Amsterdam school

The historic department store of Vroom & Dreesmann forms a beacon for the center of Amsterdam. The complex consists of a combination of different buildings which have been rebuilt several times over the last hundred years. The main part of the complex is the former department store that was designed in 1912 by the architect Francois Caron and radically renovated in the 1930s by the Amsterdam School architect Jan Kuijt. The second part of the complex consists of the eighteenth-century warehouses on the Rokin and the nineteenth-century building of Jacot and & Oldewelt on the Kalverstraat, where caterer La Place is located. The design for the V&D complex fits in the tradition of critical reconstruction. The individual buildings hav... More

concrete celebrates the homecoming of the 17th citizenM hotel: Amstel. As concrete is standing at the cradle of every citizenM, it feels extraordinary to open up a new hotel in the hometown of citizenM ánd concrete. The former bank counts fewer keys and mixes modern design with the historic architecture of the building, which creates a quirky boutique hotel feel.After opening up at Schiphol in 2008 and Amsterdam Zuid in 2009, this is the first hotel located in the historic centre of the city. The existing bank building dates back from 1928 and is characterised by the Amsterdam School style of architecture. On the ground floor, the former bank is transformed into the public areas of citizenM. On the upper floors, 88 guest rooms are created w... More

In Wellton Park, a district in Moscow with a very high building density, the Dutch architecture firm Team Paul de Vroom + Sputnik has completed two apartment buildings with outspoken brick facades.When the client requested “Dutch” architecture, the architects let themselves to be inspired by the Amsterdam School style of the early 1900’s, and re-invent it for a contemporary high-rise design. ExplanationThe project ‘Dutch House’ is part of the re-development of District 75, situated in the western part of Moscow. Renamed Wellton Park, the district has been transformed by Russian construction-industrial company KROST, over a period of 20 years, into a luxury residential area with a very high density and a carefully landscaped ground leve... More

In The Hague’s Vogelwijk district in The Netherlands, a minimalist house extension contrasts sharply with the expressive brick architecture of a 1927’s house, exposing the ‘hidden’ qualities.   The house has an original annex at the front side with behind it a beautiful fig tree in the garden that was not visible from inside the old house. Because the new extension extends beyond the existing width of the house, the glass extension is going into a relationship with the existing annex. This creates a semi-enclosed outdoor space around the old fig tree. By widening the extension, a third world arises around the hidden fig tree alongside the old and the new world. Christian Van Der Kooy The design for the e... More

The 140 m2 house is located on a small plot in IJburg; a recently developed suburb of the city of Amsterdam. The house is designed as a vertical garden giving space to flora and fauna to grow in a densly urbanised area. Closed private spaces contrast with open collective spaces, that seem to have been ‘carved out’ from the solid volume as a continous transparent void. In this way the interior space is visually and physically connected to the street, the garden and roof terraces. Outdoor and indoor spaces become one and natural daylight flows into the interior.Three bedrooms, a small bathroom, WC and a ‘multipurpose hall’ are situated on the groundfloor whereas the first floor remains completely open for living, cooking and eating, flooded w... More

On the outside, the Kaboom Hotel reflects the architectural style in which in was built - the Amsterdam School. On the inside, it is ultra-modern and designed for the modern traveler. Interior designer Roger Hann decided to work with Mosa tiles in this design, partly because the tiles are produced locally, but also because of the durability and scalability offered by ceramics. In most hotels, high traffic areas like corridors tend to show signs of wear and tear due to a constant stream of suitcases and linen carts. Here, halls for instance include partial wall tiling made from diagonal ceramic tiles that protects walls from damage and also creates an unusual look. Corridor floor tiles come from the same tile collection from Mosa. The ma... More

Tradition and craftsmanship are reflected in the refined detail of the brick villa. The horizontal concrete beams refer to the traditional architecture of the Amsterdam School. The used sustainable materials have proven themselves over the centuries. On the open road the house looks closed and introverted. On the other side, the sun shines deep into the house through the large glass windows. More

