Projects

NMB Head Office

This office building was realised according to a completely new concept: organic forms instead of...

Amsterdam, 1987 | Experimental

Designers: Ton Alberts and Max van Huut

Northeast polder

The polders of the IJsselmeer were drained in order to increase the acreage of agricultural...

Emmeloord, 1948 | Makeable

Client: Directie Wieringermeer

Designers: Cornelis van Eesteren

Observation tower 'Euromast'

Bakema designed the 125-meter observation tower on the occasion of the first international horticulture exhibition...

Rotterdam, 1958 | Curious

Designers: Jacob Berend Bakema

Pendrecht

Can an urban planning design be instrumental in creating a sense of community and social...

Rotterdam, 1951 | Makeable

Designers: Jacob Berend Bakema

Plan for Expanding the Southern Area of Amsterdam

In the early years of the twentieth century, Amsterdam city council ask Berlage to devise...

1917 | Makeable

Designers: Hendricus Petrus Berlage

Plans for the Expansion of Eindhoven

Until well into the twentieth century, urban expansion occurs more or less incidentally; a settlement...

Eindhoven, 1930 | Makeable

Designers: Joël Meijer de Casseres

Plate

This design for a plate is one of a series of eighteen ornamental motives and...

| Curious

Designers: Hendricus Petrus Berlage

Plate House

He felt maligned, attacked and misunderstood. Critics accused him of working traditionally. With this design...

Voorburg, 1960 | Restrained

Client: E. Plate

Designers: Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud

Prix de Rome trip 1948-1949

The winner of the Prix de Rome was announced in 1947. Jaap Schipper receives the...

1948 | Curious

Designers: Adrianus Carolus Nicolaï

Repeated living cells

In 1959, a youthful and inspired Herman Hertzberger made a sensational study model using matchboxes...

1959 | Together

Designers: Herman Hertzberger

Rijksmuseum

'The central volume of the building more closely resembles a slice of bread than a...

Amsterdam, 1878 | Open

Designers: P.J.H. Cuypers

Rijksmuseum (Eberson's design)

A long history of preliminary designs and competitions preceded the opening of the Rijksmuseum in...

Amsterdam, 1875 | Open

Designers: Lucas Hermanus Eberson

Roof of Amsterdam Central Station

Construction of the Central Station began in 1882. Until then, it was customary for stations...

Amsterdam, 1881 | Experimental

Designers: P.J.H. Cuypers

Royal Academy of Visual Arts

The competition for a new Royal Academy of Visual Arts was intended to bring to...

1917 | Restrained

Designers: Bernard Bijvoet and Johannes Duiker

Russian Palace

One of the most remarkable designs in Blom’s oeuvre is the Russian palace he builds...

Amersfoort, 1993 | Restrained

Designers: Piet Blom

Scattered urbanisation

Is it possible to live miles high in the midst of nature and to leap...

Vinkeveen, 1989 | Makeable

Designers: Adriaan Geuze

Sketchbook of the Grand Tour through Italy

When leafing through these sketches, it is difficult to imagine that Berlage drew them. Isn’t...

1880 | Curious

Designers: Hendricus Petrus Berlage

Skyscrapers

The Socialist J.C. Van Epen (1880-1960) wished to provide working people with improved living surroundings...

1926 | Experimental

Designers: Johannes Christiaan van Epen

Smit House

This is one of the least well-known projects of Gerrit Rietveld, and is a perfect...

Kinderdijk, 1946 | Restrained

Designers: Gerrit Rietveld

Stoephout Villa

This uncomplicated villa was the client’s vehicle for displaying her good taste. She chose De...

Wassenaar, 1920 | Restrained

Designers: Karel Petrus Cornelis de Bazel