Archi-Guide 2009

ARCHI-GUIDE
BELGIUM + Netherlands
2009
ARCHI-GUIDE
BELGIUM + Netherlands
2009
Western Europe
Almere, Netherlands
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Antwerp, Belgium
Bruges, Belgium
Brussels, Belgium
Den Hague, Netherlands
Leuven, Belgium
Paris, France
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Utrecht, Netherlands
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1 Almere, Netherlands
2 Amsterdam, Netherlands
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3 Antwerp, Belgium
4 Bruges, Belgium
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5 Brussels, Belgium
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6 Den Hague, Netherlands
7 Leuven, Belgium
8 Paris, France
9 Rotterdam, Netherlands
3 10 Utrecht, Netherlands
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Western Europe
Study Abroad 2009
coa_ttu
p. 28-29
p. 36-37
Almere
Netherlands
7 52.37°N | 5.22°W
p. 62-63
p. 68
p. 69
p. 42-43
p. 48-49
p. 56-57
Amsterdam
Netherlands
9 52.37°N | 4.89°E
p. 72-73
p. 76
Antwerp
Belgium
11 51.22°N | 4.40°E
Bruges
Belgium
13 51.21°N | 3.23°E
p. 96
p. 80-81
p. 97
p. 88-89
Brussels
Belgium
15 50.84°N | 4.37°E
p. 100-101
Den Hague
Netherlands
17 52.08°N | 4.32°E
p. 108-109
Leuven
Belgium
19 50.88°N | 4.70°E
Paris
France
21 48.86°N | 2.35°E
p. 114-115
Rotterdam
Netherlands
23 51.93°N | 4.47°E
p. 122-123
p. 124-125
Utrecht
Netherlands
25 52.09°N | 5.12°E
Stadhuis Almere
ANNO Restaurant
BOUW RAI II
Polygoon Primary School
Health Care Center
De Bombardon School
Almere Central Station
De Fantasie
De Realiteit
BOUW RAI I
almere
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1 Stadhuis Almere
2 ANNO Restaurant
3 BOUW RAI II
4 Polygoon Primary School
5 Health Care Center
6 De Bombardon School
7 Almere Central Station
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5
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Stadhuis Almere
1986
ALMERE
C.G. Dam
Almere Stad
“Its street layout, a grid of rectangular

plots, served as a springboard for the
design of the town hall: two five storey-
wings at right angles and one diagonal
wing. The front and rear facades are
contrasting. Those facing the town have
a distinghuised character deriving from
the classical tripartition of basement,
marble-clad middle section, and cornice
with round indentations. The rear facade
is less flat, and displays a great degree of
openness.”
- Dam & Partners
ANNO Restaurant
Jo Coenen
Grote Markt 121
1987
ANNO is a grand café / restaurant serving

quality food for a reasonable price. ANNO
serves breakfast from 7 am until 11 am.
A variety of lunch dishes can be ordered
from 11 am to 5 pm and from 5 pm to 10
pm the kitchen is open for dinner.
- Active Hotels
1992 BOUW RAI II
ALMERE
Sjoerd Soeters | Fons Verheijen | Mecanoo | Quist
Filmwijk Almere Stad
“In response to the somewhat chaotic

urban framework of the BOUW RAI I,
these new schemes were sited in a taut,
radial plan. Filling this radial plan with a
mixed bag of mostly rectilinear blocks
was evidently no easy task. ”
- Guide to Contemporary Architecture in
the Netherlands
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Polygoon Primary School
1992
ALMERE
Herman Hertzberger
Hollywoodlaan 109
“16 classrooms are not grouped around

a central hall, but situated alongside the
long shaped, street like space, overcovered
by the arch shaped roof. Additional
educational spaces are combined as a
strip in the middle of this ‘street’. This zone
of smaller, more or less enclosed rooms is
interrupted by place like open spaces that
connect the two corridors. On top of this
central zone there is a long balcony, open
for different use.”
- Herman Hertzberger
Health Center
A.E. & H. van Eyck
Greta Garboplantsoen 1
1993
“Aldo van Eyck was commissioned to

design a health center for the Filmwijk
neighbourhood as part of the BOUW RAI II.
From outside the building looks hermetic,
a fortress even, judging by the phalanx of
‘periscopes’ poking up like battlements
along the North facade. Internally the
design proves to be another illustration of
Van Eyck’s ‘house as a small city’ theme.
The entrances are located at places where
the outer walls sweep inward.”
the Netherlands
1995 De Bombardon
ALMERE
Primary School
Herman Hertzberger
Simon van Collemstraat
“Besides 14 formal classrooms, this school

for children with learning and educational
problems has a relatively large number
of additional spaces, including around 6
rooms for remedial teaching, spaces for
expressive movement and one for cookery
lessons and a gym. The main theme was
the absence of corridors, with all rooms
opening on to an uninterrupted hallway
stretching like an interior main street over
the entire length of the building.”
- Herman Hertzberger
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Almere Central Station
2005
ALMERE
REM Koolhaas, OMA | F. Alkemade

Almere Stad
“Almere, now over 100.000 inhabitants,

has existed less than two decades. In that
short time the city has demonstrated
enormous potential and vitality. It has
shown a commitment to architectural
innovation and experimentation. Almere
will soon reach the critical mass that
will enable it to redefine its ambitions;
ten years from today, the population will
approach that of an average medium-
sized city.”
- Office for Metropolitan Architecture
NOTES:
ALMERE
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1 De Fantasie
2 De Realiteit
3 BOUW RAI I
3
2
1
The Fantasie
1986
ALMERE
RH van Zuuk | D. Kinkel | Benthem Crouwel

Markerkant 1408
“De Fantasie is a collection of splendid

houses on the southwest shore of the
Weerwater. De Fantasie has developed into
a beautiful and tranquil neighborhood.
Because of the involvement of the people
in this area it has the feel of a holiday
resort. The intention was to build homes
which were to be demolished after five
years. However, due to the project’s
success, the houses are still standing.”
- Holland.com
De Realiteit
Teun Koolhaas
Noorderplassen
1991
“De Realiteit lies in a fairly remote

area, which has resulted in a surprising
ambience. The seventeen houses differ in
the materials used and the construction,
but mainly in shape. ‘A bird is flying
underneath our house’ is suspended five
meters above the ground in a steel frame.
The house itself is a small, two-storied
wooden cube. The surface area of the
house is small in proportion to the steel
frame.”
- Holland.com
1998 BOUW RAI I
ALMERE
Hertzberger | Mecanoo | Teun Koolhaas
Muziekwijk, Almere Stad
“Muziekwijk is the first quarter in Almere

