ARCHI-GUIDE

BELGIUM + Netherlands
2009
ARCHI-GUIDE
BELGIUM + Netherlands
2009
Western Europe
Almere, Netherlands
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Antwerp, Belgium
Bruges, Belgium
Brussels, Belgium
Den Hague, Netherlands
Leuven, Belgium
Paris, France
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Utrecht, Netherlands

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 1 Almere, Netherlands

2 Amsterdam, Netherlands
2 1
3 Antwerp, Belgium

4 Bruges, Belgium
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5 Brussels, Belgium
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6 Den Hague, Netherlands
7 Leuven, Belgium

8 Paris, France

9 Rotterdam, Netherlands
4 3 10 Utrecht, Netherlands

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Western Europe
Study Abroad 2009
coa_ttu
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p. 36-37

Almere
Netherlands
7 52.37°N | 5.22°W
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
9 52.37°N | 4.89°E
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p. 76

Antwerp
Belgium
11 51.22°N | 4.40°E
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Belgium
13 51.21°N | 3.23°E
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p. 97
p. 80-81

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Brussels
Belgium
15 50.84°N | 4.37°E
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Den Hague
Netherlands
17 52.08°N | 4.32°E
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Leuven
Belgium
19 50.88°N | 4.70°E
 Paris
France
21 48.86°N | 2.35°E
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
23 51.93°N | 4.47°E
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p. 124-125

Utrecht
Netherlands
25 52.09°N | 5.12°E
Stadhuis Almere
ANNO Restaurant
BOUW RAI II
Polygoon Primary School
Health Care Center
De Bombardon School
Almere Central Station
De Fantasie
De Realiteit
BOUW RAI I

almere
 1 Stadhuis Almere

2 ANNO Restaurant

3 BOUW RAI II

4 Polygoon Primary School

5 Health Care Center

7 6 De Bombardon School
7 Almere Central Station

2
1 4
5

3
 Stadhuis Almere
1986 1992 BOUW RAI II
ALMERE

ALMERE
C.G. Dam Sjoerd Soeters | Fons Verheijen | Mecanoo | Quist
Almere Stad Filmwijk Almere Stad

“Its street layout, a grid of rectangular

plots, served as a springboard for the
design of the town hall: two five storey-
wings at right angles and one diagonal
wing. The front and rear facades are
contrasting. Those facing the town have “In response to the somewhat chaotic
a distinghuised character deriving from urban framework of the BOUW RAI I,
the classical tripartition of basement, these new schemes were sited in a taut,
marble-clad middle section, and cornice radial plan. Filling this radial plan with a
with round indentations. The rear facade mixed bag of mostly rectilinear blocks
is less flat, and displays a great degree of was evidently no easy task. ”
openness.” - Guide to Contemporary Architecture in
- Dam & Partners the Netherlands

1987
NOTES:
ANNO Restaurant
Jo Coenen
Grote Markt 121

ANNO is a grand café / restaurant serving

quality food for a reasonable price. ANNO
serves breakfast from 7 am until 11 am.
A variety of lunch dishes can be ordered
from 11 am to 5 pm and from 5 pm to 10
pm the kitchen is open for dinner.
- Active Hotels
31
 Polygoon Primary School
1992 1995 De Bombardon
ALMERE

ALMERE
Herman Hertzberger
Hollywoodlaan 109 Primary School
Herman Hertzberger
Simon van Collemstraat

“16 classrooms are not grouped around “Besides 14 formal classrooms, this school
a central hall, but situated alongside the for children with learning and educational
long shaped, street like space, overcovered problems has a relatively large number
by the arch shaped roof. Additional of additional spaces, including around 6
educational spaces are combined as a rooms for remedial teaching, spaces for
strip in the middle of this ‘street’. This zone expressive movement and one for cookery
of smaller, more or less enclosed rooms is lessons and a gym. The main theme was
interrupted by place like open spaces that the absence of corridors, with all rooms
connect the two corridors. On top of this opening on to an uninterrupted hallway
central zone there is a long balcony, open stretching like an interior main street over
for different use.” the entire length of the building.”
- Herman Hertzberger - Herman Hertzberger

1993
NOTES:
Health Center
A.E. & H. van Eyck
Greta Garboplantsoen 1

“Aldo van Eyck was commissioned to

design a health center for the Filmwijk
neighbourhood as part of the BOUW RAI II.
From outside the building looks hermetic,
a fortress even, judging by the phalanx of
‘periscopes’ poking up like battlements
along the North facade. Internally the
design proves to be another illustration of
Van Eyck’s ‘house as a small city’ theme.
The entrances are located at places where
the outer walls sweep inward.”
- Guide to Contemporary Architecture in
the Netherlands
33
 Almere Central Station
2005 NOTES:
ALMERE

ALMERE
REM Koolhaas, OMA | F. Alkemade
Almere Stad

“Almere, now over 100.000 inhabitants,

has existed less than two decades. In that
short time the city has demonstrated
enormous potential and vitality. It has
shown a commitment to architectural
innovation and experimentation. Almere
will soon reach the critical mass that
will enable it to redefine its ambitions;
ten years from today, the population will
approach that of an average medium-
sized city.”
- Office for Metropolitan Architecture

35
1 De Fantasie

2 De Realiteit
2
3 BOUW RAI I

1
 The Fantasie
1986 1998 BOUW RAI I
ALMERE

ALMERE
RH van Zuuk | D. Kinkel | Benthem Crouwel Hertzberger | Mecanoo | Teun Koolhaas
Markerkant 1408 Muziekwijk, Almere Stad

“Muziekwijk is the first quarter in Almere

which has been fully developed by the
city itself. Muziekwijk is known for the
“De Fantasie is a collection of splendid houses in the former exhibition area of
houses on the southwest shore of the the BOUW RAI in 1998. As there were no
Weerwater. De Fantasie has developed into existing buildings, there were virtually no
a beautiful and tranquil neighborhood. conditions the new designs had to comply
Because of the involvement of the people with. The various architects, including
in this area it has the feel of a holiday Herman Hertzberger, Teun Koolhaas,
resort. The intention was to build homes Peter Loerakker and Mecanoo, created
which were to be demolished after five a wide range of houses. A recent edition
years. However, due to the project’s is De Muzen. Atelier Pro designed this
success, the houses are still standing.” 360-meter-long building.”
- Holland.com - Holland.com

