Netherlands Architecture

Modern Aluminum Home with Ever-Changing Facade, Interior

Netherlands architects Boetzkes Helder designed this modern aluminum home with surprises at every turn. The extraordinary facade features textured aluminum panels that change color depending on how the sun hits them. But the sun also plays an important role to interiors, which again, depending on the time of day and the sun’s position in the sky, feature a dramatic interplay of light and shadow. Another example of innovative Netherlands architecture! The exterior of the home is a simple rectangular form ... Continue >

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Three Floor House Design Disguised as a Single-Storey

Caught between a rock and a hard place – well, more like nestled between the street and the water – Netherlands architects NAT Architecten designed this cool L-shaped house to embrace its unusual setting. The street-side of this three floor house design is just one floor in order to minimize exposure to street traffic, while the waterfront side enjoys three floors and a full glass-wall facade to maximize the views. The bold, block facade is a great contrast to the ... Continue >

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Center Courtyard Home Plans - Timeless Ranch Design with Glass Facade

WHIM Architecture designed this striking contemporary center courtyard home plan for a 60-plus couple in Burgh-Haamstede, The Netherlands. At the rear, a 20-meter-long glass facade overlooks a treed embankment, with main living areas – the kitchen, living room and dining room – situated toward this natural green view. The rest of this ranch style house is laid out surrounding a center courtyard, ideal for outdoor living and entertaining. The courtyard house design also floods the indoors with natural light through ... Continue >

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Modern Island Home in Amsterdam Nature Reserve

Netherlands architecture firm VMX Architects has coupled contemporary aesthetics and creature comforts in their design dubbed Sodae House. This modern island home boasts an unusual blend of angles and glass, making it an unlikely find among its natural surroundings on the island of Kostverlorenkade 1 in Amsterdam. “The starting point for the concept was the perception of the landscape, the distant high buildings of the Zuid As and the Rembrandt Tower as well as the view of the aeroplanes travelling ... Continue >

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