Archinect - News2013-05-24T15:58:47-04:00http://archinect.com/news/article/4976488/de-nieuwe-liefde-by-wiel-arets-architects
'De Nieuwe Liefde' by Wiel Arets Architects Paul Petrunia2011-05-02T20:11:00-04:00>2012-10-09T11:30:33-04:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/7n/7nfi7qsmkcnmc52y.jpg" width="514" height="771" border="0" title="" alt="" /><p>
Wiel Arets Architects have shared with us a recently completed renovation/restoration of a former wine storage warehouse located on the edge of Amsterdam’s 17th century UNESCO canal ring.</p>
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De Nieuwe Liefde (‘The New Love’) is a theatre and community centre located in a monumental white building on Amsterdam’s Da Costakade that was originally constructed in 1904 as storage space for a local wine company. After falling into disrepair, and in accordance with the last tenants leaving the property in 2007, the De Liefde was completely rebuilt by Wiel Arets Architects and renamed De Nieuwe Liefde. The reconstruction transformed the existing building into a series of new spaces composed of a main hall with seating for 230, a conference room with space for 60, a choir space for 50, a library, a separate restaurant-café and a grand foyer that decompresses into a central circulation void.</p>
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Prior to the renovation the building retained many of its original Neo-Renaissance and Art N...</p>