which has been fully developed by the
city itself. Muziekwijk is known for the
houses in the former exhibition area of
the BOUW RAI in 1998. As there were no
existing buildings, there were virtually no
conditions the new designs had to comply
with. The various architects, including
Herman Hertzberger, Teun Koolhaas,
Peter Loerakker and Mecanoo, created
a wide range of houses. A recent edition
is De Muzen. Atelier Pro designed this
360-meter-long building.”
- Holland.com
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Housing Eigen_Haard
Shell Polymers Centre
Urban Design and Housing
Bicycle Storage
Silo Dam
Exchange -Beurs
Scheepvaarthuis
Mother’s House
NEMO - National Center for
Science and Technology
Anne Frank House Museum
ARCAM Architecture Center
Amsterdam Public Library
De Wallen “Red Light District”
College of Fine Arts
IJ - Tower
Montessori College Oost
Scheepstimmermanstraat
Het Ousten Pavilion
The Whale
Open Lucht School
Amsterdam Orphanage
Van Gogh Museum Addition
ING Group Headquarters
World Trade Center A’dam
Municipal Technical Building
Schiphol Airport
amsterdam
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4
1 Housing Eigen_Haard
2 Shell Polymers Centre
3 Urban Design and Housing
4 Bicycle Storage
5 Silo Dam
3
Housing Eigen_Haard
M. de Klerk
Spaardammerplantsoen, A’dam
1920
AMSTERDAM
“Also known as Het Schip. This is a housing

complex with post-office that was built
for dockers and railway workers. Sits on a
triangular piece of land. Expressionist (ca.
1905-1925) / Amsterdam School”
- Roger Shepard
Shell Polymers Centre

M. Zwarts
Badhuisweg 3, 1031 CM, Amsterdam
1974
“Appropriately enough, this is the home
to one of the company’s twelve research
and technology groups around the world.
Essentially, these people work on new and
better ways of making energy and coming
up with new things to do with it. The
building is on the north side of the IJ river,
commonly referred to as the “other” side
by locals. From its position on the edge of
Amsterdam’s harbor it has a commanding
view of the city. Its most striking feature is
on the roof -- a concrete mass of geometric
squares and circles turned at a 45-degree
angle to the rest of the building.”
- Wayne Lorentz
IJ-plein
Rem Koolhaas, OMA
Koperslagerij 51 1021 Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM
“The brief required an explicit visual
relationship with the IJ-river and with
the historic center of Amsterdam on the
opposite riverbank. The urbanistic plan
proposes an open plan of parallel slabs of
different height and form, and a triangular
lawn. The western part is of three rows of
urban villas (towers with four dwellings on
each level) and two slabs, with dwellings
accessible by a street in the air or central
stairs. The eastern part is dominated by
parallel slabs of different hight”
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Bicycle Storage
VMX
2001
AMSTERDAM
“The design is based on a very functional

storage. Conceived of as public space and
using the existing height difference along
the station square of 1,25 meters a system
of slopes has been created on which the
bicycles can be stored. Next to its function
as storage the building has revealed
different uses. Skaters for instance love
to use it as a podium for their stunts and
tourist never leave without having taken
their pictures in front of it”
- VMX Architects
Silo Dam
MVRDV
IJ River
2002
“The 157 apartments, business units and

public spaces, in the Housing Silo, are
compressed within a 10 story high and
20 meters deep urban envelope. The
apartments, rental and owner in different
sizes, are stacked in internally connected
neighborhoods.”
- MVRDV
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AMSTERDAM
5 1 8
1 Exchange -Beurs
2 Scheepvaarthuis
3 Mother’s House
4 NEMO - National Center for

5 Anne Frank House Museum
6 ARCAM Architecture Center

7 Amsterdam Public Library
8 De Wallen “Red Light District”

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2 4
3
Exchange -Beurs
H.P.Berlage
Beursplein, damrak 267
1903
AMSTERDAM
“The Beurs van Berlage is a building on

the Damrak, in the center of Amsterdam.
It was designed as a commodity exchange
by architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage and
constructed between 1896 and 1903. It
influenced many modernist architects,
in particular functionalists and the
Amsterdam School. It is now used as
a conference venue. The building is
constructed of red brick, with an iron
and glass roof and stone piers, lintels and
corbels. Its entrance is under a large clock
tower, while inside lie three large multi-
story halls formerly used as trading floors,
with offices and communal facilities
grouped around them.”
- Flickr.com
Scheepvaarthuis
M. de Klerk and P.L. Kramer
Prins Hendrik kade 108-114
1916
“The Scheepvaarthuis was built as a

joint office for six Amsterdam shipping
companies. It was to be a modern and
functional office building. The structure
is a piece de resistance of the Amsterdam
School and one of the main examples of
this architectural style. Characteristics of
the Amsterdam School are the profuse
masonry along the chimneys, ridge
beams and frames and the design of the
corners.”
- Holland.com
1978 Mother’s House
A. van Eyck
Plantage Middenlaan 33
AMSTERDAM
“Hubertus House, nicknamed the ‘Mother
House’, was established in the 19th
century to support ‘fallen women’. From
the 1970s the house has offered shelter
and protection to single parents and
children. The staircase is a central feature
of Hubertus House and clearly visible from
the street. The supporting construction is
a concrete construction of columns and
floors. The non-retaining interior walls
are made of glass. The staircases, terraces
and passages make this a fascinating and
intimate building. Intimacy is important in
this house because of the circumstances
of its occupants.”
- Essential Architecture.com
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NEMO_National Center for
Renzo Piano
1997
Oosterdok 2
AMSTERDAM
“The building looks as if it is a giant ship

docked at Oosterdok. This design seems to
be inspired from the boats, ships, yachts,
and barges that dock along Oosterdok. The
design of the building is also influenced
by the shape of the site; it curves with the
shape of the underground IJ Tunnel.”
- Galinsky
Anne Frank House

Museum Extension
Benthem Crouwel Architects
1999
BV ABT Delft
Prinsengracht
“The house is now a museum dedicated

to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank, who
hid from Nazi persecution with her family
and four other people in hidden rooms at
the rear of the building. They lived there
secretly for 2 years and a month before
they were anonymously betrayed to the
Nazi authorities, arrested, and deported
to their deaths in concentration camps. Of
the hidden group, only Otto Frank (Anne’s
father) survived the war.”
- Flickr.com
2003
ARCAM Architecture Center
Rene van Zuuk | Eindhoven Van der Laar
Oosterdok
AMSTERDAM
“The Architecture Centre Amsterdam
(ARCAM) needed a significantly larger
accommodation. Therefore a wonderful
location close to the Oosterdok was
allocated to this promotional institute.
In the vicinity of Renzo Piano’s New
Metropolis was a small pavilion also
designed by him that was going to be
demolished. The columns and some of the
floors needed to be integrated in the new
design.”
- Maarten Willems
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Amsterdam Public Library
Jo Coenen
Oosterdok
2009
AMSTERDAM
“The Amsterdam Public Library is the

central one of three large new buildings
on the restructured Oosterdokseiland,
near the Central Station. The programme
consists of a library of almost 30,000 m2
(including theatre), a large café, and 9,000
m2 of office space. As in the Milan library
design, also by Coenen, a raised plinth
offers a refined transitional area between
the upper and lower floors”
- Jo Coenen
De Wallen “Red Light District”

