Amsterdam Architecture + Architects

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Amsterdam Architecture, Netherlands



Amsterdam Buildings / Architects - contemporary



New buildings in Centrum, adj. Stedelijk Museum:


Photographs added Apr07

Buildings are listed alphabetically:

Amsterdam Architecture Center : Arcam, Prins Hendrikkade 600, Oosterdok
2002-03
René van Zuuk

Amsterdam building: photo by Julian Chapman Apr 07

Amsterdam Arts Metropole – AAM
2005-
Wiel Arets
6 storeys

Amsterdam Orphanage
1955-60
Aldo van Eyck Architect

Amsterdam West – housing
2007
MVRDV
For Woningcoporatie Het Oosten
Developer: Kristal

Amsterdam Underground City - proposal
2008-
Architects: Zwarts & Jansma
Facilities: retail; leisure; parking
£7.4bn

Anne Frank House Museum - Extension Building, Prinsengracht 263
1999
Benthem Crouwel

Amsterdam building

Bijlmer Station Extension
2007
Grimshaw
Bijlmer Station Amsterdam
Photo © Ger Van Der Vlugt
Amsterdam station building

Borneo Sporenburg - Houses
-
West 8 masterplan: various architects including housing by Enric Miralles (EMBT) & two houses by MVRDV

Amsterdam houses : Dockland architecture

Borneo Sporenburg Bridges
-
West 8 Landscape architects


Byzantium
1991
OMA

Early Rem Koolhaas building that looks a little simplistic and dated now, thin gruel for the brain
Amsterdam hotel

Cineac Handelsblad
1934
Duiker

Amsterdam cinema

City Theatre / Cinema
1934-35
J.Wils


Constantijn Huygensstraat - proposal
-
Tony Fretton Architects

De Loodsen building, Oostelijke Handelskade
2007
Wingender Hovenier
De Loodsen – ‘The Sheds’ : Two 11-storey harbourside apartments blocks

De Telegraaf - office building
1930
Staal / Langhout

Amsterdam office building

Filmmuseum - proposal
-
Delugan Meissl

Harbour building, De Ruijterkade 7
1957-65
Dudok / Magnee


Hope, Love & Fortune - housing, Rietlandenterras 2-54, Borneo Sporenburg
2002
Rudy Uytenhaak Architectenbureau

Hubertus House
1973-78
Aldo van Eyck Architect

Humanities Faculty, University of Amsterdam
2007-
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Ibis Hotel + Wagon-Lits, Stadionsplein 49
1988-92
Benthem Crouwel


Ij Toren
1993-98
Neutelings Riedijk


Kranspoor offices, Docklands, Amsterdam
2008
OTH Architecten

Lloyd Hotel
2004
MVRDV

Mahler 4 Office Tower
2005
Rafael Vinoly Architects
Mahler Tower Amsterdam
image © Raoul Suermondt from Rafael Viñoly Architects 220107

Amsterdam office building

Matchbox, Amsterdam North
2007
Allard Architecture

Amsterdam building

Metz & Co - Showroom
1933
Rietveld

Metz & Co

Museum Het Schip, Spaarndammerplantsoen 140
1919
Michel de Klerk

The Music Building - Muziekgebouw
2005
3XN Architects

Awarded Best Building in the Netherlands in 2006
Muziekgebouw

Nederlandsche Handel-Maat-Schappij
1919-26
de Bazel

Gemeentearchief

Nemo, Centrum
1997
Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Amsterdam Architecture - Nemo Amsterdam

Nieuwmarkt - redevelopment: housing
1975
Van Eyck & Bosch

Amsterdam Housing - Van Eyck housing + retail

Oosterdoks Island - Masterplan
2007-
Erick van Egeraat Architects

Royal Dutch Military Police Complex
2005-
Zvi Hecker
Koninklijke Marechausee – KMAR

Sarphatistraat Offices - Housing Corporation Het Oosten
1999
Steven Holl Architects

Photos: Alan Mason

Schiphol : Amsterdam Airport
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Silodam - housing, Oude Houthaven
-
MVRDV

Amsterdam housing

Stadionplein redevelopment
2006-
Rem Koolhaas

Stedelijk Museum
-
-

Amsterdam museum

Swimming Pool and Sports Centre het Marnix
2006
Mecanoo architecten

Amsterdam Sports building

Tripolis Office Complex
1990-94
Aldo van Eyck Architect

Tuschinski Theatre & Cinema
1921
de Jong

Amsterdam theatre building

University of Amsterdam – Library, Nieuwe Doelenstraat
2005-
Cruz & Ortiz

Van Gogh Museum (part of The Rijksmuseum)
1973
Gerrit Rietveld

Van Gogh Museum buildings

Van Gogh Museum - Exhibition Wing
1990-98/99
Kisho Kurokawa


Vivaldi Tower
2002-07
Foster + Partners
87m-high 24-storey tower commissioned by ING Real Estate in 2002 -

Waterlooplein - Town Hall & Opera House
1979-87
Holzbauer / Dam

Unfortunate, clumsy development destroying the permeability and fine scale so typical of this otherwise highly successful city
Amsterdam buildings

Westerdokseiland
Under construction 2007-08
MVRDV

Docklands housing

The Whale
2000
de Architekten Cie.

Amsterdam housing

"WoZoCo" Housing for Elderly
-
MVRDV

Amsterdam housing





Amsterdam Buildings - Historical

Key buildings include Magna Plaza, Nieuwe Kerk, The Rijksmuseum - National Museum, the Royal Palace of Amsterdam - Koninklijk Paleis te Amsterdam, Dam Square, the Stedelijk Museum, the Theater Museum, Van Gogh Museum and Westerkerk:

Amsterdam Architecture - Historical


Dutch architecture - Doetinchem building

Some other contemporary Dutch architects: Wiel Arets, Benthem & Crouwel
Some well-known 20th Century Dutch architects: Dudok, Michel de Kerk, P.Kramer, Berlage, Jan Duiker, Gerrit Rietveld, Aldo van Eyck, Herman Hertzberger

Rijksmuseum : Amsterdam museum

Ijburg
7 artificial islands east of Amsterdam, 2 built so far
Ijburg is linked back to Amsterdam via a bridge by Grimshaw

Amsterdam Brick Buildings





World Architecture : e-architect - a guide to key buildings across the globe

Amsterdam architecture : new housing, Osdorp - 2007


Amsterdam Building photos © adrian welch unless stated otherwise

Amsterdam Church buildings


Oldest secular public building in Amsterdam - The Weigh House:
Amsterdam restaurant

Amsterdam Canal Photos

Amsterdam Buildings: Interiors
Supper Club, Centrum
Concrete

Shoebaloo, PC Hoofstraat, Amsterdam
Meyer en Van Schooten

Living Tomorrow Pavilion
Ben van Berkel / Caroline Bos - UN Studio

Dutch architecture - Neutelings Riedijk Architecten Building

Amsterdam architects - LOOS

Amsterdam architecture : Dutch buildings

Amsterdam building photos - general images

Buildings / photos for the Amsterdam Architecture page welcome:
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Amsterdam Buildings: page - adrian welch / isabelle lomholt

Amsterdam Centre for Architecture - ARCAM foundation: Website - www.arcam.nl