1991
NOTES:
De Realiteit
Teun Koolhaas
Noorderplassen

“De Realiteit lies in a fairly remote

area, which has resulted in a surprising
ambience. The seventeen houses differ in
the materials used and the construction,
but mainly in shape. ‘A bird is flying
underneath our house’ is suspended five
meters above the ground in a steel frame.
The house itself is a small, two-storied
wooden cube. The surface area of the
house is small in proportion to the steel
frame.”
- Holland.com
39
Housing Eigen_Haard
Shell Polymers Centre
Urban Design and Housing
Bicycle Storage
Silo Dam
Exchange -Beurs
Scheepvaarthuis
Mother’s House
NEMO - National Center for
Science and Technology

amsterdam
Anne Frank House Museum
ARCAM Architecture Center
Amsterdam Public Library
De Wallen “Red Light District”
College of Fine Arts
IJ - Tower
Montessori College Oost
Scheepstimmermanstraat
Het Ousten Pavilion
The Whale
Open Lucht School
Amsterdam Orphanage
Van Gogh Museum Addition
ING Group Headquarters
World Trade Center A’dam
Municipal Technical Building
Schiphol Airport
 1 Housing Eigen_Haard

2 Shell Polymers Centre

3 Urban Design and Housing

4 Bicycle Storage

5 Silo Dam

4 2

3
 Housing Eigen_Haard
M. de Klerk
Spaardammerplantsoen, A’dam
1920 1989 Urban Design and Housing
IJ-plein
Rem Koolhaas, OMA
Koperslagerij 51 1021 Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM

AMSTERDAM
“The brief required an explicit visual
relationship with the IJ-river and with
the historic center of Amsterdam on the
opposite riverbank. The urbanistic plan
proposes an open plan of parallel slabs of
different height and form, and a triangular
lawn. The western part is of three rows of
“Also known as Het Schip. This is a housing urban villas (towers with four dwellings on
complex with post-office that was built each level) and two slabs, with dwellings
for dockers and railway workers. Sits on a accessible by a street in the air or central
triangular piece of land. Expressionist (ca. stairs. The eastern part is dominated by
1905-1925) / Amsterdam School” parallel slabs of different hight”
- Roger Shepard - Office for Metropolitan Architecture

1974
NOTES:
Shell Polymers Centre
M. Zwarts
Badhuisweg 3, 1031 CM, Amsterdam

“Appropriately enough, this is the home

to one of the company’s twelve research
and technology groups around the world.
Essentially, these people work on new and
better ways of making energy and coming
up with new things to do with it. The
building is on the north side of the IJ river,
commonly referred to as the “other” side
by locals. From its position on the edge of
Amsterdam’s harbor it has a commanding
view of the city. Its most striking feature is
on the roof -- a concrete mass of geometric
squares and circles turned at a 45-degree
angle to the rest of the building.”
- Wayne Lorentz
45
 Bicycle Storage
VMX
Scheepstimmermanstraat
2001 NOTES:
AMSTERDAM

AMSTERDAM
“The design is based on a very functional
storage. Conceived of as public space and
using the existing height difference along
the station square of 1,25 meters a system
of slopes has been created on which the
bicycles can be stored. Next to its function
as storage the building has revealed
different uses. Skaters for instance love
to use it as a podium for their stunts and
tourist never leave without having taken
their pictures in front of it”
- VMX Architects

Silo Dam
MVRDV
IJ River
2002

“The 157 apartments, business units and

public spaces, in the Housing Silo, are
compressed within a 10 story high and
20 meters deep urban envelope. The
apartments, rental and owner in different
sizes, are stacked in internally connected
neighborhoods.”
- MVRDV
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5 1 8

2 4

1 Exchange -Beurs

2 Scheepvaarthuis

3 Mother’s House 3
4 NEMO - National Center for
Science and Technology
5 Anne Frank House Museum

6 ARCAM Architecture Center

7 Amsterdam Public Library

8 De Wallen “Red Light District”

 Exchange -Beurs
H.P.Berlage
Beursplein, damrak 267
1903 1978 Mother’s House
A. van Eyck
Plantage Middenlaan 33
AMSTERDAM

AMSTERDAM
“The Beurs van Berlage is a building on
the Damrak, in the center of Amsterdam. “Hubertus House, nicknamed the ‘Mother
It was designed as a commodity exchange House’, was established in the 19th
by architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage and century to support ‘fallen women’. From
constructed between 1896 and 1903. It the 1970s the house has offered shelter
influenced many modernist architects, and protection to single parents and
in particular functionalists and the children. The staircase is a central feature
Amsterdam School. It is now used as of Hubertus House and clearly visible from
a conference venue. The building is the street. The supporting construction is
constructed of red brick, with an iron a concrete construction of columns and
and glass roof and stone piers, lintels and floors. The non-retaining interior walls
corbels. Its entrance is under a large clock are made of glass. The staircases, terraces
tower, while inside lie three large multi- and passages make this a fascinating and
story halls formerly used as trading floors, intimate building. Intimacy is important in
with offices and communal facilities this house because of the circumstances
grouped around them.” of its occupants.”
- Flickr.com - Essential Architecture.com

1916
NOTES:
Scheepvaarthuis
M. de Klerk and P.L. Kramer
Prins Hendrik kade 108-114

“The Scheepvaarthuis was built as a

joint office for six Amsterdam shipping
companies. It was to be a modern and
functional office building. The structure
is a piece de resistance of the Amsterdam
School and one of the main examples of
this architectural style. Characteristics of
the Amsterdam School are the profuse
masonry along the chimneys, ridge
beams and frames and the design of the
corners.”
- Holland.com
51
 NEMO_National Center for
Science and Technology
Renzo Piano
1997 2003
ARCAM Architecture Center
Rene van Zuuk | Eindhoven Van der Laar
Oosterdok

Oosterdok 2
AMSTERDAM

AMSTERDAM
“The Architecture Centre Amsterdam
(ARCAM) needed a significantly larger
accommodation. Therefore a wonderful
location close to the Oosterdok was
“The building looks as if it is a giant ship allocated to this promotional institute.
docked at Oosterdok. This design seems to In the vicinity of Renzo Piano’s New
be inspired from the boats, ships, yachts, Metropolis was a small pavilion also
and barges that dock along Oosterdok. The designed by him that was going to be
design of the building is also influenced demolished. The columns and some of the
by the shape of the site; it curves with the floors needed to be integrated in the new
shape of the underground IJ Tunnel.” design.”
- Galinsky - Maarten Willems

