MVRDV to build giant scaffolding staircase in Rotterdam city centre
Dutch office MVRDV has revealed plans to build a huge staircase out of scaffolding in Rotterdam, the latest in a series of exciting new additions to the city. More
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MVRDV to transform La Part Dieu shopping centre in Lyon
Rotterdam firm MVRDV has unveiled its plans to overhaul La Part Dieu retail complex in Lyon, which feature an "evaporating" facade and a rooftop park. More
MVRDV unveils pearlescent shopping centre nearing completion in Beijing
Rotterdam studio MVRDV has revealed its design for a shopping centre with a pearlescent facade, which is on target to complete this summer in central Beijing. More
MVRDV to transform 600 hectares of historic city in Normandy
Rotterdam firm MVRDV has revealed plans to overhaul 600 hectares of Caen, the French city where William the Conqueror built his castle, creating housing, offices and numerous leisure attractions (+ slideshow). More
MVRDV unveils plans for sunken lagoon park in Taiwan
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV is to replace a flooded shopping centre in the Taiwanese city Tainan with a lagoon to create a "hip urban pool" and artificial beach (+ slideshow). More
MVRDV's proposed 2004 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion was "a heroic failure"
Movie: in our next exclusive movie with Julia Peyton-Jones, the Serpentine Gallery director discusses the artificial mountain MVRDV proposed for the 2004 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which eventually proved too expensive to build. More
MVRDV completes flower-inspired office block near Shanghai Hongqiao Airport
Designed to looked like a four-petalled flower, this office block is the first of 10 buildings that Dutch firm MVRDV is constructing beside Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport (+ slideshow). More
MVRDV completes Amsterdam tennis clubhouse with seating bowl on the roof
The roof of this bright red tennis clubhouse by Rotterdam firm MVRDV doubles up as an expansive seating area for game spectators (+ slideshow). More
MVRDV's plant-covered proposal wins Ravel Plaza Amsterdam competition
Protruding bay windows and angular balconies feature in Rotterdam firm MVRDV's proposal for a greenery-covered high-rise complex in Amsterdam's financial district. More
MVRDV's Markthal in Rotterdam "monumentalises food" says Winy Maas
In the 10th and final instalment from our exclusive MVRDV movie series, architect Winy Maas explains how the firm's huge arch-shaped market hall in Rotterdam has become a place for meeting and celebration (+ movie). More
MVRDV used pixellated forms to make DNB Bank "human and approachable" says Winy Maas
Winy Maas of MVRDV explains how his design for a "big building composed of mini units" created a headquarters for Norway's DNB Bank interspersed with indoor and outdoor meeting places, in the penultimate movie from our exclusive series (+ movie). More
Frosilo apartments offer a "great combination of old and new" says MVRDV's Jacob van Rijs
The eighth movie in our exclusive series profiling buildings by MVRDV looks at Frosilo – a pair of converted seed silos in Copenhagen that now contain some of the neighbourhood's most sought-after apartments (+ movie). More
MVRDV created "a different kid on the block" with Haus am Hang, says Jacob van Rijs
MVRDV co-founder Jacob van Rijs explains how the staggered formation of his firm's Haus am Hang in Stuttgart gives every floor its own outdoor space in the latest movie from our exclusive series (+ movie). More
MVRDV's Silodam block contains a cross-section of Amsterdam society says Nathalie de Vries
The sixth movie in our exclusive series profiling the buildings of MVRDV focuses on Silodam – a polychromatic apartment building on Amsterdam harbour that studio co-founder Nathalie de Vries describes as a "big block lying in the water" (+ movie). More
MVRDV's Parkrand apartment block is "like a big mansion" says Jacob van Rijs
MVRDV co-founder Jacob van Rijs explains how the firm created an Amsterdam housing development where over 200 homes share one big "outdoor living room" in the latest movie from our exclusive series (+ movie). More
Winy Maas: an "open heart" reveals the inner workings of MVRDV's Pushed Slab office block
MVRDV's Winy Maas explains how the hollow centre he created at the heart of a Paris office block allows passersby a privileged view into the movements of a financial services company, in the latest movie from our exclusive series (+ movie). More
MVRDV's "office village" avoids business park cliches says Jacob van Rijs
MVRDV created an urban centre in the heart of "business-park suburbia" with its UPV Munich office park, says studio co-founder Jacob van Rijs in the third movie from our exclusive series (+ movie). More
MVRDV's Stedelijk Museum renovation makes way for the historical details says Nathalie de Vries
MVRDV's Nathalie de Vries explains how she used "a wallpaper" of storage and furnishings to transform a Neoclassical chapel into the entrance for the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, in the second in a series of exclusive movies profiling the Dutch studio's work. More
MVRDV's Spijkenisse library has become a "proud mountain of books" says Winy Maas
In the first of a series of exclusive movies profiling buildings by Dutch firm MVRDV, architect and studio co-founder Winy Maas looks back at Book Mountain – a library contained within a glass pyramid. More
MVRDV's Zaanstad Cultural Cluster will house five Dutch institutions in one building
Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has won a competition to design the Cultural Cluster in the heart of the city of Zaanstad, with a proposal to group multiple institutions inside one building – each with their own house-shaped presence on the facade. More