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MVRDV

We create happy and adventurous places. MVRDV was founded in 1993 by Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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The practice engages globally in providing solutions to contemporary architectural and urban issues. A highly collaborative, research-based design method involves clients, stakeholders and experts from a wide range of fields from early on in the creative process. The results are exemplary, outspoken projects, which enable our cities and landscapes to develop towards a better future. The products of MVRDV’s unique approach to design vary, ranging from buildings of all types and sizes, to urban plans and visions, numerous publications, installations and exhibitions. Built projects include the Netherlands Pavilion for the World EXPO 2000 in Hannover; the Market Hall, a combination of housing and retail in Rotterdam; the Pushed Slab, a sustainable office building in Paris’ first eco-district; Flight Forum, an innovative business park in Eindhoven; the Silodam Housing complex in Amsterdam; the Matsudai Cultural Centre in Japan; the Unterföhring office campus near Munich; the Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam; the Ypenburg housing and urban plan in The Hague; the Didden Village rooftop housing extension in Rotterdam; the music centre De Effenaar in Eindhoven; the Gyre boutique shopping center in Tokyo; a public library in Spijkenisse; an international bank headquarters in Oslo, Norway; and the iconic Mirador and Celosia housing in Madrid. Current projects include a variety of housing projects in the Netherlands, Spain, China, France, the US, India, Korea and other countries; a culture plaza in Nanjing and museums in Hangzhou, China and Roskilde, Denmark, an art deport in Rotterdam, an office complex in Shanghai, and the renovation of a mixed use building in Hong Kong. MVRDV is also working on large scale urban masterplans in Bordeaux and Caen, France and the masterplan for an eco-city in Logroño, Spain. Larger scale visions for the future of greater Paris, greater Oslo, and the doubling in size of the Dutch new town Almere are also in development. MVRDV first published a manifesto of its work and ideas in FARMAX (1998), followed by MetaCity/Datatown (1999), Costa Iberica (2000), Regionmaker (2002), 5 Minutes City (2003), KM3 (2005), Spacefighter (2007) and Skycar City (2007), and more recently The Vertical Village (with The Why Factory, 2012) and the firm’s first monograph of built works MVRDV Buildings (2013). MVRDV deals with issues ranging from global sustainability in large scale studies such as Pig City, to small, pragmatic architectural solutions for devastated areas such as New Orleans. The work of MVRDV is exhibited and published worldwide and has received numerous international awards. Seventy architects, designers and other staff develop projects in a multi-disciplinary, collaborative design process which involves rigorous technical and creative investigation. MVRDV works with BIM and has official in-house BREEAM and LEED assessors. Together with Delft University of Technology, MVRDV runs The Why Factory, an independent think tank and research institute providing an agenda for architecture and urbanism by envisioning the city of the future.

23/10/2026

An iconic modernist house becoming a museum – but its accessibility, once restricted to a single family, must now be considered for everyone.

The Villa Müller in Prague, designed by Adolf Loos, recently opened its doors after being closed for more than a year and a half due to reconstruction. Now a museum, the villa is open for tours, with new routes showcasing rooms that were previously off-limits to visitors.

During the opening at the end of September, The Why Factory, together with the Muzeum Prahy and architecture students of the České vysoké učení technické v Praze, presented a new research publication, exploring the question of accessibility of the villa.

The book "(T)Raumplan: How to All Access the Villa Müller" investigates how the villa's complex spatial organisation can be made more accessible while preserving the qualities that make it one of Loos's most important works.

The villa is a challenging prototype with interconnected rooms arranged across different levels, according to Loos's Raumplan. This three-dimensional sequence of spaces presents barriers to physical access. (T)Raumplan asks how adapting, shaping, and questioning the existing architecture could generate new possibilities.

The book presents 23 speculative interventions, ranging from elevators, ramps, and moving platforms to more radical proposals involving kinetic architecture, robots, drones, and virtual reality. The proposals are deliberately broad, testing the limits of what might be possible rather than offering a single solution.

The title (T)Raumplan combines Raumplan with traum, the German word for dream. It reflects the project's ambition to imagine how Loos's revolutionary spatial concept might be adapted for the centuries to come, while retaining the complexity that makes it unique.

The publication will soon be available via the Museum of Prague's e-shop. Read more here! https://mvrdv.com/news/4915/traumplan-publication-of-the-why-factory-investigates-accessibility-of-villa-muller-in-prague

21/10/2026

🚨 Calling all aspiring architects, designers, and creative thinkers! Applications are open for our next internship programme, starting March 2027. We're looking for enthusiastic individuals ready to design for a changing world.

At MVRDV, you'll join an international team collaborating on architecture, interiors, urbanism, and research that are innovative, social, green, realistic, and remarkable.