Amsterdam
“From brothels to sex shops to museums,

the Red Light District leaves nothing to
the imagination. It is very likely that you
will have heard about this neighbourhood
and to be frank, everything you will have
heard is probably true”
- Amsterdam Info
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NOTES:
AMSTERDAM
1 College of Fine Arts
2 IJ - Tower
3 Montessori College Oost
4 Scheepstimmermanstraat
5 Het Ousten Pavilion
6 The Whale
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5
3
2
4
College of Fine Arts
K. van Velsen
Sarphatistraat
1992
AMSTERDAM
“The four floor-building offers studios,

ateliers, offices, a large cinema and all
other functions for all these different
uses. The entrance to the building is
at the ‘back’, on the small square. The
façade which is viewed most of the time,
the front side, seen from busy Meester
Visserplein, has hardly any openings in
the closed glass façade: the interiors need
not have daylight. The glass is framed in
grey concrete.”
- Mi Modern Architecture
IJ-Tower
Neutelings Riedijk
Oostelijke Handelskade 1101
1998
“This seventy meters high, 20 stories
apartment tower is situated on the
dam towards the KNSM Island, in the
former docklands, east of the centre of
Amsterdam. The tower has a regular
facade composition with a diagonal
window pattern. Several ‘holes’ in the
building give it a strong sculpturally and
generate a variety of 20 different dwelling
types. The tower has been sculpted
differently at each side. The building
works as an orientating element in the
new dockland area. The 3 stories plinth of
the tower consists of a fitness club, roof
garden, commercial retail spaces and a
parking garage.”
H. Hertzberger
Polderweg 1093
AMSTERDAM
“Wood, glass and the use of colour tone
down the coldness of the cement, making
the building cosy and bright and offering a
model of social tolerance and professional
ethics distant from all forms of gratuitous
virtuosity or stylistic exhibitionism. Colour
is used to promote the idea of a less
institutional, more modern, freer type of
school: red dominates the central hall or
square, while pillars are painted bright
yellow, pink and blue.”
- Elena Franzoia
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Private Houses
FARO Architecten | Hohne&Rapp |
Koen van Velsen | MVRDV
2000
AMSTERDAM
“One of a kind street in Amsterdam in the

Eastern Docklands that allowed property
owners to select an architect and design
their own house. This breaks the previous
mold of West 8’s design that is all very
similar. This street faces a road on one side
and a canal on the other. Includes over 60
different designs.”
- Flickr.com
Het Ousten Pavillion

Steven Holl
Sarphartistraat 401
2000
“This new pavilion is parts of a renovation

Steven Holl did for Het Oosten, a housing
developer in Amsterdam. The old brick
building (1889) at the Sarphatistraat was
originally built as a storage for medicine.
With this pavilion the housing developer
wants to explain its views on sustainable
building with the use of ornaments. This
pavilion is made as a gift to the city; other
organisations can also use it.”
- mimoa.eu
2002 The Whale
F.J.van Dongen architect and
West 8 courtyard landscape
design.
AMSTERDAM
“The scale, the angular forms and the zinc
façade of ‘The Whale’ residential complex
have won it an iconic status in the
redeveloped harbour district. It contrasts
with the surroundings of low-rise
dwellings like a ‘meteorite’ fallen from the
skies. The building harbours a great variety
of housing and spatial typologies. The
block contains a total of 214 apartments,
commercial space, a semi-public interior
courtyard and an underground car park.”
- wikipedia
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1 Open Lucht School
2 Amsterdam Orphanage
3 Van Gogh Museum Addition
4 ING Group Headquarters
5 World Trade Center A’dam
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2
4
3
5
Open Lucht School
J. Duiker
Cliostraat 40
1930
AMSTERDAM
“The Eerste Openluchtschool (First Open

Air School) in Amsterdam is a model
example of Modernist architecture, of
the Dutch ‘Nieuwe Zakelijkheid’ (New
Objectivity) to be exact. Johannes Duiker
projected a concrete and glass building
that shows proudly its glass-free corners
thanks to the white-painted cantilevered
structure. The school is a pure cubic volume
rotated 45º degrees to the courtyard block
where it is located. The only addition to
the cube is the gym area in the ground
plan.”
Amsterdam Orphanage
A. van Eyck
Amstelveenseweg M50 or 6. 16 Stadionstraat
1960
“Although not prolific, Aldo van Eyck

designed some seminal buildings,
most notably Amsterdam’s Municipal
Orphanage (1955-60) and the Hubertus
House for single mothers (1973-1978), also
in Amsterdam.The Amsterdam Orphanage
spawned a whole school of Dutch
architecture, Structuralism, although he
never saw himself as a Structuralist.”
- RIBA Architecture
Kisho Kurokawa
Paulus Potterstraat 7
AMSTERDAM
“After closing for nearly a year, the Van
Gogh Museum in Amsterdam reopened
in June. Renovated (by Greiner & Van
Goor Architects), equipped with new
airconditioning, sophisticated lighting
systems and modern auditorium, Gerrit
Rietveld’s building continues to house
the permanent collections. Temporary
exhibitions have a new home in the
form of Kisho Kurokawa’s wing built in
the Museumplein to the south an exotic
monolithic presence in the park.”
- Find articles.com
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ING Group Headquarters
Meyer and van Schooten (Architects)
Aronsohn Raadgevende Engineers BV (SE)
2002
Amstelveenseweg 500
AMSTERDAM
“This building is for the ING (banking)

Group and is used as their headquarters.
As a headquarters building, it is required to
represent the ideals of the company, which
are fast moving, transparency, innovation,
eco-friendliness, and openness.”
- Galinsky
World Trade Center A’dam