1999
NOTES:
Anne Frank House
Museum Extension
Benthem Crouwel Architects
BV ABT Delft
Prinsengracht

“The house is now a museum dedicated

to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank, who
hid from Nazi persecution with her family
and four other people in hidden rooms at
the rear of the building. They lived there
secretly for 2 years and a month before
they were anonymously betrayed to the
Nazi authorities, arrested, and deported
to their deaths in concentration camps. Of
the hidden group, only Otto Frank (Anne’s
father) survived the war.”
- Flickr.com
53
 Amsterdam Public Library
Jo Coenen
Oosterdok
2009 NOTES:
AMSTERDAM

AMSTERDAM
“The Amsterdam Public Library is the
central one of three large new buildings
on the restructured Oosterdokseiland,
near the Central Station. The programme
consists of a library of almost 30,000 m2
(including theatre), a large café, and 9,000
m2 of office space. As in the Milan library
design, also by Coenen, a raised plinth
offers a refined transitional area between
the upper and lower floors”
- Jo Coenen

De Wallen “Red Light District”

Amsterdam

“From brothels to sex shops to museums,

the Red Light District leaves nothing to
the imagination. It is very likely that you
will have heard about this neighbourhood
and to be frank, everything you will have
heard is probably true”
- Amsterdam Info
55
1 College of Fine Arts

2 IJ - Tower
2
3 Montessori College Oost

4 Scheepstimmermanstraat 6
5 Het Ousten Pavilion
4
6 The Whale

1
5

3
 College of Fine Arts
K. van Velsen
Sarphatistraat
1992 1999 Montessori College Oost
H. Hertzberger
Polderweg 1093
AMSTERDAM

AMSTERDAM
“The four floor-building offers studios, “Wood, glass and the use of colour tone
ateliers, offices, a large cinema and all down the coldness of the cement, making
other functions for all these different the building cosy and bright and offering a
uses. The entrance to the building is model of social tolerance and professional
at the ‘back’, on the small square. The ethics distant from all forms of gratuitous
façade which is viewed most of the time, virtuosity or stylistic exhibitionism. Colour
the front side, seen from busy Meester is used to promote the idea of a less
Visserplein, has hardly any openings in institutional, more modern, freer type of
the closed glass façade: the interiors need school: red dominates the central hall or
not have daylight. The glass is framed in square, while pillars are painted bright
grey concrete.” yellow, pink and blue.”
- Mi Modern Architecture - Elena Franzoia

1998
NOTES:
IJ-Tower
Neutelings Riedijk
Oostelijke Handelskade 1101

“This seventy meters high, 20 stories

apartment tower is situated on the
dam towards the KNSM Island, in the
former docklands, east of the centre of
Amsterdam. The tower has a regular
facade composition with a diagonal
window pattern. Several ‘holes’ in the
building give it a strong sculpturally and
generate a variety of 20 different dwelling
types. The tower has been sculpted
differently at each side. The building
works as an orientating element in the
new dockland area. The 3 stories plinth of
the tower consists of a fitness club, roof
garden, commercial retail spaces and a
parking garage.”
- Mi Modern Architecture
59
 Private Houses
FARO Architecten | Hohne&Rapp |
Koen van Velsen | MVRDV
2000 2002 The Whale
F.J.van Dongen architect and
West 8 courtyard landscape
Scheepstimmermanstraat design.
AMSTERDAM

AMSTERDAM
“The scale, the angular forms and the zinc
façade of ‘The Whale’ residential complex
have won it an iconic status in the
“One of a kind street in Amsterdam in the redeveloped harbour district. It contrasts
Eastern Docklands that allowed property with the surroundings of low-rise
owners to select an architect and design dwellings like a ‘meteorite’ fallen from the
their own house. This breaks the previous skies. The building harbours a great variety
mold of West 8’s design that is all very of housing and spatial typologies. The
similar. This street faces a road on one side block contains a total of 214 apartments,
and a canal on the other. Includes over 60 commercial space, a semi-public interior
different designs.” courtyard and an underground car park.”
- Flickr.com - wikipedia

2000
NOTES:
Het Ousten Pavillion
Steven Holl
Sarphartistraat 401

“This new pavilion is parts of a renovation

Steven Holl did for Het Oosten, a housing
developer in Amsterdam. The old brick
building (1889) at the Sarphatistraat was
originally built as a storage for medicine.
With this pavilion the housing developer
wants to explain its views on sustainable
building with the use of ornaments. This
pavilion is made as a gift to the city; other
organisations can also use it.”
- mimoa.eu
61
1 Open Lucht School

2 Amsterdam Orphanage

3 Van Gogh Museum Addition

3
4 ING Group Headquarters

5 World Trade Center A’dam

1
2 5

4
 Open Lucht School
J. Duiker
Cliostraat 40
1930 1997 Van Gogh Museum Addition
Kisho Kurokawa
Paulus Potterstraat 7
AMSTERDAM

AMSTERDAM
“The Eerste Openluchtschool (First Open
Air School) in Amsterdam is a model “After closing for nearly a year, the Van
example of Modernist architecture, of Gogh Museum in Amsterdam reopened
the Dutch ‘Nieuwe Zakelijkheid’ (New in June. Renovated (by Greiner & Van
Objectivity) to be exact. Johannes Duiker Goor Architects), equipped with new
projected a concrete and glass building airconditioning, sophisticated lighting
that shows proudly its glass-free corners systems and modern auditorium, Gerrit
thanks to the white-painted cantilevered Rietveld’s building continues to house
structure. The school is a pure cubic volume the permanent collections. Temporary
rotated 45º degrees to the courtyard block exhibitions have a new home in the
where it is located. The only addition to form of Kisho Kurokawa’s wing built in
the cube is the gym area in the ground the Museumplein to the south an exotic
plan.” monolithic presence in the park.”
- Mi Modern Architecture - Find articles.com

1960
NOTES:
Amsterdam Orphanage
A. van Eyck
Amstelveenseweg M50 or 6. 16 Stadionstraat

“Although not prolific, Aldo van Eyck

designed some seminal buildings,
most notably Amsterdam’s Municipal
Orphanage (1955-60) and the Hubertus
House for single mothers (1973-1978), also
in Amsterdam.The Amsterdam Orphanage
spawned a whole school of Dutch
architecture, Structuralism, although he
never saw himself as a Structuralist.”
- RIBA Architecture
65
 ING Group Headquarters
Meyer and van Schooten (Architects)
Aronsohn Raadgevende Engineers BV (SE)
2002 NOTES:

Amstelveenseweg 500
AMSTERDAM

AMSTERDAM
“This building is for the ING (banking)
Group and is used as their headquarters.
As a headquarters building, it is required to
represent the ideals of the company, which
are fast moving, transparency, innovation,
eco-friendliness, and openness.”
- Galinsky