It’s more than "just work" – being an intern here means joining a supportive community with opportunities for growth and fun! Think team sports, learning events, and social gatherings. ⚽📚🎉

We have internship openings in:
🏢 Architecture
🏙️ Urbanism & landscape
🛋️ Interior design
📐 Model making
📈 Business development
📱 Public relations

Interested? Check out our website 👉 https://jobs.mvrdv.com/
Or tag someone who should apply in the comments!

20/10/2026

📚 A new Central Library for Essen! With its relocation to a more central spot in the city, we designed the interior of the new Zentralbibliothek, which will function as a cultural hub and "third place" for Esseners.

Designing with includi by aatvos and Meyer Architekten GmbH, we started by investigating the role of libraries over the centuries – from closed-off monuments to repositories of information for a broad audience. Our concept reflects the current transition of libraries into spaces of interaction and learning, using sociologist Ray Oldenburg's theory of the "third place": a place in everyday life alongside home and work or school that is welcoming, social, and cultural. 🛋️🎨

The interior concept is built around two ideas: making the collection easy to navigate and revealing the people and activities inside to the city. The bookshelf itself is a defining element of the design, with clusters of shelves with distinct identities and purposes for playing, gaming, learning, and hobbies. Vibrant colours are used in high-energy, communal spaces while a calmer palette denotes places for individual and completive activities.

The new Zentralbibliothek is located in a former department store. The façade is activated with a continuous ribbon of study spaces, hangout zones, play areas, viewing spots, and plants. Visible from the outside, these spaces connect the everyday activities of library users with the city, inviting people to read, work, socialise, or relax. Inside, a ground-floor café invites people in, while a central atrium, orientation points, and wayfinding system make the building easy to navigate.

Across the floors, visitors can explore a wide range of media and literature, alongside makerspaces, rehearsal rooms, equipment such as 3D printers, VR technology and robotics, and spaces for focused studying and collaborative workshops. On the top floor, the "Stadt Raum" provides a venue for events with panoramic views across the city.

🏙️ The library opens its doors to the public on October 24. Read more on the design here! https://www.mvrdv.com/news/4913/the-library-as-a-%E2%80%9Cthird-place%E2%80%9D-essen-central-library-becomes-a-cultural-hub-with-an-interior-designed-by-mvrdv-and-includi

Stadt Essen - Das Stadtportal
📸 Daria Scagliola

05/10/2026

Built by women – in Amsterdam! Last week, the exhibition "Gebouwen door Vrouwen in het Oostelijk Havengebied" was opened at the Borneo Architectuur Centrum Amsterdam, exploring projects by female designers in the city's eastern docklands.

We are featured with our designs for the Lloyd Hotel and Borneo-12. The Lloyd Hotel project transformed a 1920s former emigrant hotel and prison into a 120-room hotel and cultural hub, with a new communal void carved through its historic interior. Borneo-12 is an experimental private house on an exceptionally narrow plot, using just half of its five-metre width to create a 2.5-metre-wide home alongside a private alley.

The exhibition presents an inventory of projects designed by women, ranging from buildings to the design of public spaces. The projects are showcased through design sketches, construction drawings, visualisations, models, and photographs.

The exhibition was created by the platform Gebouwen door Vrouwen that celebrates the work of female designers shaping the built environment. On display until 16 December, find more info here! https://architectenweb.nl/agenda/event.aspx?id=41984

📸 Marlies Doesburg

01/10/2026

🛋️ 🏙️ A living room of the city! We have designed the Barcode Collection, a new range of modular urban furniture, for Escofet 1886.

The collection has three basic building blocks – the Tribune, the Dune, and the Desk – which are designed to fit together into continuous landscapes. Anything can be created, from long "barcodes" or small "islands".

The design process began by thinking on the scale of urban space, instead of single product design. We imagined how more archetypical shapes could be utilised to playfully reimagine the urban landscape – envisioning a space for people to interact and creatively occupy their cities.

The Tribune is a set of broad steps for people to climb, sit and observe, while the Dune offers a smooth slope, perfect for reclining. The Desk includes a bench and table for people to eat, work, or simply chat with others.

🧩 The three elements have the same width and height, allowing them to be placed back-to-back to form a continuous surface – a "barcode". Elements can be placed side-by-side for double-width barcodes, two-by-two islands, or any creative configuration that can be imagined.

🌳 Each of the elements comes in a number of variations, making the collection even more versatile. Tree planters can be incorporated into the Tribune and Dune. The placement of the slope on the Dune can vary to enable side-by-side placement. The Desk is made up of separate parts, with the bench and table available separately. The elements are available in eight different colours of concrete, resulting in a total of 72 different elements to choose from.

Read more on the project here! https://mvrdv.com/news/4906/mvrdv-barcode-collection-for-escofet-shows-the-potential-of-modular-street-furniture-

25/09/2026

Happy Moon Festival! 🌕
中秋快乐

11/09/2026

The Urban Revivo flagship store in Beijing has been shortlisted in the Single-Brand Store category in this year's FRAME awards! 🤩

Located in the Sanlitun shopping district, the store's design reflects both the cosmopolitan outlook of fashion brand Urban Revivo and a connection to the local architectural character of China's capital.