Kohn Pedeersen Fox Assoc., PA
Engineersvan Rossum BV (SE)
2002
A’dam South
“World Trade Center Amsterdam is

located at the centre of the Zuidas
economic development area. With its
floor space of 100,000 m2, the building is
one of the largest office buildings in the
Netherlands.”
- GTI Group.com
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NOTES:
AMSTERDAM
AMSTERDAM
Municipal Technical
Building (dest. 2008)
F.Claus, K.Kaan
1992
“The depot of the public works

department of the Amsterdam borough of
Buitenveldert, combines the functionality
of a warehouse with the opulence of
a bungalow. Function and appearance
contradict one another.”
- Claus and Kaan Architecture
AMSTERDAM
1994 Schiphol Airport
Benthem Crouwel and Naco
Schiphol
“Schiphol is an important European

airport, ranking as Europe’s 3rd largest and
the world’s 14th largest for cargo tonnage.
It also ranks as the world’s 3rd largest by
international passenger traffic as well as
Europe’s 5th and the world’s 12th largest
by overall passenger volume.”
- wikipedia
Van Roosmalen House
Zuiderterras Café
Apartment ‘De Kaai’
Guiette House and Studio
antwerp
1 Van Roosmalen House
2 Zuiderterras Café
3 Apartment ‘De Kaai’
1
Van Roosmalen House
B. van Reeth 1988
ANTWERP
“bOb Van Reeth, a Flemish architect and

urbanizer of international fame, is well
known for the Van Roosmalen House,
nominated in 1990 for the Mies van der
Rohe Prize, located on the Scheldekaai in
Antwerp”
- 6a3a.ru
Zuiderterras Café
B. van Reeth 1991
“During a period of forty years an empty
socle stood on this beautiful spot. With my
project I refer to what there was before: a
classical building that served as a café just
as the Zuiderterras now. ‘The Zuiderterras’
name is derived from the promenade
with the same name along the ‘Schelde’
river quays. Transparency of the building
was the starting point. This expresses
itself in the choice of the materials: metal
combined with a lot of glass. The interior
was further completed with warm wood
and transparent linen curtains. The
alternation of mirrors and large windows
creates an atmosphere of infinite space
and connection with the river.”
1992 Apartment ‘De Kaai’
W.J. Neutelings, M. de Kooning
“A long, narrow site on the river quay has

been divided into two zones: a strip along
the dividing wall containing the services
and a long, freely sub divisible living area
ANTWERP
overlooking the river. The living area has
been organized along to the dramatic
view: a twelve-metre-long panorama
window follows the slow-moving current;
a large floor-to-ceiling window frames
the view on the river bend. There are
four floors of apartments with the top
apartment designed as a duplex with
roof terrace. The curved volume of the
apartment block is clad with horizontal
wooden siding..”
- Neutelings-Riedijk
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ANTWERP
Guiette House and Studio

Le Corbusier
Populierenlaan 32, Antwerpen
1927
“The painter Rene Guiette commissioned
Le Corbusier to build him and his family
a “pretty house” in the manner of the
architect’s Atelier Ozenfant and Pavilion
de L’Esprit Nouveau.’ The built project
subscribes more to the spatial and
structural formula of the Citrohan 2
prototype of 1922, adapted to a standard
Antwerp lot, 6 meters wide and very deep.
As in the Citrohan model, the “free facade”
with generous strip glazing is limited to
front and rear, whereas the parallel sides
have columns embedded within largely
solid, though non-bearing walls.”
- The LeCorbusier Guide
NOTES:
ANTWERP
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Grande Place
Theatre Royal de la Monnaie
Music Instrument Museum
Van Eetvelde
Waucquez Stores
Belgian Comic Strip Center
Central Railway Station
European Parliment
Dexia Tower
Hotel Tassel
Horta Museum
Palace of Justice
Palais Stoclet
Ceca House
Hufkens Gallery
ULB Auditorium
Atomium
UCL Medical Campus
brussels
9
5
6
3
1 Grande Place
2 Theatre Royal de la Monnaie
3 Music Instrument Museum
4 Van Eetvelde
5 Waucquez Stores
6 Belgian Comic Strip Center

7 Central Railway Station
8 European Parliment
9 Dexia Tower
8
Grande Place
Town House: Jacob van
Thienen
1400’s
Tower: Jan van Ruysbroeck
“Grand Place is the central market square

of Brussels. It is surrounded by guild
houses, the city’s Town Hall, and the Bread
BRUSSELS
House. The square is the most important

tourist destination and most memorable
landmark in Brussels next to the Atomium
and Manneken Pis.”
- wikipedia
Theatre Royal de la
Monnaie
Charles van den Hove
1818
“In the last three decades de Munt/la

Monnaie, has regained its place amongst
the foremost opera houses in Europe
thanks to the efforts of the successive
directors Gérard Mortier and Bernard
Foccroulle and music director Antonio
Pappano. The current edifice is the third
theatre on the site. The façade dates from
1818 with major alterations made in 1856
and 1986. The foyer and auditorium date
from 1856, but almost every other element
of the present building was extensively
renovated in the 1980s.”
- wikipedia
1899 Music Instrument
Museum
Paul Saintenoy
“As soon as it opened at the end of the

19th century, the luxurious Old England
department store earned an excellent
reputation for its highly distinctive
building. The entrance to the building
is a jewel of the Art nouveau style while
BRUSSELS
the rest is in perfect harmony with the
neoclassical ensemble on the Place Royale,
and just around the corner from the Grand
Place and Central Station.”
- TripAdvisor.com
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Van Eetvelde
Victor Horta 1898
“The Hotel van Eetvelde in Brussels

was designed in 1898 by Victor Horta,
undoubtedly the key European Art
Nouveau architect. While most other
architects flirted with the new style, Horta
found it gave the best expression to his
ideas. His skill is demonstrated in his
ability to slip his domestic designs into
narrow constricted sites. The interiors
BRUSSELS
become of great importance as centres

of light, which permeates through the
filigree domes and skylights—usually in
the centre of the building.”
- Great Buildings Online
Waucquez Stores
Victor Horta 1903
“By the turn of the century, Art Nouveau

was no longer the exclusive domain of a
small group of enthusiasts. It had become
a successful formula which was applied
to everything. In no time at all countless
Brussels single-family homes were erected
in this style, allowing the city to take up
a privileged position among European
capitals. In these houses, often only a few
metres wide, the emphasis was on the
decorative façades.”
- Belgium Comic Strip
1906 Belgian Comic Strip Center
Victor Horta
Rue des Sables 20
“In a masterpiece of Art Nouveau

designed by Victor Horta, the Belgian
Comic Strip Center brings together
everything related to the comic strip,from
its prestigious beginnings to its most
recent developments, on more than
4,000 square metres of museum floors.
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One of the major tourist attractions of
Brussels, the Center was inaugurated by
the King and Queen on 3 October 1989. It
welcomes 260,000 visitors each year. “
- Belgium Comic Strip Center
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Central Railway Station
Victor Horta
North-South Junction
1952
“This is the main modern station where

