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Town Hall Rotterdam (in collaboration with Merk X)

In 1920, after a construction period of six years, the Beaux-Arts style town hall at the Coolsingel designed by Henri Evers was ready for use. It had become a true Gesamtkunstwerk, a coherent whole of architecture …

Community College ROC Het Sieraad

Since its foundation in 1926, this building, built in the Amsterdam School-style, has been used as an educational building. Initially as a technical school and subsequently, from 1980 until 2000, as a vocational …

Transport and dismantling of NDSM crane 13 in Amsterdam

Last month, on Monday 22 July 2013, the Faraldakraan in Amsterdam was dismantled and moved to Franeker. The NDSM crane will be placed back in 2 months in the form of a special hotel. IAA created the aesthetic concept …

Architecture exhibition 'De Bazel's Dome'

One hundred years ago, architect Karel de Bazel designed a new synagogue in the centre of Enschede, on a rather small plot behind the existing synagogue. At the time, the building had become too small for the growing …

ROC van Twente celebrates 'Purple Friday'

'Purple Friday', every second Friday in December, is a day when students, teachers and other staff wear the colour purple to show their solidarity with gay, bisexual, lesbian, transgender and intersex people. Like …

New entrance area at 'De Maere' in Enschede

For a long time, students of the ROC van Twente location Ariënsplein and those of Saxion 'Epy Drost' shared the same entrance at the Van Galenstraat. The upgrading of Ariënsplein into a new public space offered the …

Textile School De Maere

Higher Textile School De Maere was built in Enschede in 1922 as a combination of a learning school with (classrooms) and a learning factory at the rear of the building, where practical lessons could be followed in a …

The Bleekerij

In order to be independent from external bleacheries, Enschede based textile manufacturer Van Heek built a factory in Boekelo in 1888 to be able to bleach his textiles himself. The location for the N.V. Boekelosche …

Twenthe Centrum

Golden Phoenix for transformation ROC Twente

The Golden Phoenix is a prize of the National Renovation Platform, which is awarded annually in 3 categories: area transformation, renovation and transformation. IAA Architecten has won the Golden Phoenix 2011 in …