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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The Way We Build creates chapel-like retreat in Dutch forest
Amsterdam architecture studio The Way We Build has built a mobile cabin with a timber domed interior at a campsite within the Robbenoordbos forest in the north of the Netherlands. More
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Vector-I Architects installs pair of viewpoints on Dutch dyke to highlight rising sea levels
An Ode To Manmade Land is a pair of viewpoints designed by Vector-I Architects on a man-made dyke at the Lauwersmeer National Park, in the Netherlands. More
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Daan Roosegaarde's Presence exhibition encourages visitors to make their mark
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has opened his first major solo museum show — an interactive experience meant to awaken its audience to human impact on the environment. More
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Kazerne is a design-focused boutique hotel in Eindhoven
Moon/en/co and Van Helmond Architecten have teamed up to form Kazerne, an Eindhoven hotel that boasts just eight rooms and an exhibition space that will showcase pieces from notable Dutch designers. More
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Wenink Holtkamp Architecten turns De Lakfabriek tannery into apartments
Wenink Holtkamp Architecten has converted De Lakfabriek, a 20th-century factory, into 25 industrial apartments in Oisterwijk, the Netherlands. 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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Eklund Terbeek creates loft-style apartment within a former school gymnasium
Dutch architecture practice Eklund Terbeek has developed a spacious loft-style apartment for a family of four inside a school gymnasium in Rotterdam, which is over 100 years old. 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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Floating Farm in Rotterdam is now home to 32 cows
A floating dairy farm has opened in Rotterdam, showing how food production can become less vulnerable to climate change. More
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Bed and Bunker collection reinvents disused Dutch bunkers as retreats
An eight-piece collection of furniture by designer Remko Verhaagen is part of an initiative to rehabilitate disused war bunkers along the Dutch coast to use as holiday homes and artist retreats. More
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Struggle! 100 Years of Women's Suffrage exhibition curator picks five highlights
An exhibition at the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands celebrates 100 years of universal voting rights in the country. Co-curator Egge Knol picks five objects that tell the story. More
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Thatched reeds cover egg-shaped observatory for watching birds
RAU Architects and Ro&Ad Architects have designed the egg-shaped Tij Observatory for the Scheelhoek Nature Reserve in Stellendam, the Netherlands, which can be taken apart and rebuilt elsewhere. More
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Ilse Crawford and Oscar Peña to leave Design Academy Eindhoven
Ilse Crawford and Oscar Peña have stepped down from Design Academy Eindhoven after more than 20 years. 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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Space Encounters uses planted partitions to divide office in Utrecht
Tropical plants sprouting up from partition walls provide privacy to workers inside this office in Utrecht, which has been overhauled by architecture studio Space Encounters. 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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Richard Hutten brings together Dutch creatives to create Freedom rug collection
Dutch designer Richard Hutten has enlisted nine leading designers, architects and artists from the Netherlands, including himself, to create an eclectic collection of rugs. More