the high-speed trains stop. These trains
connect Brussels with London, Cologne,
Paris and Amsterdam. In 2006 Brussels
South is the only train station with many
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nice shops and restaurants. It’s also the

largest train station. This train station is
connected to the ringway metroline and
several underground tramways.”
- 2747.com
European Parliament
M. Bouquillon, J. van Pottelsberghe
de La Potterie, G. Maes
1998
“The present parliament has 785 members

from all 27 EU countries. Nearly one third
of them are women. In principle, the
number of Members of the European
Parliament shall not exceed 736 from the
next parliamentary term on (i.e. 2009 –
2014). Since Bulgaria and Romania joined
the Union in the course of the 2004-
2009 parliamentary term, the current
maximum number of 732 seats in the EP
will be temporarily exceeded.”
- wikipedia
2006 Dexia Tower
Samyn & Partners
“Measuring 145 metres from top to bottom

and counting 38 floors, Dexia Tower is the
third highest building in Brussels. In the
middle of the Rogier Square the building
shines like a beacon over the town. The
Tower is visible from several major traffic
arteries in the capital and is situated
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precisely in the middle of the Mint Square
– North Station axis. It has a trapezium-
shaped footprint covering an area of
4,400 square metres.”
- Dexia Towers
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6
5
1 Hotel Tassel
7
2 Horta Museum
3 Palace of Justice
4 Palais Stoclet
5 Ceca House
6 Hufkens Gallery
7 ULB Auditorium
Hotel Tassel
Victor Horta 1893
“The Hotel Tassel is a town house built by

Victor Horta in Brussels for the Belgian
scientist and professor Emile Tassel in
1893-1894. It is generally considered
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as the first true Art Nouveau building,

because of its highly innovative plan and
its ground breaking use of materials and
decoration.”
- Archiplanet
Horta Musem
Victor Horta
Rue Américaine 25
1893
“The 1893 Art Nouveau style Maison

Autrique is the first town house that
Horta built in Brussels, and it is one of,
if not the first, example of Art Nouveau
architecture. This is significant when
one considers how wildly popular the art
form was throughout the Western world
between the years of 1890 and 1905.”
- Destination 360.com
1990 Palace of Justice
Poulaert
“Although this gigantic edifice does

not really belong to the Sablon, it
nevertheless dominates the area. It was
built between 1860 and 1880 by Joseph
Poulaert in eclectic style. It is believed to
be the biggest building constructed in the
19th century in the world. The palace of
justice is situated on top of a hill, which
was called “gallows hill” in the Middle
Ages. The dimensions of the palace are
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awesome: it is 105 m high and covers a
total surface of 24.000 square meters. It
still functions as the supreme court of law
for Belgium.”
- Travel Info
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Palais Stoclet
Joseph Hoffmann 1905
“It was constructed on Brussel’s Avenue

de Tervueren by the Wiener Werkstätte or
Viennese Workshop. Although the marble
clad facade is radically simplified and
looks forward to Modernism, it contains
commissioned works by Gustav Klimt in
the dining room, four copper figures at
the top by sculptor Franz Metzner, and
other craftwork inside and outside the
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building. This integration of architects,

artists, and artisans makes it an example
of Gesamtkunstwerk, one of the defining
characteristics of Jugendstil.”
- wikipedia
CECA House
W. van der Meeren 1956
“Initiated by the ECSC (European Coal
and Steel Community), this experimental
house is typical of post-War research
into very economical housing and
reflects the ECSC’s high involvement in
this issue. Component standardisation,
prefabrication and rationalisation of
plans based on Le Corbusier’s Modulor
combined to significantly cut labour costs,
notably on site. The structure is based on 4
steel frames infilled with brick, weighing
4 tonnes in all. The light façades are also
in metal, with frames in folded sheet
metal for all glazed sections and opaque
metal plate panels with incorporated
insulation.”
- steelconstruct.com
1992 Hufkens Gallery
P. Robbrecht, H. Daem, M.J. van Hee
Sint-Jorisstraat 6-8 Rue Saint-Georges
“Xavier Hufkens started his first gallery

in October 1987 in an ancient warehouse
at the realm of Brussels. During the first
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five years of our existence, the gallery
focused on then emerging, international
artists like Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Antony
Gormley, Jessica Stockholder.”
- Hufkins
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ULB Auditorium
Samyn & Partners 1993
“The history of the Université Libre de

Bruxelles (ULB) is closely linked with that
of Belgium itself. When the nine provinces
that broke away from the Kingdom of the
Netherlands formed the Belgian State in
1830, there were three state universities
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in the country: Ghent, Liege and Leuven.

Even though Brussels had been promoted
to the rank of capital, it still had no
university.”
- wikipedia
NOTES:
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Atomium
André Waterkeyn 1958
“One of the original ideas for Expo ‘58

was to build an upside-down version of
the Eiffel tower; however, Waterkeyn felt
that an atomic structure would be more
symbolic of the era. The monument was
originally planned to remain standing
only six months. However, it soon became
a symbol not only of the World’s Fair, but
of modern architecture and Brussels. The
monument stayed the same for almost 50
years.”
- wikipedia
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1970 UCL Medical Campus
Atelier Kroll
“Lucien Kroll was born in Brussel, Belgium

in 1927. After graduating from the Ecole
Natinal Superieure de la Cambre, Brussels
with an architecture degree, he studied
city planning at the Institut Superieur de
la Cambre and at the Institut Superieur
International d’Urbanisme in Brussels.
He worked in partnership with Charles
Vandehove in Brussels from 1951 to
1957 after which he established his own
practice. In 1970 he established Atelier
Kroll.”
- Great Buildings Online
Netherlands Dance Theater
The Resident
City Hall and Library
Souterrain Entrance
den hague
1 Netherlands Dance Theater
2 The Resident
3 City Hall and Library
4 Souterrain Entrance
4
2
101
Netherlands Dance Theater
REM Koolhaas, OMA
Spuiplein 150-152
1987
“The Netherlands Dance Theater in The

