RoundAround dynamic "bridge" is made of autonomous boats
Carlo Ratti and his team at MIT's Senseable City Lab have come up with a "bridge" made of continuously circling autonomous boats for a tricky patch of Amsterdam's waterway. More
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Barend Koolhaas slots steel and basalt gallery between two Amsterdam houses
Barend Koolhaas created Eenwerk & IBO, a gallery and graphic design studio, by slotting a basalt and steel structure between two brick houses, in Amsterdam. More
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Hermès takes over MVRDV's Crystal Houses in Amsterdam
A glass-fronted townhouse designed by MVRDV now serves as a store for luxury fashion brand Hermès, with warm-tone interiors by French design agency RDAI. More
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Space Encounters uses soft partitions to divide spacious Flowpolis office in Amsterdam
Translucent curtains and rows of white columns help to divide but not segment this real-estate office in Amsterdam, designed by local studio Space Encounters. More
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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam appoints Rein Wolfs as director
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has named Dutch curator Rein Wolfs as its new director, following the departure of Beatrix Ruf. More
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GG-loop wraps Freebooter apartments with cedar louvres
Dutch architecture studio GG-loop has built a pair of prefabricated apartments in Amsterdam with timber louvres positioned to regulate the levels of light entering the building. More
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Yellow stairs connect living spaces in Three-Generation House by BETA
Dutch architecture studio BETA has built a house in Amsterdam for a multi-generational family with a central yellow staircase connecting their separate accommodation. More
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Serbian artists turn Van Gogh's Starry Night into canalside light installation
Serbian artists Ivana Jelić and Pavle Petrović have reimagined Van Gogh's famous painting The Starry Night as an LED installation over the canals of Amsterdam, to highlight the issue of light pollution in urban areas. More
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Amsterdam council removes "I amsterdam" sign after it becomes selfie spot
The "I amsterdam" letters have been removed from outside the Rijksmuseum in the Dutch capital, after they were accused of promoting mass tourism. More
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Tank and Conran and Partners create sustainable luxury interiors at QO hotel in Amsterdam
Tank and Conran and Partners have completed the interiors of the QO Amsterdam hotel, which features many holistic wellness and sustainability features including a rooftop greenhouse and intelligent facade. More
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World's first 3D-printed steel bridge unveiled at Dutch Design Week
Dutch robotics company MX3D has completed the 3D printing of a steel bridge, which will be installed across a canal in Amsterdam next year. More
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Fashion For Good museum in Amsterdam promotes responsible fashion
Fashion For Good is an interactive museum that aims to teach visitors about innovations in the fashion and textiles industry, designed by US-based studio Local Projects. More
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HOP scatters mid-century furniture throughout Public Space coffee bar
Dutch studio HOP has completed a specialty coffee bar in Amsterdam with an open-plan layout that revolves around a central bar and three seating islands. More
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Dermot Horgan imagines personal data bank at centre of future Amsterdam neighbourhood
TU Delft graduate Dermot Horgan has created a concept for a neighbourhood that would be built around a publicly accessible data bank, to make the topic of personal information central to society. More
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Soho House opens in Amsterdam with a colour palette drawn from the Dutch Masters
The latest addition to the Soho House portfolio in Amsterdam takes its cues from the art, architecture and antiques of the Dutch capital. More
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Standard Studio use skylights to funnel light into Amsterdam loft
A courtyard sits at the centre of this converted canal house apartment in the centre of Amsterdam by local firm Standard Studio. More
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Amsterdam opens new metro line with seven stations by Benthem Crouwel Architects
Benthem Crouwel Architects has designed seven new metro stations for the new Noord/Zuidlijn line through Amsterdam, which opened this week. More
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UNStudio reveals designs for Amsterdam cable car
Dutch firm UNStudio has revealed designs for a 1,500 metre-long cable car across the across the river IJ in Amsterdam. More
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Studio Drift hopes to inspire "a positive version of the future" with first major retrospective
Studio Drift wants to show how the improbable can be made possible with its first major exhibition, at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, which features a floating concrete monolith and a light sculpture made from dandelions. More
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HOH Architecten combines two 17th-century townhouses to create Institute for Advanced Study
HOH Architecten has connected two 17th-century Dutch canal houses that were "separated at birth" to create a new facility for the University of Amsterdam. More
