To me, architecture has always been a discipline, a métier. But it is also a way of being, of living, a key to seeing the world and perhaps to understanding it. Architecture is a discipline because it has a history, because there are traditions and accumulated knowledge to be absorbed. I do not believe that […]
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Is there still such a thing as the interior? Is it more than decoration? More than fitting out a building with all sorts of accessories according to the latest fashion? Interior designers are responsible for the curtains and the wallpaper; they choose the white marble or the coconut carpet. Maybe they go a little further,
Yesterday evening the Lieven de Key penning 2019, the architecture award of the city of Haarlem, was presented. We are happy to announce that our project Rugybclub RFC Haarlem has won the audience award! The new clubhouse of RFC Haarlem is a project created through perseverance and cooperation, designed with exceptional attention and precision. It
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The new premises of the European Patent Office (EPO) in The Hague have been named “Best Tall Office Building” by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), an internationally recognised arbiter on tall buildings. Edda Franz, EPO Principal Director General Administration, and Diederik Dam, Dam & Partners Architecten, accepted the award at a conference
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In the James Ivory film A Room with a View, we see a room with a view, with a window facing out into the distance, or perhaps into the future. A beautiful space, with special qualities, and at the same time a completely anonymous space, which has never prompted the question of who designed or
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