This brand new 26.000 m2 hotel is located within Amsterdam’s Zuidas district; the main business district of the city, similar in stance to Le Défense in Paris, or Canary Wharf in London. The chain is well known in the Netherlands for its hotels sited in-between Dutch metropolises, and with... View full entry »
This new mixed-use office and retail building is an integral component of Zürich's ‘Europaallee’, a currently emerging district adjacent to the city's central train station. The building is currently known as ‘Site D’ due to the numbers of buildings in the central Europaallee district... View full entry »
In 1907, in Antwerp, Belgium, a new opera house was completed in the then fashionable Beaux-Arts style that was sweeping through Europe as a reaction to the numerous unifications of nations, which had taken place at the end of the nineteenth century. The Flemish Opera, as the building is currently... View full entry »
In 1907, in Antwerp, Belgium, a new opera house was completed in the then fashionable Beaux-Arts style that was sweeping through Europe as a reaction to the numerous unifications of nations, which had taken place at the end of the nineteenth century. The Flemish Opera, as the building is currently... View full entry »
Un-Conscious-City (Actar, 2019), by Wiel Arets–about the future of cities, focusing on Tokyo–has been shortlisted for the 2019 German Architecture Museum Architectural Book Award, and was presented by the museum from 16-20 October, at the Frankfurt Book Fair: https://tinyurl.com/y2z37wg7 View full entry »
This recently completed luxury-housing complex, consisting of 45 residential units in two volumes–one street side, and the other canal-facing–are connected by an underground, communal parking garage, and are separated above by an internal, and lushishly landscaped, intimate courtyard for its... View full entry »
This week the Illinois Institute of Technology's College of Architecture officially marked the beginning of its 2019-2020 academic year. Nowness Files charts the period of Wiel Arets’ deanship at the college, after a six year period of renewal and change to the college’s... View full entry »
This new mixed-use office and retail building is an integral component of Zürich's ‘Europaallee’, a currently emerging district adjacent to the city's central train station. The building is currently known as ‘Site D’ due to the numbers of buildings in the central Europaallee district... View full entry »
The Antwerp Tower is a skyscraper in the center of Antwerp, which itself is currently being renovated from an office tower to a building with 290 luxury apartments, based off a design by WAA. The tower is part of a larger renovation of the area directly around its base–the Keyserlei, which is... View full entry »
The Hedge House is an art pavilion located on the grounds of Castle Wijlre in the south of the Netherlands. Completed in 2001, it was designed by WAA, and is now a satellite location of the Bonnefanten Museum, in nearby Maastricht. Dutch artist Peter Struycken has undertaken a ‘transformation... View full entry »
With origins as a highway-centric hotel chain for travelers by automobile; Van der Valk is an international company, whose roots are Dutch, and whose hotels are almost always sited adjacent to highways, providing comfortable lodging and dining for those traveling long distances by car–as well as... View full entry »
This new mixed-use office and retail building is an integral component of Zürich's ‘Europaallee’, a currently emerging district adjacent to the city's central train station. The building is currently known as ‘Site D’ due to the numbers of buildings in the central Europaallee district... View full entry »
Leidsche Rijn College is situated about 30 minutes south of Amsterdam, and was completed in the mid-2000’s. It is a custom designed school for secondary education, whose load bearing, prefabricated, and textured façade elements lend to it, a monumental scale. Four wings branch out from a... View full entry »
Europaallee is a new urban district west of Zürich's main train station, south of its terminating tracks. It consists of eight new buildings, each assigned a letter, ’A-H’; ‘Site D’ was designed by WAA. Google is the district’s main tenant, and will occupy most office space in ‘Site... View full entry »
The H’ House is situated in the south of the Netherlands, and was completed in early 2010. It is a custom designed all glass home for two landscapists, who have created a formal garden behind the house, complete with parterres and sinuous topiaries. Sliding glass panels allow access to the... View full entry »