Hague was one of the first completed
projects to garner critical acclaim for
OMA. A foyer shared with an adjacent
concert hall consists of three levels: the
lowest slotted beneath the auditorium
tiers, above it a half-moon balcony, and at
the top, a ‘floating skybar.”
- ArchitectureWeek
1992
DEN HAGUE
The Resident
R. Krier | Sjoerd Soeters | Cesar Pelli | Michael Graves
Turfmarkt
“De Resident stitches the low-rise of

the old town center to the high rises of
the new business district centered on
The Hague Central Station. A new tram
route from the station to the city hall
compensates for the built over tracks.
Once the area had gained a new diagonal
axis and horseshoe-shaped central public
space, a team of name architects from
home and abroad directed by Krier and
Sjoerd Soeters was enlisted to design the
panoply of high profile buildings.”
the Netherlands
Richard Meier
Spuiplein
“The City Hall and Central Library is

easily spotted due to its enormous
size and unmistakable Richard Meier
palette - white, and only white. Another
distinguishable trait of the building is
the large open atrium space. The building
complex houses the council chamber,
marriage hall, public library, municipal
offices, leased offices, and some shops on
the street level. The atrium space has a
glass roof that was carefully designed to
allow sunlight in but at the same time to
control the temperature of the space.”
- galinsky.com
NOTES:
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103
Souterrain
REM Koolhaas, OMA
Grote Marktstraat | Kalvermarkt
2005
“The souterrain tram tunnel is an element

of intrastructure and a building at the
same time. Located in the city centre of
The Hague, the multistory underground
tunnel provides 500 parking spaces on one
level, whilst connecting 2 tram stations on
the level below.”
DEN HAGUE
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105
Townhouse & Church
Groot Begijnhof Leuven
De Blauwput Youth Hostel
leuven
1 Townhouse & Church
2 Groot Begijnhof Leuven
3 De Blauwput Youth Hostel
2
3
Townhouse &
Church
1400’s
“Leuven is a university town located 30km
to the east of Brussels. The first references
to the town may go back to the 9th century,
but it was not until the 12th century that
Leuven started to flourish as an important
trading center for cloth. In 1425 the
University of Leuven was founded. Leuven
has a rich heritage and various historical
buildings from different centuries can be
admired. Its finely sculpted Town Hall and
Saint Peter’s church with the famous ‘Last
Supper’ by Thierry Bouts, are fine examples
of flamboyant Gothic architecture at its
best. The Baroque style can be found in
St Michael’s church, in the interior of the
St John the Baptist’s church, and in the
unrivalled stucco of the Park Abbey. “
- Econ
Groot Begijnhof Leuven

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“The Grand Beguinage of Leuven, also

known as Begijnhof Ten Hove, is a cool-
preserved and fully restored historic
district of a dozen streets in the south of
the town, located on Sheep Street, near
Porte de Namur. It is one of the largest
remaining beguinages in Flanders (see
also beguinage) with a built-up area of
about 3 ha.”
- wikipedia
De Blauwput Youth Hostel
ADDRESS:
Jeugdherberg “De Blauwput”
Martelarenlaan 11A
B-3010 Leuven
BELGIUM
PHONE:
+32(0)16 63 90 62
WEBSITE:
http://www.leuven-hostel.com
“Many older people link the concept

youth hostel with huge dormitories,
everybody in bed at 9 pm and doing the
dishes. Nope, that’s not us! We can best be
classified as an easy-going, modern and
budget friendly place to stay. We serve
youth groups but also adult societies,
next to individuals of course; young and
old, Belgian and international. We offer
spacious rooms for 2, 4 and 6 persons,
each with their own shower and toilet.”
- De Blauwput
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Café del Unie
Youth Accomodations
Netherlands Architecture Institute
Kunsthal Rotterdam
Erasmus Bridge
rotterdam
2
4
1 Café del Unie
2 Youth Accomodations
Netherlands Architecture
3
Institute
4 Kunsthal Rotterdam
5 Erasmus Bridge
5
Café de Unie
J.J.P. Oud
Mauritsweg 35
1981
“During the bombing of the city centre

of Rotterdam on the 14th of May 1940 in
World War II, the original building by J.J.P.
Oud was destroyed. The design is a perfect
example of the Dutch artistic moment De
Stijl with its use of primary colours and
simple abstract composition of vertical
and horizontal directions.”
- mimoa.eu
Youth Accommodation
Mecanoo
Kruisplein, Rotterdam
1981
ROTTERDAM
“Mecanoo took the irregular polygonal

shape of the building plot as a starting
point for their design. The oblong taller
volume on the north, partly seven and
partly ten floors high, matched the
neighboring multi-level garage in scale.
The lower block, consisting of five floors
and with a ground floor occupied by
shops, is curved in shape, performing an
elegant turn towards the housing of Het
Oude Westen”
- Netherlands Architecture Intiture
1988
Netherlands Architecture Institute
J. Coenen
Museumpark 25
“In his design for the NAI, Jo Coenen housed

the various functions of the institute in
different parts of the building, all of which
are in perfect harmony. The resulting
ensemble blends in with its environment
and establishes a relationship with the
surrounding buildings.”
- Netherlands Architecture Institute
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117
Kunsthal Rotterdam
REM Koolhaas, OMA
Westzeedijk 341
1988
“The Kunsthal combines 3300 square

meters of exhibition space, an auditorium
and restaurant into one compact
design. Sloping floor planes and a series
of tightly organized ramps provide
seamless connection between the three
large exhibition halls and two intimate
galleries. Its position, wedged between
a busy highway and the network of
museums and green spaces known as
the museum park, allows it to function
as a gateway to Rotterdam’s most prized
cultural amenities. t”
Erasmus Bridge
Ben van Berkel, UNStudio
Nieuwe Maas river
1996
ROTTERDAM
“The 139 m. tall pylon will become a new

point of orientation, connected with, and
announcing the new developments in
the ‘Kop van Zuid’ area. The asymmetric
form, with its bracket construction in sky
coloured steel and its long cables, conveys
the ‘mobile forces’, that is to say, the
multitude of public, urban, constructive
and architectural considerations that
have been at the basis of the bridge.”
- archINFORM
NOTES:
ROTTERDAM
119
Rietveld Schroeder House
Chauffeur’s Residence
Utrecht Town Hall
Double House
Centraal Museum
Economics and Management
Educatorium
Minnaert Building
Cambridgelaan Housing
Ronald McDonald House
NMR Laboratory
Basketbar
University Library
La Capanna Spaceboxes
utrecht
3
5
1 Rietveld Schroeder House
2 Chauffeur’s Residence
3 Utrecht Town Hall
4 Double House
5 Centraal Museum
4
1
2
Rietveld Schröder House
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
Prins Hendriklaan 50, Oudwijk
1923
“The Rietveld Schröderhuis in Utrecht

is an icon of the Modern Movement
in architecture and an outstanding
expression of human creative genius in its
purity of ideas and concepts as developed
by the De Stijl movement. With its radical
approach to design and the use of space,
the Rietveld Schröderhuis occupies a
seminal position in the development of
architecture in the modern age.”
- The World Heritage Committee
Chauffeur’s Residence
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
Wilhelmina Park, Utrecht
1927
“Here Rietveld’s concern was as much for