World Trade Center A’dam

Kohn Pedeersen Fox Assoc., PA
Engineersvan Rossum BV (SE)
2002
A’dam South

“World Trade Center Amsterdam is

located at the centre of the Zuidas
economic development area. With its
floor space of 100,000 m2, the building is
one of the largest office buildings in the
Netherlands.”
- GTI Group.com
67
AMSTERDAM

AMSTERDAM
Municipal Technical
Building (dest. 2008)
F.Claus, K.Kaan
1992 1994 Schiphol Airport
Benthem Crouwel and Naco
Schiphol

“Schiphol is an important European

“The depot of the public works airport, ranking as Europe’s 3rd largest and
department of the Amsterdam borough of the world’s 14th largest for cargo tonnage.
Buitenveldert, combines the functionality It also ranks as the world’s 3rd largest by
of a warehouse with the opulence of international passenger traffic as well as
a bungalow. Function and appearance Europe’s 5th and the world’s 12th largest
contradict one another.” by overall passenger volume.”
- Claus and Kaan Architecture - wikipedia
Van Roosmalen House
Zuiderterras Café
Apartment ‘De Kaai’
Guiette House and Studio

antwerp
1 Van Roosmalen House

2 Zuiderterras Café

3 Apartment ‘De Kaai’

1
 Van Roosmalen House
B. van Reeth 1988 1992 Apartment ‘De Kaai’
W.J. Neutelings, M. de Kooning

“A long, narrow site on the river quay has

been divided into two zones: a strip along
the dividing wall containing the services
and a long, freely sub divisible living area
ANTWERP

ANTWERP
overlooking the river. The living area has
been organized along to the dramatic
view: a twelve-metre-long panorama
window follows the slow-moving current;
a large floor-to-ceiling window frames
“bOb Van Reeth, a Flemish architect and the view on the river bend. There are
urbanizer of international fame, is well four floors of apartments with the top
known for the Van Roosmalen House, apartment designed as a duplex with
nominated in 1990 for the Mies van der roof terrace. The curved volume of the
Rohe Prize, located on the Scheldekaai in apartment block is clad with horizontal
Antwerp” wooden siding..”
- 6a3a.ru - Neutelings-Riedijk

1991
NOTES:
Zuiderterras Café
B. van Reeth

“During a period of forty years an empty

socle stood on this beautiful spot. With my
project I refer to what there was before: a
classical building that served as a café just
as the Zuiderterras now. ‘The Zuiderterras’
name is derived from the promenade
with the same name along the ‘Schelde’
river quays. Transparency of the building
was the starting point. This expresses
itself in the choice of the materials: metal
combined with a lot of glass. The interior
was further completed with warm wood
and transparent linen curtains. The
alternation of mirrors and large windows
creates an atmosphere of infinite space
and connection with the river.”
- Mi Modern Architecture
75
 NOTES:
ANTWERP

ANTWERP
Guiette House and Studio
Le Corbusier
Populierenlaan 32, Antwerpen
1927
“The painter Rene Guiette commissioned
Le Corbusier to build him and his family
a “pretty house” in the manner of the
architect’s Atelier Ozenfant and Pavilion
de L’Esprit Nouveau.’ The built project
subscribes more to the spatial and
structural formula of the Citrohan 2
prototype of 1922, adapted to a standard
Antwerp lot, 6 meters wide and very deep.
As in the Citrohan model, the “free facade”
with generous strip glazing is limited to
front and rear, whereas the parallel sides
have columns embedded within largely
solid, though non-bearing walls.”
- The LeCorbusier Guide
77
Grande Place
Theatre Royal de la Monnaie
Music Instrument Museum
Van Eetvelde
Waucquez Stores
Belgian Comic Strip Center
Central Railway Station
European Parliment
Dexia Tower
Hotel Tassel
Horta Museum
Palace of Justice
Palais Stoclet
Ceca House
Hufkens Gallery
ULB Auditorium

brussels
Atomium
UCL Medical Campus
 1 Grande Place

9 2 Theatre Royal de la Monnaie

3 Music Instrument Museum

4 Van Eetvelde

5 Waucquez Stores

6 Belgian Comic Strip Center

5 7 Central Railway Station
6 8 European Parliment

9 Dexia Tower

1 4

8
 Grande Place
Town House: Jacob van
Thienen
1400’s 1899 Music Instrument
Museum
Paul Saintenoy
Tower: Jan van Ruysbroeck

“As soon as it opened at the end of the

19th century, the luxurious Old England
department store earned an excellent
“Grand Place is the central market square reputation for its highly distinctive
of Brussels. It is surrounded by guild building. The entrance to the building
houses, the city’s Town Hall, and the Bread is a jewel of the Art nouveau style while
BRUSSELS

BRUSSELS
House. The square is the most important the rest is in perfect harmony with the
tourist destination and most memorable neoclassical ensemble on the Place Royale,
landmark in Brussels next to the Atomium and just around the corner from the Grand
and Manneken Pis.” Place and Central Station.”
- wikipedia - TripAdvisor.com

1818
NOTES:
Theatre Royal de la
Monnaie
Charles van den Hove

“In the last three decades de Munt/la

Monnaie, has regained its place amongst
the foremost opera houses in Europe
thanks to the efforts of the successive
directors Gérard Mortier and Bernard
Foccroulle and music director Antonio
Pappano. The current edifice is the third
theatre on the site. The façade dates from
1818 with major alterations made in 1856
and 1986. The foyer and auditorium date
from 1856, but almost every other element
of the present building was extensively
renovated in the 1980s.”
- wikipedia
83
 Van Eetvelde
Victor Horta 1898 1906 Belgian Comic Strip Center
Victor Horta
Rue des Sables 20

“The Hotel van Eetvelde in Brussels

was designed in 1898 by Victor Horta,
undoubtedly the key European Art “In a masterpiece of Art Nouveau
Nouveau architect. While most other designed by Victor Horta, the Belgian
architects flirted with the new style, Horta Comic Strip Center brings together
found it gave the best expression to his everything related to the comic strip,from
ideas. His skill is demonstrated in his its prestigious beginnings to its most
ability to slip his domestic designs into recent developments, on more than
narrow constricted sites. The interiors 4,000 square metres of museum floors.
BRUSSELS

BRUSSELS
become of great importance as centres One of the major tourist attractions of
of light, which permeates through the Brussels, the Center was inaugurated by
filigree domes and skylights—usually in the King and Queen on 3 October 1989. It
the centre of the building.” welcomes 260,000 visitors each year. “
- Great Buildings Online - Belgium Comic Strip Center

