News Mad Architects’ migrant art museum to open in Rotterdam in May Beijing-based Mad Architects has announced that its design for the Fenix Museum of Migration in Rotterdam will shortly open to the public. Commissioned by the Droom en Daad (Dreams Come…
News Dutch municipalities to build trailer parks to tackle housing crisis In response to a worsening housing crisis, seven Dutch municipalities are moving ahead with plans to create flexible districts with prefabricated mobile homes, dubbed “flexcities”. The districts will consist of…
News Heineken starts €45m biochemical and ‘sensory research’ centre Heineken has begun building a €45m research centre near its brewery in Zoeterwoude, the Netherlands. When complete next summer, the “Dr HP Heineken Centre” will cover 8,800 sq m and…
Companies Vinci buys two venerable Dutch firms to target electrical marine sector Vinci Energies has announced the purchase of two Dutch companies operating in the maritime sector for an undisclosed amount. The companies bought from the same shareholder are RH Marine and…
News MVRDV transforms 19th-century Amsterdam building into EV outlet Chinese EV-maker Nio has opened a flagship European showroom in a 19th-century insurance building in Amsterdam. The building on Amsterdam’s Keizersgracht was built in 1891 for the New York Life…
News Dutch firm to build 75MW waste-to-energy plant in Lagos A Dutch waste-to-energy specialist has formed a partnership with the government of Lagos State in Nigeria to build a plant to power some 40,000 homes. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Harvest…
News Mixed-use project transforms Eindhoven factory Dutch architect MVRDV has unveiled its design for Strijp-S Tribune, a stepped, eight-storey-tall mixed-use building in Eindhoven. MVRDV designed the project for housing association Trudo, with 56 units that are…
News Mott MacDonald picked for Dutch battery scheme Mott MacDonald has been chosen to provide owner’s engineering and advisory services on the Leopard Project, billed as one of Europe’s largest battery energy storage projects with a physical capacity…
News Besix team nears finish line on Rotterdam’s new ring road The consortium building the new A16 ring road around northern Rotterdam has nearly finished the giant Terbregseplein flyover, member Besix posted on X. Called “De Groene Boog” (The Green Arch),…
News Netherlands to get world’s largest green hydrogen plant The Mitsubishi Corporation will invest $690m in developing the world’s largest green hydrogen plant in the Netherlands, Nikkei Asia reports. The Japanese industrial conglomerate has teamed up with Dutch renewable…
News Former factory and warehouse transformed into Dutch innovation district A former business park in the northeastern Dutch city of Zwolle will be transformed into an “innovation district” known as WärtZ. It will cover 9.5ha and will containing 850 homes…
News Stellantis in talks to build battery mega factory with China’s CATL Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) and Dutch-based car maker Stellantis Group signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday outlining plans to form an alliance. It sees CATL supplying…
News Dutch firms penalised for helping to build Russia’s bridge to Crimea Four unnamed Dutch firms and eight individuals have been penalised in the Netherlands for helping Russia build a bridge to Crimea between 2014 and 2017 in breach of EU sanctions,…
News Dutch construction sector braces for sharp contraction The Dutch construction industry is expected to shrink by 2.5% next year, the biggest contraction in a decade, according to a report by ING bank. It warned of a combination…
News Amsterdam plans to build up to 30 modular schools from wood The Circlewood consortium, a collective of architects, engineers, builders and researchers, has designed a modular building concept that will act as the basis for up to 30 schools in Amsterdam.…
News Arcadis to implement $750m Dutch hydrogen network Dutch consultant Arcadis is working on plans for the roll-out of a $750m high-pressure hydrogen network across the Netherlands. Arcadis is acting on behalf of client Hynetwork Services, a subsidiary…
News Amsterdam to open huge underwater bike sheds Amsterdam is about to open two very large underwater bicycle parking spaces under the Open Havenfront waterway next to the city’s Central Station. The Stationsplein Bicycle Shed has room for…
News Powerhouse Company’s revamp of Eindhoven’s Bunker celebrates “raw glamour” of brutalism Dutch architect Powerhouse Company has added an extension to a brutalist former student building in Eindhoven to create a 100m-tall tower. The 32,600 sq ft project will house 210 apartments…