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. Text…

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…

Amsterdam-based experimental design collaborative Platform 21, known for their infamous hacks of IKEA furniture, ran a Hack-your-IKEA competition this summer, and they have received nearly a hundred national and international entries to the contest. All from enthusiastic hackers that each in their own way changed an…

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has published the shortlist of the design contest for a sound barrier, to be built west of Runway 18R-36L (Polderbaan). The barrier must present an innovative solution for the complex problem of ground noise in Hoofddorp-Noord produced by aircraft taking off…