1903
NOTES:
Waucquez Stores
Victor Horta

“By the turn of the century, Art Nouveau

was no longer the exclusive domain of a
small group of enthusiasts. It had become
a successful formula which was applied
to everything. In no time at all countless
Brussels single-family homes were erected
in this style, allowing the city to take up
a privileged position among European
capitals. In these houses, often only a few
metres wide, the emphasis was on the
decorative façades.”
- Belgium Comic Strip
85
 Central Railway Station
Victor Horta
North-South Junction
1952 2006 Dexia Tower
Samyn & Partners

“Measuring 145 metres from top to bottom

and counting 38 floors, Dexia Tower is the
“This is the main modern station where third highest building in Brussels. In the
the high-speed trains stop. These trains middle of the Rogier Square the building
connect Brussels with London, Cologne, shines like a beacon over the town. The
Paris and Amsterdam. In 2006 Brussels Tower is visible from several major traffic
South is the only train station with many arteries in the capital and is situated
BRUSSELS

BRUSSELS
nice shops and restaurants. It’s also the precisely in the middle of the Mint Square
largest train station. This train station is – North Station axis. It has a trapezium-
connected to the ringway metroline and shaped footprint covering an area of
several underground tramways.” 4,400 square metres.”
- 2747.com - Dexia Towers

1998
NOTES:
European Parliament
M. Bouquillon, J. van Pottelsberghe
de La Potterie, G. Maes

“The present parliament has 785 members

from all 27 EU countries. Nearly one third
of them are women. In principle, the
number of Members of the European
Parliament shall not exceed 736 from the
next parliamentary term on (i.e. 2009 –
2014). Since Bulgaria and Romania joined
the Union in the course of the 2004-
2009 parliamentary term, the current
maximum number of 732 seats in the EP
will be temporarily exceeded.”
- wikipedia
87
 5

1 Hotel Tassel
7
2 Horta Museum

3 Palace of Justice
6
4 Palais Stoclet

5 Ceca House

6 Hufkens Gallery
7 ULB Auditorium
 Hotel Tassel
Victor Horta 1893 1990 Palace of Justice
Poulaert

“Although this gigantic edifice does

not really belong to the Sablon, it
nevertheless dominates the area. It was
built between 1860 and 1880 by Joseph
Poulaert in eclectic style. It is believed to
be the biggest building constructed in the
“The Hotel Tassel is a town house built by 19th century in the world. The palace of
Victor Horta in Brussels for the Belgian justice is situated on top of a hill, which
scientist and professor Emile Tassel in was called “gallows hill” in the Middle
1893-1894. It is generally considered Ages. The dimensions of the palace are
BRUSSELS

BRUSSELS
as the first true Art Nouveau building, awesome: it is 105 m high and covers a
because of its highly innovative plan and total surface of 24.000 square meters. It
its ground breaking use of materials and still functions as the supreme court of law
decoration.” for Belgium.”
- Archiplanet - Travel Info

1893
NOTES:
Horta Musem
Victor Horta
Rue Américaine 25

“The 1893 Art Nouveau style Maison

Autrique is the first town house that
Horta built in Brussels, and it is one of,
if not the first, example of Art Nouveau
architecture. This is significant when
one considers how wildly popular the art
form was throughout the Western world
between the years of 1890 and 1905.”
- Destination 360.com
91
 Palais Stoclet
Joseph Hoffmann 1905 1992 Hufkens Gallery
P. Robbrecht, H. Daem, M.J. van Hee
Sint-Jorisstraat 6-8 Rue Saint-Georges

“It was constructed on Brussel’s Avenue

de Tervueren by the Wiener Werkstätte or
Viennese Workshop. Although the marble
clad facade is radically simplified and
looks forward to Modernism, it contains
commissioned works by Gustav Klimt in
the dining room, four copper figures at “Xavier Hufkens started his first gallery
the top by sculptor Franz Metzner, and in October 1987 in an ancient warehouse
other craftwork inside and outside the at the realm of Brussels. During the first
BRUSSELS

BRUSSELS
building. This integration of architects, five years of our existence, the gallery
artists, and artisans makes it an example focused on then emerging, international
of Gesamtkunstwerk, one of the defining artists like Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Antony
characteristics of Jugendstil.” Gormley, Jessica Stockholder.”
- wikipedia - Hufkins

1956
NOTES:
CECA House
W. van der Meeren

“Initiated by the ECSC (European Coal

and Steel Community), this experimental
house is typical of post-War research
into very economical housing and
reflects the ECSC’s high involvement in
this issue. Component standardisation,
prefabrication and rationalisation of
plans based on Le Corbusier’s Modulor
combined to significantly cut labour costs,
notably on site. The structure is based on 4
steel frames infilled with brick, weighing
4 tonnes in all. The light façades are also
in metal, with frames in folded sheet
metal for all glazed sections and opaque
metal plate panels with incorporated
insulation.”
- steelconstruct.com
93
 ULB Auditorium
Samyn & Partners 1993 NOTES:

“The history of the Université Libre de

Bruxelles (ULB) is closely linked with that
of Belgium itself. When the nine provinces
that broke away from the Kingdom of the
Netherlands formed the Belgian State in
1830, there were three state universities
BRUSSELS

BRUSSELS
in the country: Ghent, Liege and Leuven.
Even though Brussels had been promoted
to the rank of capital, it still had no
university.”
- wikipedia

95
BRUSSELS

BRUSSELS
Atomium
André Waterkeyn 1958 1970 UCL Medical Campus
Atelier Kroll

“Lucien Kroll was born in Brussel, Belgium

“One of the original ideas for Expo ‘58 in 1927. After graduating from the Ecole
was to build an upside-down version of Natinal Superieure de la Cambre, Brussels
the Eiffel tower; however, Waterkeyn felt with an architecture degree, he studied
that an atomic structure would be more city planning at the Institut Superieur de
symbolic of the era. The monument was la Cambre and at the Institut Superieur
originally planned to remain standing International d’Urbanisme in Brussels.
only six months. However, it soon became He worked in partnership with Charles
a symbol not only of the World’s Fair, but Vandehove in Brussels from 1951 to
of modern architecture and Brussels. The 1957 after which he established his own
monument stayed the same for almost 50 practice. In 1970 he established Atelier
years.” Kroll.”
- wikipedia - Great Buildings Online
Netherlands Dance Theater
The Resident
City Hall and Library
Souterrain Entrance

den hague
1 Netherlands Dance Theater

2 The Resident

3 City Hall and Library

4 Souterrain Entrance

4
3

101
 Netherlands Dance Theater
REM Koolhaas, OMA
Spuiplein 150-152
1987 1995 City Hall and Library
Richard Meier
Spuiplein

