ULTRA MODERN DECOR

Architecture Institute in Amsterdam, Model of Modern Architecture

The original Architecture Centre Amsterdam called for a larger, more modern space; something that would become an apt representation of architectural inspiration and innovation. Resourceful architect Rene van Zuuk took a crack at a fresh design that would incorporate the future of architecture while still making use of the original structures existing floors and columns – a condition for the new plan. Van Zuuk has artfully blended the old with the new. The contemporary trapezoid-shaped building boasts a magnificent, irregular-shaped window spilling across its facade. Where not windowed, the building is clad in KalZip skin – “a folded seam method ideal for creating singularly curved surfaces. The zinc-coated aluminum strips forming a continuous plane curling itself all around the building mass,” according to the architects. Inside, the three-storey structure is flooded with natural light via the expansive window, and glass partitions inside let the light freely flow from one area to the next. Rene van Zuuk.

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