Holland: Dutch Housing Architecture

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Holland: Dutch Housing Architecture

In the 1920s Dutch housing acquired international fame with the so-called Amsterdamse School. This architectural style was characterized by curving sculptural forms, realized by the imaginative use of brick. After 1985 interest in creative housing architecture reemerged. This time an array of new building materials supported an explosion of new forms and colours in the built environment.

[AMSTERDAM 24.283] Amsterdam, Houthavens: student housing (2005) in containers by architect Albert Helder. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMSTERDAM 20.662] Amsterdam: housing project Silodam (2002).Architect: MVRDV. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMSTERDAM 20.511] Amsterdam: housing project Meander (2001). Architect: Krier & Kohl. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMSTERDAM 20.030] Amsterdam,eastern docklands: housing ‘De Sfinx’ (2001). Architect: Frits van Dongen. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMSTERDAM 20.000] Amsterdam, eastern docklands: housing ‘De Sfinx’ (2001). Architect: Frits van Dongen. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMSTERDAM 5429] Amsterdam, eastern docklands: housing block Pireaeus (1994) by architects H.Kollhoff and Ch. Rapp. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMERSFOORT 6046] Amersfoort, housing in Kattenbroek (1990-95) by architect Frans van de Seyp. Right: De Woontoren. Left: Tolhuis. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMERSFOORT 5982] Amersfoort, Kattenbroek (1990-95). Housing by architects E. Chlimintzas (right) and Jan Poolen (left). Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMERSFOORT 5870] Amersfoort, housing in Kattenbroek (1990-95). Boerderijenkamer by architect J. de Graaf. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMERSFOORT 5843] Amersfoort, housing in Kattenbroek (1990-95). Het Masker by architects E. Chlimintzas (left), R. de Ruiter (centre) and J. de Graaf (right). Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMSTERDAM 5136] Amsterdam,eastern docklands: housing (1992) at Entrepothaven by atelier PRO. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[DEN HAAG 5082] Den Haag: housing project (1990) at Elandstraat. Architect: Theo Bosch. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[HOEK VAN HOLLAND 00.5070] Hoek van Holland housing (1926) in 2de Scheepvaartstraat by architect Jan Oud. Photo Mick Palarczyk.

[AMSTERDAM 20.839] Amsterdam, eastern docklands: housing project “Hoop, Liefde & Fortuin” (2002) by architect Rudy Uytenhaak. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[DEN HAAG 20.967] Den Haag: housing above shops in De Resident (2001), designed by Krier & Kohl Architekten. De central Muzentoren is an office tower. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMSTERDAM 20.480] Amsterdam: housing project Meander (2001). Architect: Krier & Kohl. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMSTERDAM 20.011] Amsterdam, eastern docklands: housing ‘De Sfinx’ (2001). Architect: Frits van Dongen. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMSTERDAM 5208] Amsterdam, eastern docklands: housing block Pireaeus (1994) by architects H.Kollhoff and Ch. Rapp. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMERSFOORT 5789] Amersfoort, housing in Kattenbroek (1990-95). Castellum by architect L.Heydenrijk Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMERSFOORT 6007] Amersfoort, housing in Kattenbroek (1990-95). Wintertuin (winter garden) by architect Wytze Patijn. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMERSFOORT 5940] Amersfoort, Kattenbroek (1990-95). Street art in Verborgen Zone. In the background: Nieuwe Muurhuizen by architects Bhalotra and Bolsius. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMERSFOORT 5847] Amersfoort, housing in Kattenbroek (1990-95). Het Masker by architects E. Chlimintzas (left) and R. de Ruiter (right). Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[UTRECHT 5012] Utrecht: housing project (1991) at Veeartsenijstraat. Architect: Meeder & Noorlag. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[DEN HAAG 5060] Den Haag: housing project (1990) at Elandstraat. Architect: Theo Bosch. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[AMSTERDAM 5320] Amsterdam, eastern docklands: housing in renovated 19th cent. warehouse ‘Maandag tot en met Zaterdag’. Architect: Chris Smit Photo Mick Palarczyk.