Amsterdam has a new library and it is gorgeous. The building on the restructured Oosterdokseiland (near Amsterdam Central Station) is definetely worth a visit when you are in the neighbourhood. Jo Coenen is the architect of this public library, which is the largest in The Netherlands. Coenen has created a refined transitional area between the upper and lower floors by using a raised plinth. The reading and study rooms are like terraces and are placed around large and tall empty spaces.
The library is open to the public seven days a week from 10 o’clock in the morning to 10 o’clock at night. The address is Oosterdokskade 143 in Amsterdam.
(images by designws)
While it’s officially still summer I want to show you this summerhouse by architect Tommie Wilhelmsen. His website is in Norwegian. And as I don’t speak Norwegian, I can’t tell you much about the house except for that it is gorgeous (but you can see that for yourself).
To the Norwegian architect basic elements like wind, terrain, sun, rain, landscape and climate is the basis for all design. Tommie: “Each house is designed only for one spot on the planet. The projects are developed not as only practical planing, but also as visual research. The playful, naive optimistic and useless has just as big value in the design process as the logical and practical. Essential is the belief that a good house can change your life. Good architecture is a place that its never easy to leave”. Visit his website to see all the other gorgeous houses that he designed.
(via Treehugger)