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technique as for form. He used precast

concrete slabs held in place by a frame of
steel I-sections expressed as a de Stijl grid
on the exterior.”
- Gerrit Thomas Rietveld Biography
1997 Utrecht Town Hall
Enric Miralles
Minrebroederstraat
“The neo-classical building is converted

into a type of “monument” which forms
part of the streets and squares... when the
door opens it converts itself into part of
the public space of the City.”
- Enric Miralles
NOTES:
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125
Double House
MVRDV
Wilhelmina Park, Utrecht
1997
“As the name of this project suggests,

the house is designed for two families.
Instead of simply splitting the site into
halves for each of the two families, the
architects designed the houses to be
interlocked together three-dimensionally
in order to have bigger living spaces that
almost stretch across the entire width of
the site.”
- galinsky.com
Centraal Museum
1999
Stéphane Beel | Lieven Achtergael | Peter Versseput.
Utrecht
“The Centraal Museum is housed in a

former medieval cloister. But parts of the
building have also served as an orphanage,
military stable and a psychiatric hospital.
In 1999 the museum was renovated by
the architects Stéphane Beel, Lieven
Achtergael and Peter Versseput. The
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museum comprises a series of pavilions

around a central courtyard. Wandering
around the museum it’s soon apparent
that this building is a labyrinth”
- Centraal Museum
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1 Economics and Management
2 Educatorium
3 Minnaert Building
4 Cambridgelaan Housing
5 Ronald McDonald House
6 NMR Laboratory
7 Basketbar
8 University Library
9 La Capanna Spaceboxes 3
1
5
129
Economics and Management
Mecanoo
De Uithof University
1995
“The building is designed as one

continuous space, enclosed by glass, in
which four volumes of different shape and
material rest on concrete columns. The
square ground plan, with four connecting
parts separated by three patios, ensures
a free circulation to each corner of the
building.”
- Mecanoo
Educatorium
REM Koolhaas, OMA
1997
“Composed of two planes which fold

to accommodate a range of distinct
programs including an outdoor plaza,
two lecture halls, cafeteria and a testing
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facility. Planes interlock to create a single

trajectory in which the entire university
experience – socialization, learning,
examination – is encapsulated.”
1997 Minnaert Building
Neutelings Riedijk
“All circulation space of this central

university building has been concentrated
in one big hall on the “piano nobile” of
the building. It constitutes the communal
gathering place and living room for all
staff and students in this part of the
campus and gives access to the restaurant,
the study centre and the laboratories. In
the middle. The hall has a large pond of
10 x 50 metres that collects the rainwater
and is used as a cooling device for the
building. The facade of the building is
clad with undulating sprayed concrete of
pigmented red earth colour.”
- Neutelings Riedijk
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131
Cambridgelaan
Rudy Uytenhaak
1999
“This student housing residence consists

of 1,002 separate rooms. There are two
high risers: 16 floors (51 meters) and ten
blocks of 4-5 floor buildings.”
- De Uithof
Ronald McDonald House

Bosch Haslett
1999
“The Ronald McDonald House in Utrecht

provides a “home-away-from-home”
for the families of children receiving
treatment at the hospital. The house
consists of three building layers. Every
floor is divided into clusters. Every cluster
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is distinct in form and colour so the house

is divided into several units. Blinds can
close off the guestrooms to allow the
residents to have privacy. ”
- ArchiNed
2000 NMR Laboratory
Ben van Berkel, UNStudio
“The small pavilion-like laboratory

building for the NMR (Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance) Facility is located on the Uithof
Campus of Utrecht University. The two-
floor column free laboratory houses eight
spectrometers (high-frequency magnets).
This influenced decisively the spatial
layout of the building, because the radiate
force fields these magnets produce may
not be disturbed. The building consists of
a single concrete surface, which continues
from floor plane into the wall and ceiling.
The flipping-over surfaces are constructive
and are thus not traversed by a secondary
support structure of columns.”
- UNStudio
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Basketbar
NL Partners
2003
“The Basket Bar is a trendy cafe underneath

a basketball court, located at the heart of
De Uithof and at the bottom of the Willem
C. van Unnik Building. It is situated on a
square which contains shops and other
facilities. The Basket Bar was created by
NL-Architects, who won the 2003 Rietveld
Prize and the Award from the Netherlands
Architecture Institute for young architects
for their design. ”
- Utrecht University
De Uithof Library
Wiel Arets
2004
“The University Library is located in the

centre of De Uithof. It was designed by
Wiel Arets and completed in 2004. The
building has unprecedented spatial
effects and is largely executed in black, red
and white. The Library contains approx.
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1,000 study places and over 4.2 million

books and attracts a lot of (international)
visitors. In 2005, Wiel Arets was awarded
the Rietveld Prize for its design.”
- Utrecht University
2004 La Capanna Spaceboxes
De Vijf Architects
“Spacebox has been installed at several

