Tag Mvrdv

14-11-2022

MVRDV Gaîté Montparnasse urban regeneration in Paris

In the French capital, the architectural studio MVRDV is working on an urban block, reusing significant parts of a previous building, constructed in the 1970s, to create a new mixed-use complex. The new project creates a more welcoming building by streamlining the existing uses and expanding the offer with new social housing and a kindergarten.

26-10-2022

MVRDV transforms a shopping centre in Lyon

What to do with an old shopping centre from the ’70s such as La Part-Dieu, right in the centre of Lyon, France? - Call Dutch studio MVRRDV and ask them to transform it in a way that not only sustainably reuses a lot of the materials from the existing building, but reorganises and expands its internal programmes, making an urban dinosaur into an attractive location for the citizenry and revitalising its surroundings.

11-10-2022

Floriade Expo 2022 prequel to Hortus, a sustainable urban district

Last weekend the Floriade Expo 2022, the international horticulture exhibition held in the Netherlands every 10 years, closed in Almere. For six months, the 60-hectare Floriade park, on the Weerwater lake, presented the latest horticultural developments from around the world and now the park will be transformed into Hortus, a new sustainable residential area.

06-10-2022

MVRDV Radio Hotel and Tower: a colourful new landmark for Upper Manhattan

The Radio Hotel and Tower, the first project by the architectural firm MVRDV in the United States, was recently opened. The colourful building creates a new landmark for the Upper Manhattan skyline and offers the Washington Heights neighbourhood, where it was built, new hotel and office facilities.

28-07-2022

One Green Mile by MVRDV with StudioPOD in Mumbai, India

The Dutch architecture firm MVRDV, in collaboration with the urban planners from StudioPOD, has transformed a first section of what is one of the classic non-urban places, in this specific case Mumbai’s Senapati Bapat Marg flyover. Thanks to the architectural intervention carried out, One Green Mile has created a public space for the entire local community, adding much needed services and greenery.

21-07-2022

MVRDV interior for post pandemic offices of Shopify Berlin

The interior design project completed for Shopify's Berlin offices allows the architectural firm MVRDV to address and rethink the design of an office after the pandemic, and in the light of the widespread and obligatory home office experience.

19-07-2022

The finalists of the World Architecture Festival 2022

The World Architecture Festival 2022 has unveiled the list of finalist projects that will be presented from 30 November to 2 December in Lisbon, Portugal. Following the festival’s well-established formula, the finalist architecture firms will present their projects live to the jury and the audience of colleagues attending the event.

09-06-2022

A rendezvous with a view: The Podium by MVRDV

Just a few short days after Rotterdam’s Rooftop Walk opened its doors to the public comes another installation from MVRDV intended to make a very special rooftop in the Dutch city accessible to all, namely that of the Het Nieuwe Instituut, a cultural centre with a focus on architecture, design and digital culture. The vibrant hot pink podium forms the heart of Rotterdam Architecture Month - this June - and will later be used as an event location until the end of August.

03-06-2022

Rotterdam Rooftop Walk or Rotterdam as you have never seen it

Designed by Rotterdam Rooftop Days and MVRDV, the bright orange Rotterdam Rooftop Walk is a 30-metre high and 600-metre long temporary structure located in the city centre which, for a month, offers the public fantastic views of the city. The initiative shows the potential of rooftops as contributors to a sustainable, healthy and liveable city.