“The City Hall and Central Library is

easily spotted due to its enormous
size and unmistakable Richard Meier
palette - white, and only white. Another
distinguishable trait of the building is
“The Netherlands Dance Theater in The the large open atrium space. The building
Hague was one of the first completed complex houses the council chamber,
projects to garner critical acclaim for marriage hall, public library, municipal
OMA. A foyer shared with an adjacent offices, leased offices, and some shops on
concert hall consists of three levels: the the street level. The atrium space has a
lowest slotted beneath the auditorium glass roof that was carefully designed to
tiers, above it a half-moon balcony, and at allow sunlight in but at the same time to
the top, a ‘floating skybar.” control the temperature of the space.”
- ArchitectureWeek - galinsky.com

1992
NOTES:
DEN HAGUE

DEN HAGUE
The Resident
R. Krier | Sjoerd Soeters | Cesar Pelli | Michael Graves
Turfmarkt

“De Resident stitches the low-rise of

the old town center to the high rises of
the new business district centered on
The Hague Central Station. A new tram
route from the station to the city hall
compensates for the built over tracks.
Once the area had gained a new diagonal
axis and horseshoe-shaped central public
space, a team of name architects from
home and abroad directed by Krier and
Sjoerd Soeters was enlisted to design the
panoply of high profile buildings.”
- Guide to Contemporary Architecture in
the Netherlands
103
 Souterrain
REM Koolhaas, OMA
Grote Marktstraat | Kalvermarkt
2005 NOTES:

“The souterrain tram tunnel is an element

of intrastructure and a building at the
same time. Located in the city centre of
The Hague, the multistory underground
tunnel provides 500 parking spaces on one
level, whilst connecting 2 tram stations on
the level below.”
- Office for Metropolitan Architecture
DEN HAGUE

DEN HAGUE
105
Townhouse & Church
Groot Begijnhof Leuven
De Blauwput Youth Hostel

leuven
1 Townhouse & Church

2 Groot Begijnhof Leuven 3

3 De Blauwput Youth Hostel

2
 Townhouse &
Church
1400’s De Blauwput Youth Hostel
ADDRESS:
Jeugdherberg “De Blauwput”
Martelarenlaan 11A
B-3010 Leuven
BELGIUM
PHONE:
+32(0)16 63 90 62
“Leuven is a university town located 30km
to the east of Brussels. The first references WEBSITE:
to the town may go back to the 9th century, http://www.leuven-hostel.com
but it was not until the 12th century that
Leuven started to flourish as an important
trading center for cloth. In 1425 the
University of Leuven was founded. Leuven “Many older people link the concept
has a rich heritage and various historical youth hostel with huge dormitories,
buildings from different centuries can be everybody in bed at 9 pm and doing the
admired. Its finely sculpted Town Hall and dishes. Nope, that’s not us! We can best be
Saint Peter’s church with the famous ‘Last classified as an easy-going, modern and
Supper’ by Thierry Bouts, are fine examples budget friendly place to stay. We serve
of flamboyant Gothic architecture at its youth groups but also adult societies,
best. The Baroque style can be found in next to individuals of course; young and
St Michael’s church, in the interior of the old, Belgian and international. We offer
St John the Baptist’s church, and in the spacious rooms for 2, 4 and 6 persons,
unrivalled stucco of the Park Abbey. “ each with their own shower and toilet.”
- Econ - De Blauwput

NOTES:
Groot Begijnhof Leuven
LUEVEN

LUEVEN
“The Grand Beguinage of Leuven, also
known as Begijnhof Ten Hove, is a cool-
preserved and fully restored historic
district of a dozen streets in the south of
the town, located on Sheep Street, near
Porte de Namur. It is one of the largest
remaining beguinages in Flanders (see
also beguinage) with a built-up area of
about 3 ha.”
- wikipedia
111
Café del Unie
Youth Accomodations
Netherlands Architecture Institute
Kunsthal Rotterdam
Erasmus Bridge

rotterdam
 1 Café del Unie

2 Youth Accomodations

Netherlands Architecture
3
Institute
4 Kunsthal Rotterdam

5 Erasmus Bridge

5
 Café de Unie
J.J.P. Oud
Mauritsweg 35
1981 1988
Netherlands Architecture Institute
J. Coenen
Museumpark 25

“During the bombing of the city centre

of Rotterdam on the 14th of May 1940 in “In his design for the NAI, Jo Coenen housed
World War II, the original building by J.J.P. the various functions of the institute in
Oud was destroyed. The design is a perfect different parts of the building, all of which
example of the Dutch artistic moment De are in perfect harmony. The resulting
Stijl with its use of primary colours and ensemble blends in with its environment
simple abstract composition of vertical and establishes a relationship with the
and horizontal directions.” surrounding buildings.”
- mimoa.eu - Netherlands Architecture Institute

1981
NOTES:
Youth Accommodation
Mecanoo
Kruisplein, Rotterdam
ROTTERDAM

ROTTERDAM
“Mecanoo took the irregular polygonal
shape of the building plot as a starting
point for their design. The oblong taller
volume on the north, partly seven and
partly ten floors high, matched the
neighboring multi-level garage in scale.
The lower block, consisting of five floors
and with a ground floor occupied by
shops, is curved in shape, performing an
elegant turn towards the housing of Het
Oude Westen”
- Netherlands Architecture Intiture
117
 Kunsthal Rotterdam
REM Koolhaas, OMA
Westzeedijk 341
1988 NOTES:

“The Kunsthal combines 3300 square

meters of exhibition space, an auditorium
and restaurant into one compact
design. Sloping floor planes and a series
of tightly organized ramps provide
seamless connection between the three
large exhibition halls and two intimate
galleries. Its position, wedged between
a busy highway and the network of
museums and green spaces known as
the museum park, allows it to function
as a gateway to Rotterdam’s most prized
cultural amenities. t”
- Office for Metropolitan Architecture