universities and institutes of learning
to provide flexible, low-cost housing
for students, key workers and young
professionals. The University of Utrecht
have installed over 300 units (pictured)
within the campus grounds. Car parking
is provided. There is extensive bicycle
storage to encourage the use of car-free
transport. Each Spacebox has its own
kitchen, wc and shower-room. There is a
communal laundry. Other design options
include communal café / sports / leisure
rooms. Tenants report a high level of
satisfaction with the facilities over several
years of use.”
- mimoa.eu
NOTES:
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index
A D
34 Almere Central Station 111 De Blauwput Youth Hostel
28 Almere Detail Map 33 De Bombardon School
36 Almere Detail Map 38 De Fantasie
6 Almere, Netherlands 38 De Realiteit
42 Amsterdam Detail Map 54 De Wallen “Red Light District”
48 Amsterdam Detail Map 100 Den Hague Detail Map
56 Amsterdam Detail Map 16 Den Hague, Netherlands
62 Amsterdam Detail Map 87 Dexia Tower
68 Amsterdam Detail Map 126 Double House
69 Amsterdam Detail Map
64 Amsterdam Orphanage E
54 Amsterdam Public Library 130 Economics and Management
8 Amsterdam, Netherlands 130 Educatorium
52 Anne Frank House Museum 118 Erasmus Bridge
30 ANNO Restaurant 86 European Parliment
72 Antwerp Detail Map 50 Exchange -Beurs
76 Antwerp Detail Map
10 Antwerp, Belgium G
75 Apartment ‘De Kaai’ 82 Grande Place
53 ARCAM Architecture Center 110 Groot Begijnhof Leuven
96 Atomium 76 Guiette House and Studio
B H
134 Basketbar 32 Health Care Center
85 Belgian Comic Strip Center 60 Het Ousten Pavilion
46 Bicycle Storage 90 Horta Museum
39 BOUW RAI I 90 Hotel Tassel
31 BOUW RAI II 44 Housing Eigen_Haard
12 Bruges, Belgium 93 Hufkens Gallery
80 Brussels Detail Map
96 Brussels Detail Map I
58 IJ - Tower
66 ING Group Headquarters
14 Brussels, Belgium
C K
116 Café del Unie
92 Ceca House L
126 Centraal Museum 135 La Capanna Spaceboxes
86 Central Railway Station 108 Leuven Detail Map
124 Chauffeur’s Residence 18 Leuven, Belgium
58 College of Fine Arts
M U
131 Minnaert Building 97 UCL Medical Campus
59 Montessori College Oost 94 ULB Auditorium
51 Mother’s House 134 University Library
68 Municipal Technical Building 45 Urban Design and Housing
83 Music Instrument Museum 122 Utrecht Detail Map
124 Utrecht Detail Map
N 125 Utrecht Town Hall
52 NEMO - National Center for Science 24 Utrecht, Netherlands
and Technology
117 Netherlands Architecture Institute V
102 Netherlands Dance Theater 84 Van Eetvelde
133 NMR Laboratory 65 Van Gogh Museum Addition
74 Van Roosmalen House
O
64 Open Lucht School W
84 Waucquez Stores
P 4 Western Europe
91 Palace of Justice 66 World Trade Center A’dam
92 Palais Stoclet
20 Paris, France Y
32 Polygoon Primary School 116 Youth Accomodations
R Z
124 Rietveld Schroeder House 74 Zuiderterras Café
114 Rotterdam Detail Map
22 Rotterdam, Netherlands
S
50 Scheepvaarthuis
69 Schiphol Airport
44 Shell Polymers Centre
46 Silo Dam
104 Souterrain Entrance
30 Stadhuis Almere
T
102 The Resident
61 The Whale
82
110
Theatre Royal de la Monnaie
Townhouse & Church Buildings
Alphabetical by Name
Almere, Netherlands Antwerp, Netherlands
34 Almere Central Station 75 Apartment ‘De Kaai’
30 ANNO Restaurant 76 Guiette House and Studio
39 BOUW RAI I 74 Van Roosmalen House
31 BOUW RAI II 74 Zuiderterras Café
33 De Bombardon School
38 De Fantasie Brussels, Belgium
38 De Realiteit 96 Atomium
32 Health Care Center 85 Belgian Comic Strip Center
32 Polygoon Primary School 92 Ceca House
30 Stadhuis Almere 86 Central Railway Station
87 Dexia Tower
Amsterdam, Netherlands 86 European Parliment
64 Amsterdam Orphanage 82 Grande Place
54 Amsterdam Public Library 90 Horta Museum
52 Anne Frank House Museum 90 Hotel Tassel
53 ARCAM Architecture Center 93 Hufkens Gallery
46 Bicycle Storage 83 Music Instrument Museum
58 College of Fine Arts 91 Palace of Justice
54 De Wallen “Red Light District” 92 Palais Stoclet
50 Exchange -Beurs 82 Theatre Royal de la Monnaie
60 Het Ousten Pavilion 97 UCL Medical Campus
44 Housing Eigen_Haard 94 ULB Auditorium
58 IJ - Tower 84 Van Eetvelde
66 ING Group Headquarters 84 Waucquez Stores
51 Mother’s House Den Hague, Netherlands
68 Municipal Technical Building 103 City Hall and Library
52 NEMO - National Center for 102 Netherlands Dance Theater
Science and Technology 104 Souterrain Entrance
64 Open Lucht School 102 The Resident
Scheepvaarthuis
50
Leuven, Belgium
69 Schiphol Airport 111 De Blauwput Youth Hostel
44 Shell Polymers Centre 110 Groot Begijnhof Leuven
46 Silo Dam 110 Townhouse & Church
61 The Whale
66 World Trade Center A’dam
Rotterdam, Netherlands
116 Café del Unie
118 Erasmus Bridge
117 Netherlands Architecture Institute
116 Youth Accomodations
Utrecht, Netherlands
134 Basketbar
126 Centraal Museum
124 Chauffeur’s Residence
126 Double House
130 Economics and Management
130 Educatorium
135 La Capanna Spaceboxes
131 Minnaert Building
133 NMR Laboratory
124 Rietveld Schroeder House
134 University Library
125 Utrecht Town Hall
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4 Polygoon Primary School

5 Health Care Center

“Its street layout, a grid of rectangular

ANNO is a grand café / restaurant serving

“In response to the somewhat chaotic

“16 classrooms are not grouped around

“Aldo van Eyck was commissioned to

“Besides 14 formal classrooms, this school

REM Koolhaas, OMA | F. Alkemade

“Almere, now over 100.000 inhabitants,

RH van Zuuk | D. Kinkel | Benthem Crouwel

“De Fantasie is a collection of splendid

“De Realiteit lies in a fairly remote

“Muziekwijk is the first quarter in Almere

2 Shell Polymers Centre

3 Urban Design and Housing

“Also known as Het Schip. This is a housing

Shell Polymers Centre

“The design is based on a very functional

“The 157 apartments, business units and

4 NEMO - National Center for

6 ARCAM Architecture Center

8 De Wallen “Red Light District”

“The Beurs van Berlage is a building on

“The Scheepvaarthuis was built as a

“The building looks as if it is a giant ship

Anne Frank House

“The house is now a museum dedicated

“The Amsterdam Public Library is the

De Wallen “Red Light District”

“From brothels to sex shops to museums,

3 Montessori College Oost

5 Het Ousten Pavilion

“The four floor-building offers studios,

“One of a kind street in Amsterdam in the

Het Ousten Pavillion

“This new pavilion is parts of a renovation

3 Van Gogh Museum Addition

4 ING Group Headquarters

5 World Trade Center A’dam

“The Eerste Openluchtschool (First Open

“Although not prolific, Aldo van Eyck

“This building is for the ING (banking)

World Trade Center A’dam

“World Trade Center Amsterdam is

“The depot of the public works

“Schiphol is an important European

3 Apartment ‘De Kaai’

“bOb Van Reeth, a Flemish architect and

“A long, narrow site on the river quay has

Guiette House and Studio

2 Theatre Royal de la Monnaie

3 Music Instrument Museum

6 Belgian Comic Strip Center

“Grand Place is the central market square

House. The square is the most important

“In the last three decades de Munt/la

“As soon as it opened at the end of the

“The Hotel van Eetvelde in Brussels

become of great importance as centres

“By the turn of the century, Art Nouveau