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Inside Amsterdam’s Underwater Bike Parking Garage

Designed by VenhoevenCS, a new underwater bike parking facility has opened in Amsterdam Centraal Station, making space for over 4,000 bikes at the multimodal transportation hub.

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In Amsterdam, a Socially Conscious Housing Development Takes Formal Inspiration from the Past

Marcel Lok and Korth Tielens Architects designed an 80-unit residential structure in the style of the Amsterdamse School with the hope of creating a new heart for an old neighborhood.

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6 Projects That Made the Netherlands a World Capital of Adaptive Reuse

A recent wave of large-scale projects is transforming five Dutch cities and encouraging creative reuse of derelict industrial sites around the world.

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Supersize Graphics Mark a Design Firm’s Dream HQ in Amsterdam

Unlike the arduous process of its decade-plus development, the thonik building is a light and joyous affair with an ode to amateur-led design.

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House of Dentons’ Amsterdam Outpost Forges a New Outlook for Law Offices

With warm woods, casual meeting areas, and even an art gallery, the workplace reflects the shifting culture of a historically conservative profession.

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Triangle with a Twist: OMA’s New Tower Reinterprets Local Commercial Ephemera

In Amsterdam’s south, OMA has completed a triangular hotel—the largest in the Netherlands and Belgium—that shows its neighbors how to dance in style.

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Amsterdam’s Iconic Bridge Houses Get a Second Life—as Hotel Rooms

Local architecture firm space&matter is meticulously converting the defunct cabins into dwellings for the SWEETS hotel brand.

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AHMM Transforms the University of Amsterdam With a Dramatic Canal-Framing Feat of Engineering

The British firm totally revamped an re-skinned two massive Modernist buildings, creating a new welcoming pedestrian environment in the process.

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Design Studio Space Encounters Brings a Dash of Eclecticism to Amsterdam

As part of our 2018 Design Cities issue, Metropolis looked at projects, firms, and places that are driving global design culture today.

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This Tiny Amsterdam Neighborhood Is a Prototype for Grassroots Urban Planning

Using a mix of social media, apps, and planning sessions, a coalition of urban designers and residents are planning their neighborhood from the ground-up.

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Amsterdam’s Iconic Hotel, The Pulitzer, Gets A Whimsical Renovation

The Pulitzer, a hotel of interconnected canal houses (some 400 years old), goes modern without shedding its roots.