brick walls and adding a large indoor hammock. More
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Deadline approaching for entries to Piet Zwart Institute's postgraduate programme
Dezeen promotion: the application deadline for the Piet Zwart Institute's interior architecture postgraduate programme in Rotterdam has been announced. More
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Studio Roosegaarde converts Rotterdam glass factory into "dream lab of the 21st century"
Studio Roosegaarde has revealed its new Rotterdam office, the Dream Factory, which is located inside a 1930s glass factory overlooking the city's harbour. More
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Powerhouse Company reveals plans for Europe's skinniest residential skyscraper
Dutch firm Powerhouse Company has unveiled plans for a high-rise apartment block in Rotterdam, which could become "the slimmest residential tower of Europe". More
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Koen van Velsen Architects uses green-grey brickwork for sports centre near Rotterdam
Koen van Velsen Architects used custom green-tinted brickwork, mirrored panels and glazed courtyards to help this sports centre on the outskirts of Rotterdam blend in with the greenery surrounding it. More
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KAAN Architecten transforms Rotterdam bank into riverside studio
Dutch studio KAAN Architecten has moved into new offices of its own design in Rotterdam, featuring coarse concrete columns, smooth white walls and rich walnut floorboards. More
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Fifteen tonnes of rubble used to build Rotterdam house by Architectuur Maken
The bricks forming the facade of this tall, skinny house in Rotterdam are made from 15 tonnes of compacted industrial waste (+ slideshow). More
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MVRDV creates home-inspired rooms for its new Rotterdam office
MVRDV has moved into a new studio in central Rotterdam, featuring multicoloured meeting rooms, a plant-covered chandelier, an oversized dining table and a staircase that doubles as a seating area (+ slideshow). More
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Balconies and full-storey windows added to villa in a former Dutch museum
Architects Paul de Ruiter and Chris Collaris have transformed a former private museum in Rotterdam into an energy-neutral townhouse, featuring outdoor spaces on each level of its remodelled rear facade ( + slideshow). More
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MVRDV completes giant scaffolding staircase in Rotterdam city centre
Dutch office MVRDV has revealed the first photographs of The Stairs, a huge scaffolding staircase leading up to the roof of an office block in Rotterdam city centre (+ slideshow). More
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Thatched observatory installed on roof of 1930s Sonneveld House in Rotterdam
Mexican artist Santiago Borja has built a thatched observatory on the roof of one of Holland's best-preserved Modernist houses (+ slideshow). More
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"Smart technology is a solution looking for a problem," says Rotterdam Biennale curator
Technologies like driverless cars and smart heating systems could end up making cities dysfunctional according to Maarten Hajer, chief curator of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2016 (+ interview). More
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MVRDV to build giant scaffolding staircase in Rotterdam city centre
Dutch office MVRDV has revealed plans to build a huge staircase out of scaffolding in Rotterdam, the latest in a series of exciting new additions to the city. More
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Abandoned buildings can be converted into homes with modular kitchen and bathroom block
Rotterdam studio Kraaijvanger has designed a modular kitchen and bathroom unit that can be inserted into an empty building to turn it into a residence (+ slideshow). More
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17 of the architecture projects helping to transform Rotterdam
From billowing pink bus stops to a bombastic market hall and a smog-eating tower, a barrage of new projects are helping turn Rotterdam into "the city of the future". Dezeen rounds up 17 of the city's most interesting recent additions. More
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Rotterdam is "the city of the future" say architects
Landmark buildings and experimental construction are transforming the Netherlands' second city into a world-class destination for architectural innovation, outstripping other European centres and turning Amsterdam into "the city of the past". More
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OMA completes pixellated Timmerhuis complex in Rotterdam
OMA has merged a municipal office block from the 1950s with a pixellated steel and glass structure to create a new mixed-use building in Rotterdam's city centre (+ slideshow). More