Erasmus Bridge
Ben van Berkel, UNStudio
Nieuwe Maas river
1996
ROTTERDAM

ROTTERDAM
“The 139 m. tall pylon will become a new
point of orientation, connected with, and
announcing the new developments in
the ‘Kop van Zuid’ area. The asymmetric
form, with its bracket construction in sky
coloured steel and its long cables, conveys
the ‘mobile forces’, that is to say, the
multitude of public, urban, constructive
and architectural considerations that
have been at the basis of the bridge.”
- archINFORM
119
Rietveld Schroeder House
Chauffeur’s Residence
Utrecht Town Hall
Double House
Centraal Museum
Economics and Management
Educatorium
Minnaert Building
Cambridgelaan Housing
Ronald McDonald House
NMR Laboratory
Basketbar
University Library
La Capanna Spaceboxes

utrecht
 1 Rietveld Schroeder House

2 Chauffeur’s Residence

3 Utrecht Town Hall

4 Double House

5 Centraal Museum

4
1

5 2
 Rietveld Schröder House
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
Prins Hendriklaan 50, Oudwijk
1923 1997 Utrecht Town Hall
Enric Miralles
Minrebroederstraat

“The Rietveld Schröderhuis in Utrecht

is an icon of the Modern Movement
in architecture and an outstanding
expression of human creative genius in its
purity of ideas and concepts as developed
by the De Stijl movement. With its radical “The neo-classical building is converted
approach to design and the use of space, into a type of “monument” which forms
the Rietveld Schröderhuis occupies a part of the streets and squares... when the
seminal position in the development of door opens it converts itself into part of
architecture in the modern age.” the public space of the City.”
- The World Heritage Committee - Enric Miralles

1927
NOTES:
Chauffeur’s Residence
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
Wilhelmina Park, Utrecht

“Here Rietveld’s concern was as much for

UTRECHT

UTRECHT
technique as for form. He used precast
concrete slabs held in place by a frame of
steel I-sections expressed as a de Stijl grid
on the exterior.”
- Gerrit Thomas Rietveld Biography
125
 Double House
MVRDV
Wilhelmina Park, Utrecht
1997 NOTES:

“As the name of this project suggests,

the house is designed for two families.
Instead of simply splitting the site into
halves for each of the two families, the
architects designed the houses to be
interlocked together three-dimensionally
in order to have bigger living spaces that
almost stretch across the entire width of
the site.”
- galinsky.com

Centraal Museum
1999
Stéphane Beel | Lieven Achtergael | Peter Versseput.
Utrecht

“The Centraal Museum is housed in a

former medieval cloister. But parts of the
building have also served as an orphanage,
military stable and a psychiatric hospital.
In 1999 the museum was renovated by
the architects Stéphane Beel, Lieven
Achtergael and Peter Versseput. The
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UTRECHT
museum comprises a series of pavilions
around a central courtyard. Wandering
around the museum it’s soon apparent
that this building is a labyrinth”
- Centraal Museum
127
1 Economics and Management

2 Educatorium

3 Minnaert Building

4 Cambridgelaan Housing
5

5 Ronald McDonald House

6 NMR Laboratory
7 Basketbar

8 University Library

9 La Capanna Spaceboxes 3

6 2

1 8

129
 Economics and Management
Mecanoo
De Uithof University
1995 1997 Minnaert Building
Neutelings Riedijk
De Uithof University

“All circulation space of this central

university building has been concentrated
in one big hall on the “piano nobile” of
the building. It constitutes the communal
gathering place and living room for all
staff and students in this part of the
“The building is designed as one campus and gives access to the restaurant,
continuous space, enclosed by glass, in the study centre and the laboratories. In
which four volumes of different shape and the middle. The hall has a large pond of
material rest on concrete columns. The 10 x 50 metres that collects the rainwater
square ground plan, with four connecting and is used as a cooling device for the
parts separated by three patios, ensures building. The facade of the building is
a free circulation to each corner of the clad with undulating sprayed concrete of
building.” pigmented red earth colour.”
- Mecanoo - Neutelings Riedijk

1997
NOTES:
Educatorium
REM Koolhaas, OMA
De Uithof University

“Composed of two planes which fold

to accommodate a range of distinct
programs including an outdoor plaza,
two lecture halls, cafeteria and a testing
UTRECHT

UTRECHT
facility. Planes interlock to create a single
trajectory in which the entire university
experience – socialization, learning,
examination – is encapsulated.”
- Office for Metropolitan Architecture
131
 Cambridgelaan
Rudy Uytenhaak
De Uithof University
1999 2000 NMR Laboratory
Ben van Berkel, UNStudio
De Uithof University

“The small pavilion-like laboratory

building for the NMR (Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance) Facility is located on the Uithof
Campus of Utrecht University. The two-
floor column free laboratory houses eight
spectrometers (high-frequency magnets).
This influenced decisively the spatial
layout of the building, because the radiate
force fields these magnets produce may
not be disturbed. The building consists of
a single concrete surface, which continues
“This student housing residence consists from floor plane into the wall and ceiling.
of 1,002 separate rooms. There are two The flipping-over surfaces are constructive
high risers: 16 floors (51 meters) and ten and are thus not traversed by a secondary
blocks of 4-5 floor buildings.” support structure of columns.”
- De Uithof - UNStudio

1999
NOTES:
Ronald McDonald House
Bosch Haslett
De Uithof University

“The Ronald McDonald House in Utrecht

provides a “home-away-from-home”
for the families of children receiving
treatment at the hospital. The house
consists of three building layers. Every
floor is divided into clusters. Every cluster
UTRECHT

UTRECHT
is distinct in form and colour so the house
is divided into several units. Blinds can
close off the guestrooms to allow the
residents to have privacy. ”
- ArchiNed
133
 Basketbar
NL Partners
De Uithof University
2003 2004 La Capanna Spaceboxes
De Vijf Architects
De Uithof University

“Spacebox has been installed at several

universities and institutes of learning
to provide flexible, low-cost housing
for students, key workers and young
professionals. The University of Utrecht
have installed over 300 units (pictured)
“The Basket Bar is a trendy cafe underneath within the campus grounds. Car parking
a basketball court, located at the heart of is provided. There is extensive bicycle
De Uithof and at the bottom of the Willem storage to encourage the use of car-free
C. van Unnik Building. It is situated on a transport. Each Spacebox has its own
square which contains shops and other kitchen, wc and shower-room. There is a
facilities. The Basket Bar was created by communal laundry. Other design options
NL-Architects, who won the 2003 Rietveld include communal café / sports / leisure
Prize and the Award from the Netherlands rooms. Tenants report a high level of
Architecture Institute for young architects satisfaction with the facilities over several
for their design. ” years of use.”
- Utrecht University - mimoa.eu

