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International Criminal Court - ICC, The Hague, Holland schmidt hammer lassen architects The ICC is a tall, luminescent, sculptural composition of various-sized square towers, which are united at the bottom by a rectangular base sharply incised in the dunes. The base - four and half metres high - is hovering above ground and the incision in the ground is wider and larger than the base itself. Six of the seven towers are draped in a light transparent pattern of rhombuses and so is the base they rest on. The rhombuses make up the slightly irregular glass panes through which there is a view of the surrounding trees and dunes. In the seventh and tallest tower, the ICC Courthouse resides.The façade of the courthouse is a relief of square timber panels. The warm wood colour of the courthouse sets it apart from the rest of the buildings. The entrances are situated at each end of the complex 8 metres below the base. Here, you enter a public garden of trees and plants from all over the world grown in rhombus shaped mosaics of flowerbeds interspersed with reflecting pools. Blocks frame the public area containing meeting rooms, hot desks for the press, auditoriums, library and archives, staff restaurants. Interspersed between the pools and vegetation are restaurant pavilions for visitors. The seven towers are set in a staggered row on their rectangular base. The buildings vary in height between four and seven storeys with the 37-metre courthouse towering in the middle. The six office towers mainly consist of office space and meeting and conference rooms. They rest on the stair cores and columns of various dimensions in the public garden. Address: van Alkemadelaan, The Hague Area: 27,000 m2 Construction sum: € 200 million ex. VAT Competition year: 2008 Comeptition type: Restricted, international Client: The Assembly of State Parties represented by the ICC, the Host State (NL) and the Host City (The Hague) Architect: schmidt hammer lassen architects k/s Landscape Architect: schmidt hammer lassen architects k/s Engineer: Royal Haskoning Nederland B.V. Other Consultants: Bosch & Fjord A/S ICC Building images / information from schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects Comments / photos for the International Criminal Court Holland Architecture page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk International Criminal Court Building : page - adrian welch / isabelle lomholt			Buildings by this architect: ARoS Aarhus Library Amazon Court Prague City of Westminster College Aberdeen University Library Sort Diamant Halmstad Library Performers House Key Links: Architecture Studios Contemporary Interiors New Houses Office Buildings Dutch Architects Dutch Architecture