Mecanoo, led by Founding Partner and Creative Director Francine Houben and Research/Design Partner Dick van Gameren is an architectural design firm based in Delft, Netherlands. This particular design forum aims…
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has a unique international collection. Boijmans considers the wings of the architects Van der Steur (1935, national monument) and Bodon (1972, national monument in proceedings) as…
University Key Worker Housing, University of Cambridge, UK The North West Cambridge Development (NWCD) transforms the 150-hectare site of the University of Cambridge farmland into a community with residential buildings,…
Timeless architecture is the philosophy of Mecanoo & MAYU’s design for the National Taiwanese Archive: a building that hosts the memory and the collective identity. Size: 38.000m2 Status: Design Project…
The Villa in the Dutch countryside near Vught gives a contemporary twist to the local farmstead typology. Traditionally, the Dutch ‘hoeve’ is an ensemble of farmhouses and living quarters loosely…
Visitors to Tilburg’s newly modernized station district will notice an exciting addition to the city: the new public library which was officially opened in January 2019. A former locomotive shed…
After 30 years of fast urban growth, Shenzhen has achieved the size of a world-class metropolis. At this point, the city is searching for new models for urban and architectural…
Cartesiusdriehoek in Utrecht, a former marshalling yard of the Dutch Railways, will be transformed into a new residential neighbourhood. The masterplan for 2,600 homes, a large central park, a school,…
Every year, 373 million travellers spend their time in NS trains. In NS’s (the Dutch National Railway Company) future vision for 2025, the train will be more than a means…
KAMPUS is a new neighborhood located at the former Manchester Metropolitan University campus in the heart of the city. Utilizing the qualities of the existing built structures – Victorian brick…
The Place, like its name, brands itself as a hotel that creates a unique visitor experienced that embodies the specific identity of each place. This specificity of place is central…
The population of The Hague will grow considerably in the next twenty years from 525,000 residents to over 625,000. To meet this challenge, the municipality is encouraging inner-city densification within…
