OMA completes De Rotterdam "vertical city" complex
News: architect Rem Koolhaas' studio OMA has completed its colossal "vertical city" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (+ slideshow). More
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Schiecentrale 4B tower with protruding storage by Mei Architecten en Stedenbouwers
This mixed-use complex in Rotterdam by Mei Architecten en Stedenbouwers features a tower with protruding storage areas that look like welding masks bolted onto the facade. More
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The knitting collection of Loes Veenstra by Christien Meindertsma
Dutch Design Week 2013: designer Christien Meindertsma has compiled photographs of hundreds of jumpers knitted by an elderly woman into a book and organised a flashmob in her honour (+ movie). More
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Renovation of Piet Bloms' Supercube by Personal Architecture
Dutch studio Personal Architecture has renovated one of Piet Bloms' iconic Cube Houses in Rotterdam to create a residence for delinquents in their final stages of detention (+ slideshow). More
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Easehouse for Singeldingen Foundation by Lagado Architects
Dutch firm Lagado Architects have designed a temporary public toilet block with wide open sections in the roof so users can sit on the toilet and look up into the sky (+ slideshow). More
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Fictional bridges on Euro banknotes constructed in the Netherlands
News: the fictional bridges depicted on Euro banknotes have been been transformed into reality at a new housing development near Rotterdam. More
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RDM Innovation Deck by Groosman Partners
Dutch architecture firm Groosman Partners has suspended an office complex beneath the eight-metre-high ceiling of a former industrial machine hall in Rotterdam (+ slideshow). More
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City Camouflage by Roeland Otten
Dutch designer Roeland Otten uses mosaic tiles, paint and photographic prints to disguise scruffy public buildings like this former public toilet in Amsterdam (+ slideshow). More
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Vertical Loft by Shift
Dutch architects Shift ripped out the walls of this central Rotterdam townhouse and replaced them with a three-storey bookshelf. More
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The Bubble Building by DUS Architects
Dutch firm DUS Architects have created a pavilion made of bubbles. More
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Black Pearl by Studio Rolf.fr with Zecc Architecten
Newly positioned windows reveal the overhauled interior of a Rotterdam townhouse that was formerly an abandoned apartment block. More
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Kantoor IMd by Ector Hoogstad Architecten
Dutch studio Ector Hoogstad Architecten have converted a former Rotterdam steel plant into offices filled with plastic bridges, potted trees and picnic benches. More
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Villa Rotterdam by Ooze
Architects Ooze of Paris and Rotterdam extended this Rotterdam residence by wrapping a new faceted skin over the house's existing collection of buildings and extensions. More
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A House in a Church by Ruud Visser Architects
Dutch studio Ruud Visser Architects have tranformed a 1930s church into a house in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. More
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Sports Pavillion by MoederscheimMoonen
This pavilion with illuminated eaves was designed by Dutch firm MoederscheimMoonen Architects for two football teams in Rotterdam. More
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Textile Shipping Containers by Overtreders W
Netherlands design studio Overtreders W have designed an exhibition featuring shipping containers made of textiles at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. More
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Cascade by Atelier van Lieshout
Dutch designers Atelier Van Lieshout will unveil an eight metre-tall sculpture featuring oil drums and human figures in Rotterdam tomorrow. More
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Rotterdam Market Hall by MVRDV
Construction has begun on a combined residential project and market hall in Rotterdam, designed by Dutch architects MVRDV. More
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Maritiem Museum exhibition by Tjep
Dutch designers Tjep. have completed an exhibition installation for the Maritiem Museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. More
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Savannehuis by LAM Architects
Dutch architects LAM have completed a sustainable giraffe enclosure for Rotterdam Zoo, which opens next week. More
