Earlier this week on Wednesday, the construction of the new academic building for the Amsterdam University College reached its highest point. Mecanoo architecten, based in Delft, designed the 6,000 m² faculty for the University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam. The new Liberal Arts and Science building…

Dutch practice Wiel Arets Architects has been named winner in the competition for the IJhal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The IJhal will be Amsterdam Centraal Station’s pedestrian centric area for gastronomic, retail and leisure facilities, for passengers and city residents alike.

Amsterdam-based NL Architects have won the competition to design a cultural stage in the Port of Amsterdam. A description of their winning entry, "Multi Mill" in below...

Amsterdam-based studio FABRIC won the most important prize for Dutch young architects. The Prix the Rome is more than 200 years old and is awarded once each four years. Last Tuesday, June 8, the jury chaired by Aron Betsky, selected FABRIC as the winner.

Dutch practice XML has won the competition for Europan 10 in Tallinn and received honorable mentions for its proposals in Madrid and Munich. Europan is a biannual, pan-European competition that aims to bring to the fore Europe’s young architecture and urban design professionals by realizing…

The five plans which have been nominated by the jury of the Ymere NAI idea competition 2009, are announced in New York. This year’s competition, ‘Open Fort 400’, which is jointly organized by the Ymere Housing Corporation and the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) in close collaboration…

In April, Bustler announced Arons en Gelauff Architects winning the adaptive reuse design competition for the two former sewage treatment silos in Amsterdam’s Zeeburg district. Here’s another very creative competition proposal for adaptive reuse design of the Zeeburg Silos by NL Architects.…

On Wednesday, April 8, Amsterdam city planning councilman Maarten van Poelgeest announced Arons en Gelauff Architects as the winner of the adaptive reuse design competition for the two former sewage treatment silos in Amsterdam’s Zeeburg district: the Annie MG Schmidt House. Annie MG Schmidt (1911-1995)…

Today Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has announced the winner of the ‘Create a Barrier of Silence’ design competition. The winning design for an innovative noise-reduction facility at Runway 18R-36L is the ‘Ecobarrier’ submitted by Toine van Goethem. Of all entries, the Ecobarrier achieved the highest scores in terms of sustainability, innovation…

The Dutch firm of UN Studio, headed by Ben Van Berkel, has been selected to design the New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion.  Images and information about the project is included below… Rendering, UNStudio Dramatic Public Hub at The Battery to Greet Millions…