The store's striking aesthetic begins with its façade. This is formed by suspended aluminium tiles and tubes, subtly branded with Urban Revivo's initials and finished in a "dichroic" coating that changes colour depending on the viewing angle, from purple to Urban Revivo's signature blue.

Throughout the store, familiar elements of Beijing's architecture are reinterpreted in a contemporary way. The entrance and display windows echo the form of traditional Chinese moon gates, while the grey brick interior recalls the city's historic hutongs.

Inside, the experience unfolds as a journey from traditional to contemporary. As visitors move upwards through the building, the characteristic archways evolve from the rounded moon gate to a modern inverted curve. Materials and accent colours follow the same progression, transitioning from lively, expressive interiors on the lower levels to darker, more refined spaces above.

Six immersive "Bold Rooms" showcase special collections, each with their own character. Highlights include the "playful room" with recycled fabric blocks and the "soft room", whose walls are entirely covered in cushions. ☁️

Read more about the nomination here: https://frameweb.com/project/ur-beijing-sanlitun-flagship-store-1
Learn more about the Urban Revivo Sanlitun Flagship Store here: https://www.mvrdv.com/projects/1245/urban-revivo-sanlitun-flagship-store

📸 Urban Revivo

10/09/2026

📖👀 Looking for a good book? Condé Nast Traveler wrote about our Tianjin Binhai Library in their list of The World's Most Beautiful Libraries Worth Traveling For!

This futuristic library features a luminous spherical auditorium and floor-to-ceiling cascading bookcases. Located in Tianjin in China, it functions not only as an education centre but as a social space and connector from the park into the city's cultural district.

The Eye, a luminous sphere with an auditorium inside, takes centre stage in the atrium. The terraced bookshelves echo the form of the sphere and create an interior, topographical landscape whose contours reach out and wrap around the façade.

The five-level building contains a variety of educational facilities, accessed through the central atrium space. From the ground floor visitors can easily access reading areas for children and the elderly, the auditorium and the terraces which lead to the floors above. The first and second floors consist primarily of reading rooms, books, and lounge areas while the upper floors include meeting rooms, offices, computer and audio rooms, and two rooftop patios. 📚 💻 🎧

Read the article here! https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-09-02/10-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-libraries
Find more info on the Tianjin Binhai Library here: https://www.mvrdv.com/projects/246/tianjin-binhai-library

📸 Ossip van Duivenbode

04/09/2026

🏠⛰️ Nieuw Bergen has been nominated for the "Residential building of the Year" in the Architectenweb Awards!

This project contains five new buildings and two transformed historic structures, bringing 237 diverse homes to Eindhoven – from apartments for singles to family residences, and from social housing to penthouses.

The seven buildings gradually transition in scale and height, allowing the density to blend into its low-rise, historic context. A gradient of façade colours reinforces this transition, moving from the dark red brick of the existing buildings through brown, beige, and light grey to the white stone façade of the 17-storey tower. 🧱🟫⬜

The jagged sloping roofs create a dramatic, mountainous silhouette while following a 45-degree angle from neighbouring structures to maximise daylight. ☀️📐 Covered with greenery and photovoltaic panels, three roof peaks feature open terraces with communal spaces and a greenhouse for gardening. Ground-floor retail spaces benefit from sunny, largely car-free public areas with room for terraces. 🌿🛍️🍽️

Read more on Nieuw Bergen here! https://mvrdv.com/projects/290/nieuw-bergen

SDK Vastgoed B.V. | Stam + De Koning Bouw bv
📸 Ossip van Duivenbode

03/09/2026

A new cultural and creative neighborhood in Potsdam – the Kreativ Quartier has been completed!

Our masterplan set out to restore the historic urban block while introducing a very different kind of inner world: a dense and vibrant "Village" for the city's creative community. 🎨🏛️

Rather than leaving the centre of the block as an open square, the plan proposed a collection of smaller buildings, alleys, courtyards, and squares. This created space for a diverse mix of uses and considerably more affordable space for artists and small-scale creative businesses than originally required in the brief.

Across the quarter, 25,000 square metres of floor space accommodate creative and cultural uses alongside shops and event spaces, with existing historic structures integrated into the ensemble.

The ideas behind the masterplan have now taken physical form. Following our design for developer Glockenweiß, the individual buildings and their ex*****on were developed further by the project's subsequent architects, designers, and construction teams.

👥🤝 What began as a participatory process involving the city, developers, architects, and future users has become a new piece of Potsdam: a place that combines the intimacy of a village with the energy of a creative quarter.

The Kreativ Quartier opens on September 4. Read more on our masterplan here! https://www.mvrdv.com/projects/419/potsdam-kreativ-quartier%C2%B3

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