2004
NOTES:
De Uithof Library
Wiel Arets
De Uithof University

“The University Library is located in the

centre of De Uithof. It was designed by
Wiel Arets and completed in 2004. The
building has unprecedented spatial
effects and is largely executed in black, red
and white. The Library contains approx.
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UTRECHT
1,000 study places and over 4.2 million
books and attracts a lot of (international)
visitors. In 2005, Wiel Arets was awarded
the Rietveld Prize for its design.”
- Utrecht University
135
index
 A D M U
34 Almere Central Station 111 De Blauwput Youth Hostel 131 Minnaert Building 97 UCL Medical Campus
28 Almere Detail Map 33 De Bombardon School 59 Montessori College Oost 94 ULB Auditorium
36 Almere Detail Map 38 De Fantasie 51 Mother’s House 134 University Library
6 Almere, Netherlands 38 De Realiteit 68 Municipal Technical Building 45 Urban Design and Housing
42 Amsterdam Detail Map 54 De Wallen “Red Light District” 83 Music Instrument Museum 122 Utrecht Detail Map
48 Amsterdam Detail Map 100 Den Hague Detail Map 124 Utrecht Detail Map
56 Amsterdam Detail Map 16 Den Hague, Netherlands N 125 Utrecht Town Hall
62 Amsterdam Detail Map 87 Dexia Tower 52 NEMO - National Center for Science 24 Utrecht, Netherlands
68 Amsterdam Detail Map 126 Double House and Technology
69 Amsterdam Detail Map 117 Netherlands Architecture Institute V
64 Amsterdam Orphanage E 102 Netherlands Dance Theater 84 Van Eetvelde
54 Amsterdam Public Library 130 Economics and Management 133 NMR Laboratory 65 Van Gogh Museum Addition
8 Amsterdam, Netherlands 130 Educatorium 74 Van Roosmalen House
52 Anne Frank House Museum 118 Erasmus Bridge O
30 ANNO Restaurant European Parliment W
86 64 Open Lucht School
72 Antwerp Detail Map 50 Exchange -Beurs 84 Waucquez Stores
76 Antwerp Detail Map
Antwerp, Belgium P 4 Western Europe
10 G 91 Palace of Justice 66 World Trade Center A’dam
75 Apartment ‘De Kaai’ 82 Grande Place
ARCAM Architecture Center 92 Palais Stoclet
53
96 Atomium
110 Groot Begijnhof Leuven 20 Paris, France Y
76 Guiette House and Studio 32 Polygoon Primary School 116 Youth Accomodations

B H
134 Basketbar R Z
32 Health Care Center 124 Rietveld Schroeder House 74 Zuiderterras Café
85 Belgian Comic Strip Center Het Ousten Pavilion
Bicycle Storage
60 132 Ronald McDonald House
46 Horta Museum
BOUW RAI I
90 114 Rotterdam Detail Map
39 Hotel Tassel
BOUW RAI II
90 22 Rotterdam, Netherlands
31 Housing Eigen_Haard
44
12 Bruges, Belgium Hufkens Gallery
80 Brussels Detail Map
93
S
88 Brussels Detail Map 60 Scheepstimmermanstraat
96 Brussels Detail Map I 50 Scheepvaarthuis
58 IJ - Tower Schiphol Airport
97 Brussels Detail Map 69
66 ING Group Headquarters Shell Polymers Centre
14 Brussels, Belgium 44
46 Silo Dam
C K 104 Souterrain Entrance
118 Kunsthal Rotterdam 30 Stadhuis Almere
116 Café del Unie
132 Cambridgelaan Housing
92 Ceca House L T
126 Centraal Museum 135 La Capanna Spaceboxes 102 The Resident
86 Central Railway Station 108 Leuven Detail Map 61 The Whale
124
103
Chauffeur’s Residence
City Hall and Library
18 Leuven, Belgium 82
110
Theatre Royal de la Monnaie
Townhouse & Church Buildings
58 College of Fine Arts Alphabetical by Name
 Almere, Netherlands Antwerp, Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
34 Almere Central Station 75 Apartment ‘De Kaai’ 116 Café del Unie
30 ANNO Restaurant 76 Guiette House and Studio 118 Erasmus Bridge
39 BOUW RAI I 74 Van Roosmalen House 118 Kunsthal Rotterdam
31 BOUW RAI II 74 Zuiderterras Café 117 Netherlands Architecture Institute
33 De Bombardon School 116 Youth Accomodations
38 De Fantasie Brussels, Belgium
38 De Realiteit 96 Atomium Utrecht, Netherlands
32 Health Care Center 85 Belgian Comic Strip Center 134 Basketbar
32 Polygoon Primary School 92 Ceca House 132 Cambridgelaan Housing
30 Stadhuis Almere 86 Central Railway Station 126 Centraal Museum
87 Dexia Tower 124 Chauffeur’s Residence
Amsterdam, Netherlands 86 European Parliment 126 Double House
64 Amsterdam Orphanage 82 Grande Place 130 Economics and Management
54 Amsterdam Public Library 90 Horta Museum 130 Educatorium
52 Anne Frank House Museum 90 Hotel Tassel 135 La Capanna Spaceboxes
53 ARCAM Architecture Center 93 Hufkens Gallery 131 Minnaert Building
46 Bicycle Storage 83 Music Instrument Museum 133 NMR Laboratory
58 College of Fine Arts 91 Palace of Justice 124 Rietveld Schroeder House
54 De Wallen “Red Light District” 92 Palais Stoclet 132 Ronald McDonald House
50 Exchange -Beurs 82 Theatre Royal de la Monnaie 134 University Library
60 Het Ousten Pavilion 97 UCL Medical Campus 125 Utrecht Town Hall
44 Housing Eigen_Haard 94 ULB Auditorium
58 IJ - Tower 84 Van Eetvelde
66 ING Group Headquarters 84 Waucquez Stores
59 Montessori College Oost
51 Mother’s House Den Hague, Netherlands
68 Municipal Technical Building 103 City Hall and Library
52 NEMO - National Center for 102 Netherlands Dance Theater
Science and Technology 104 Souterrain Entrance
64 Open Lucht School 102 The Resident
60 Scheepstimmermanstraat
Scheepvaarthuis
50
Leuven, Belgium
69 Schiphol Airport 111 De Blauwput Youth Hostel
44 Shell Polymers Centre 110 Groot Begijnhof Leuven
46 Silo Dam 110 Townhouse & Church
61 The Whale
45 Urban Design and Housing
65 Van Gogh Museum Addition
66 World Trade Center A’dam

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Picture Credits
ARCHI-GUIDE 2009
Editors
James Donovan
Greg Hemmelgarn
Zach Pauls

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