The canals of Amsterdam are an iconic part of the city’s landscape, and the transformed stations once used to control their traffic are now serving as an intimate way to experience them, offering unique waterfront accommodation with a historical flavor.
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The RoBoat project is planning to get autonomous boats on the waters to ferry passengers and cargo, join together to form temporary floating structures, and monitor the environment. Now the design has been tweaked to be make them smarter, more agile and easier to manufacture.
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A set of upcycled shipping containers have breathed new life into a derelict and underused space at Amsterdam Science Park, stacking together to form a new co-working space for budding entrepreneurs called Startup Village.
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Last month, New Atlas took the opportunity to explore just some of Amsterdam's modern architectural highlights, taking in museums, apartment blocks, bridges and bicycle parks along the way. We've put together a gallery of what we saw in a city at the forefront of contemporary building design.
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Yays Concierged Boutique Apartments, working with designer Edward van Vliet, has turned a 1950s crane in Amsterdam into a serviced apartment. The project makes use of the original crane operator’s huts, and offers a great view of the surrounding area.
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Patch22 offers a persuasive argument for the use of wood in tall building construction. Located in Amsterdam, the wooden high rise ticks all the right boxes: inviting, sustainable and above all flexible, its easily-changed interiors even allow residents to put their bathtubs on the balconies.
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BIG and Barcode Architects have designed a mixed-use project for a lake in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, that will include zero-energy residences and be accessible by boat, car, and foot. The design brings to mind BIG's Via 57 West, in the way it riffs on the classic European courtyard building.
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Autonomous cars aren't the only vehicles being freed from the shackles of human control. In what is billed as the world's first research program on autonomous floating vessels in metropolitan areas, autonomous boats will soon be deployed in the winding canals of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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For dedicated gamers, the thought of leaving their cherished consoles behind while traveling can be enough to spark separation anxiety. The owners of a new hotel in Amsterdam have recognized this, with their aptly named Arcade Hotel offering in-room consoles and video game rental for guests.
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A new hotel in Amsterdam, Netherlands, offers keyless room entry and what it claims is the city’s first rooftop pool. W Amsterdam, part of the trendy W Hotels chain, also offers "Whatever/Whenever service." It promises to try and deliver whatever guests request to their room – as long as it's legal.
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