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28/09 2016

Re-interpreting a national heritage site

The governmental building B30 in The Hague was first conceived by Daniël Knuttel in 1917, and will shortly become the new accommodation of the Dutch planning offices. 

The renovation and extension on the original design led by Dikkie Scipio is aiming to achieve an open yet monumental architecture thanks to new openings, gardens and an artistic intervention on the atrium’s floor. Karin Borghouts gives us an insight of the building currently in its delivery phase.

 

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19/09 2016

The Education Center as seen by Fernando Guerra

Three years after the official opening, the Education Center, part of the Erasmus MC university in Rotterdam still maintains its incredible allure.

A new reading of the building offered by award-winner photographer Fernando Guerra highlights the balance between the original structure designed by Arie Hagoort in collaboration with Jean Prouvé and the new extension design. Protagonists are the light triangles of the roof projected in the central square, the lively spaces generated by the book wall library, and the articulated working spaces.

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12/09 2016

CMA in Lille is taking shape

First official images from the construction site of the new Cité des Métiers et de l’Artisanat, which will open to the public in 2017, have been released.

The photographic reportage highlights the design and its relation with the vivid landscape which is achieved thanks to the prominent horizontal façades, the exceptional cantilever, the ability of blending with the vegetated background and the broad interiors.

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photo © Sebastian van Damme