News ‘Crumbling’ towers in Taipei to form new district gateway Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled the design for the Nangang Pair, two office towers that appear as a single building split in two, that will act as an eastern gateway…
News Architectural heavyweights team up for residential scheme on the Black Sea An architectural team of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), MVRDV and Snøhetta have unveiled designs for Ion Riva, a new neighbourhood with 969 homes, 100,000-sq-m of green space and a new…
News Rotterdam greenlights major new office building The city of Rotterdam has approved the Bluezone Offices, a 47,000-sq-m development that its architect MVRDV says is the biggest commercial building currently set for construction in the Netherlands. The…
News Giant ball-shaped stadium planned in Tirana Dutch architect MVRDV has won a design competition for a complex that will house a sports arena, a hotel and apartments all contained in a giant, 100m-diameter ball in Tirana,…
News Saxophone-shaped building going up in Rotterdam Construction has begun on The Sax, a saxophone-shaped residential development in Rotterdam, touted as the Netherlands’ “most densely occupied area” by architect MVRDV. The Sax will have 916 apartments across…
News “Human” artificial intelligence campus focused on wellbeing under construction in Germany Construction has begun on the 30-hectare Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence (IPAI) campus in Heilbronn, southwest Germany. The site will eventually host around 5,000 people working across science, business, and government,…
News MVRDV designs giant rock-like structures for Taiwan’s coastline Dutch architect MVRDV and Taiwan’s HWC Architects have unveiled the design for a series of buildings with a look inspired by the surrounding natural rocks in Jialeshui, on Taiwan’s south…
News Asia’s biggest cement factory now a stylish leisure district Once home to Asia’s biggest cement factory, an awkward waterfront industrial zone in Shanghai is now a stylish culture and leisure district that uses the site’s old, monolithic structures to…
News MVRDV designs “Out of the Box” 25-storey residential tower in Taipei Dutch architect MVRDV has designed the 25-storey “Out of the Box” residential tower for the Win Sing Development Company in Taipei’s northern Tianmu neighbourhood. It has a jagged marble façade…
News Holy Water: Vacant Dutch church to become swimming pool Dutch companies MVRDV and Zecc Architecten have been selected to design a renovation of the St. Francis of Assisi Church in Heerlen, south east Netherlands, into a public swimming pool…
News Rotating exhibition centre hopes to reinvigorate Rotterdam’s port Dutch architect MVRDV has announced that Portlantis, a 3,500 sq m exhibition centre that showcases the work of the Port of Rotterdam, has been completed. The building is formed from…
News MVRDV creates mall to look like “stack of boxes” Dutch architect MVRDV has unveiled the design for the LuLa Light Mall, a largely open air shopping centre in Chengdu, China, designed to resemble a “loose stack of boxes”. A…
News MVRDV designs shipping container sports club for Jordanian refugee camp Dutch architect MVRDV has developed a modular clubhouse for the Azraq camp in Jordan, which is home to about 41,000 refugees from the fighting in Syria. The idea is to…
News MVRDV designs China’s badminton headquarters with racket roof and shuttlecock tower Dutch firm MVRDV and China’s Huayi Design have won a competition to design the Shenzhen Pingshan Sports Park. This complex will be the home of China’s national badminton team, and…
News MVRDV completes pixellated Abu Dhabi neighbourhood Construction has been completed on Pixel, a 85,000 sq m mixed-use development designed by Dutch architect MVRDV in Abu Dhabi. At the centre of the project is a communal plaza…
News Tiffany & Co Shanghai branch contains “diamond” encrusted façade by MVRDV Dutch architect MVRDV has designed a façade for a Tiffany shop in a Shanghai retail development bejeweled by 6,988 handcrafted glass “diamonds”. The shop is located in Taikoo-Li Qiantan retail…
News MVRDV transforms 19th-century Amsterdam building into EV outlet Chinese EV-maker Nio has opened a flagship European showroom in a 19th-century insurance building in Amsterdam. The building on Amsterdam’s Keizersgracht was built in 1891 for the New York Life…
News Mixed-use project transforms Eindhoven factory Dutch architect MVRDV has unveiled its design for Strijp-S Tribune, a stepped, eight-storey-tall mixed-use building in Eindhoven. MVRDV designed the project for housing association Trudo, with 56 units that are…