In the center of Hoogeveen an apartment building of 22 apartments of four floors has been built. The ground floor space has been designed to house one or more retail outlets. Besides that, the building has a parking garage with 17 parking spaces, intended to be used by residents of the apartments. In the design hallmarks of the Amsterdam School are noticeable. This is mainly reflected in the piers of the facade, the heavy wooden frame and richly detailed brickwork. Each apartment has two bedrooms, a spacious living room and an indoor winter garden. The total floor space covers 80 m2. The residents also have access to a communal roof terrace on the first floor. More

In Steenwijk a special apartment building has been built. The design is inspired by the style ‘Amsterdam School’ and the Scheepsvaarthuis in Amsterdam. The building consists of four floors with two penthouses on top. The bottom floor is for two retail spaces and above are 25 spacious rental apartments. The characteristic style of the Amsterdam School can be found in the vertical lines and rich detailing of the façade with its ornaments and piers. The ornamental brickwork and masonry ties give the building a strong monumental character. The building is also a tribute to the sculptor Hildo Krop. His work has been reflected in many buildings and bridges in the style of the Amsterdam School. The residential building is designed in the... More

The young architectural firm derksen|windt architecten created the design for this striking cafeteria, which lies in its surroundings as a stopping place in an environment dominated by industrial activity. The design for the new Cafeteria is based on a contemporary fusion of American 50's diners and the style of the Amsterdam School. The cafeteria is located alongside a busy connecting road which separates the old centre of Maassluis and the adjacent business park. In the background of the cafeteria lies the train track which connects Rotterdam and Hoek van Holland. The pavilion-like building has a beautiful brick layer with rounded corners over which a flat roof, also with rounded corners, is hanging over. The masonry is inte... More

Living in Saendelft: rural, but nevertheless close to a "town". Surrounded by vast farmlands and yet part of a large livingresidential area, where privacy and freedom are the most important. The urban designer devised a mosaic, in which each part had to get its own atmosphere. The atmostphere of this district is the atmosphere of the Amsterdam School style, in which the rural part of this style got the most attention. In order to get a good synergy in the plan we fell back on the rural character of the Amsterdam School style, namely the roof. Each dwelling has the same characteristic roof, adjusted to the section of the dwelling. We have called this roof a "bell-jar roof". More

The building is a monument dating to the 1920ies. The striking building has an amazing location, at the confluence of two canals, in the Amsterdam city district “De Baarsjes”. The combination of adult education with commercial functions allows for an optimal integration of schooling and work. Multiple rebuilds and the addition of a gym hall and canteen in the atrium have not been kind to this imposing example of Amsterdam School architecture. With strategic interventions in the building and the creation of a atrium with a carefully design glass dome a functional, transparent and accessible building is created. In close deliberation with the Amsterdam monument conservation commission the building has regained its former glory, and with i... More

The OZW health care and well-being training institute is a new landmark for the architectural landscape of the VU University. It embodies an innovative training concept that combines intermediate and higher level vocational training programmes and university programmes. The softly shaped brick walls that bring to mind the Amsterdam School are in keeping with the nature of the training programmes. The window spacing emphasizes the verticality and main outlines of the exterior and immediately draws attention to the transparency and vitality of the interior: a playful combination of training centres around atria. From the south side, the atria gradually and diagonally lend access to the facilities. Long sightlines reduce the size of the buil... More

Fusion, a hybrid architectural culture, a quest for synergy and a new iconography: in the multifunctional building in Amsterdam’s Transvaal neighbourhood, which we have named Fusion, the requirement was to combine a Turkish and Moroccan centre (including prayer spaces and training classrooms) with a more typically Dutch institution for job creation. It is highly unusual to accommodate Moroccan, Turkish and ‘Dutch’ activities under one roof. The rooms for Moroccan and Turkish organizations each have their own separate entrances, but these are subordinate to the communal, more assertive, main entrance. Together with the central staircase, the latter forms a space for contact and mutual interaction. We sought to create a blend of Arabic archit... More