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The new AkzoNobel Center & Art Space on the Amsterdam Zuidas is characterized by its dynamic, transparent shape. The layered glass facades with their integrated lighting design ensure that the building will look warm and lively both during day and night. The sustainable, coated wood of its facade refers directly to Akzo's core business, coatings, paints and lacquers.The publicly accessible ground floor functions as an organic transition between the building and the square in front of it. Two intertwined atrium's can be regarded as the buildings' backbone. The first atrium stretches out across the public space on the ground floor with the Akzo Art Space, the semi-public space on the first and the second floor. This serves as an epicentre... More