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Narrow Houses
May 18, 2007 1:22 PM GMT Source:
NBTC
The most narrow house in the world is located at Singel # 7. The tiny house is only one meter wide and not much wider than its front door. Admittedly, this is the back of the house; the front is quite a bit wider. Oude Hoogstraat 22 A runner up is the next house. Oude Hoogstraat 22 is a tiny house with a clock gable, typical for Amsterdam. The front is only 2.02 meters wide. The house is 6 meters deep. Trippen Hous Another narrow house is located nearby on 26 Kloveniersburgwal. This building
Aquartis
Apr 21, 2007 3:58 PM GMT Source:
NBTC
Entrepotdok
Year of construction: 2001
Liesbeth van der Pol designed the Aquartis loft apartments. Aquartis is located next to the Entrepot Dock warehouses and opposite Artis Amsterdam Zoo. Retaining wall
Originally, a coal depot was situated on t
Architecture & Design Amsterdam
Apr 21, 2007 3:58 PM GMT Source:
NBTC
Eastern DocklandsA well-hidden and surprising new area in Amsterdam is the Eastern docklands, situated between the Central Station and Zeeburger Island. In the past ten years it has developed into Amsterdam’s architectural showpiece and a great way
Modecentrum/ Fashion Center Almere
Apr 24, 2007 10:28 AM GMT Source:
kai
Modecentrum Almere When you enter Almere you immediately see the Modecentrum (Fashion Center), a prominent landmark. Architect Hans Kuiper developed a functional and stark, high-tech building. The first stage, a spacey-looking round building, has been com
Spectacular bridges
Apr 21, 2007 3:58 PM GMT Source:
NBTC
Sporenburg and Borneo
Year of construction: 2000
Two bright-red bridges for pedestrians and cyclists link the peninsulas of Borneo and Sporenburg in the Eastern Docklands. These bridges, designed by Adriaan Geuze, are well worth a visit. Spectacula
Betondorp
Apr 21, 2007 3:58 PM GMT Source:
NBTC
Garden village Watergraafsmeer
Year of construction: 1923
In the early 1920s the city of Amsterdam started to build houses for its inhabitants with the lowest incomes. On the edge of the city so-called garden villages featuring single family houses
Entrepotdok
Apr 21, 2007 3:58 PM GMT Source:
NBTC
Entrepotdok
Year of construction: 1829
Do you think it is impossible to walk from Amsterdam to Zutphen via Belgium in just five minutes? It is quite possible in Amsterdam and you do not even have to be super fit. You can complete this feat in the En
Begijnhof en kapel
Apr 21, 2007 3:58 PM GMT Source:
Yahoo Travel
The Beguinage lies hidden away from the noisy shopping street Kalverstraat, next to the History Museum. The English Reformed Church and an earlier Italian Catholic chapel can be found here....
De Dageraad
Apr 21, 2007 3:58 PM GMT Source:
NBTC
P.L. Takstraat Period of construction: 1920-1923 A residential complex was built north of the Amstel Canal in the 1920s. Housing Corporation De Dageraad ((The Dawn) commissioned architects M. de Klerk and P.L. Kramer to design this complex.
Dutch dancing shoes to light up the floor
Jul 06, 2007 12:00 AM GMT Source:
Big News Network
Environmentally conscious Dutch dancers will be dancing on a special dance floor Saturday to generate energy. The energy-generating dance floor, developed by a Rotterdam architecture firm, is just one of many Dutch innovations at Amsterdam's Live Eart
