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Rollercoaster ride on the Maas

Ma Yansong and his MAD architectural firm have crowned a 550 m long stainless steel viewing platform to the Fenix Museum in Rotterdam. However, Europe's first art museum dedicated to the theme of migration has much more to offer than just this spectacular gesture.

Nature as a primary classroom

Gradolí & Sanz Arquitectes are designing the Imagine Montessori School in Paterna near Valencia – a nature-oriented learning facility for children.

Multi-purpose farm reloaded

Bernath+Widmer have replaced a dilapidated farm near Frauenfeld with a modern co-living house. Using contemporary timber construction and exposed concrete, they have reinterpreted the traditional farm structure.

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Interview with architect Paul Robbrecht

Robbrecht en Daem architecten has a profound understanding and respect for historic buildings and listed monuments. Their international projects are characterised by thoughtful interventions in urban and architectural settings. Paul Robbrecht provides insight into their approach.

Residential building as a timber-concrete hybrid

In the former industrial harbour of Buiksloterham in Amsterdam, a seven-storey timber-concrete hybrid residential building was built on the walls of a former cable warehouse. The living levels can be freely configured by the users.  

Edition DETAIL

Architects from Flanders are currently causing international ripples with their unconventional and creative conversions of existing buildings. The new book from Edition Detail's Baukultur series portrays the amazingly lively Flemish conversion culture with 24 recent courageous and pragmatic project examples.

Renovation and expansion

In collaboration with Van Boven Architecten, MVRDV have redesigned the Gymnasium Beekvliet. The painted walls and ceilings by artist Ian Kirkpatrick tell the story (stories) of the building and its students.

Studying in scarlet

In Aalst, the Aux architecture studio have redesigned the entrance and event hall of a school. The multifunctional spaces stand out thanks to their brightness and accents in a vivid shade of red.  

152 tonnes of repurposed waste

Faced in brick made of construction waste, the twin towers offering 110 apartments in the Buiksloterham district of Amsterdam make a widely visible case for circularity.

Exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum

The new exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum is devoted to the garden – from its historical significance to its function in the modern era of climate crisis and social injustice.

Update for an icon

Ghent’s Boekentoren [Book Tower] is a late masterpiece by Henry van de Velde. After undergoing restoration by Robbrecht en Daem, the architectural icon has taken on new life as a busy centre of the Flemish university town.