Situated on a corner site, adjacent to the Flemish Opera house, the Antwerp Tower is an existing building that will be repurposed to hybrid-programmed residential tower, reusing the existing building’s structure, and shape. It is the city's third tallest tower. Currently 87 m tall, and expected... View full entry »
With origins as a highway-centric motel chain for travelers by automobile; Van der Valk is an international company, whose roots are Dutch, and whose hotels are almost always sited adjacent to highways, providing standard lodging and dining for those traveling long distances by car. Seeking to... View full entry »
Europaallee is a new urban district west of Zürich's main train station, south of its terminating tracks. It consists of eight new buildings, each assigned a letter, ’A-H’; ‘Site D’ was designed by WAA. Google is the district’s main tenant, and will occupy most office space in ‘Site... View full entry »
A luxurious holiday home wth a 9 m cantilevered pool extending from its roof, to provide views to the Mediterranean Sea; the Jellyfish House is currently featured on CNN Style, in an article entitled 'Awe-inspiring pool designs from around the world'. So states the article: ‘From infinity pools... View full entry »
Situated on a corner site, adjacent to the Flemish Opera house, the Antwerp Tower is an existing building that will be repurposed to hybrid-programmed residential tower, reusing the existing building’s structure, and shape. It is the third tallest tower in the city. Currently 87m tall, and... View full entry »
Crown Hall Dean’s Dialogues: 2012-2017 (Actar/IITAC) collects an array of intimate thoughts from 18 of the world’s leading architects, designers, and photographers; all of whom were interviewed by students and faculty, before they lectured at the Illinois Institute of Technology's College of... View full entry »
Ellen Kooi Above Rotterdam: One Glass Tower by Wiel Arets and Nine Situations by Katrien Van den Brande (Actar, 2016) is a new book that documents five sets of highly-staged ‘scenarios’ by artist Ellen Kooi, and nine textual ‘situations’ by Katrien Van den Brande, of... View full entry »
At the end of the 2016-2017 academic calendar, Wiel Arets will conclude his deanship at the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture in Chicago–after being appointed in 2012. Seeking new leadership to infuse the college with a globally oriented outlook and engagement; Arets... View full entry »
Published by the Illinois Institute of Technology’s College of Architecture (IITAC Press) and Actar; MCHAP: The Americas has won a 2016 Best Dutch Book Design Award. Annually bestowed to books produced in the Netherlands, the award recognizes, ‘editorial choices, graphic... View full entry »
The IJhal is a recently completed pedestrian passageway situated within Amsterdam’s central train station, on its the northern, waterside–which abuts the river it’s named for, the IJ. The central station has been under continuous construction, for approximately the last decade... View full entry »
A mixed-use program of office and retail, with private residences above, define the Blumenhaus. The building is an integral component of a larger effort by the city of Zürich to rebrand its Escher-Wyss district through a metamorphosis of new development, including green spaces... View full entry »
A mixed-use program of office and retail, with private residences above, define the Blumenhaus. It is a newly built building set for completion this spring; together with those nearing completion in its immediate vicinity, it is part of the larger effort to rebrand the Escher-Wyss district of... View full entry »
As spring emerges in Amsterdam, and its greenery effloresces, so too is another emergence taking place in the city; the IJhal in the central train station, which is quickly nearing its completion. The IJhal is a new pedestrian passageway on the waterside of the station; it is situated under a new... View full entry »
The most recent issue of the Japanese publication GA Houses, #144, includes a 14 page feature article on the V' House, and a 16 page feature article on the H' House, both in Maastricht. The issue includes new photography of both projects, taken specifically for the publication, by... View full entry »
Blumenhaus is located in the Escher-Wyss district of Zürich–a 'rough' area of the city and one of the most urban spaces in Switzerland. When juxtaposed against the backdrop of Zürich's center, relics from the city’s industrial past characterize this neighborhood. Steps away... View full entry »
