Amsterdam
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Amsterdam is to become home to three terraced, cliff-like towers dripping with greenery. Envisaged by architects MVRDV, the Ravel Plaza design won a competition for the development of a plot in the Zuidas Business District area of the city. It will house offices, residences and amenities.
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Tiny houses tend to be highly functional and efficient. The shelters at an exhibition in Amsterdam, however, focus less on functionality and more on artistic license. UrbanCampsite Amsterdam features a host of "extraordinary sleeping accommodations" in an "exciting landscape."
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3D printing R&D firm MX3D is planning to print a bridge across a canal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is hoped that the robots used will print their own supports and gradually move across the water, creating the bridge as they go.
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The winner of a tender for a major new hotel development in Amsterdam has been announced. It will be based at the Amsterdam RAI exhibition and conference center. Designed by OMA, the Nhow Amsterdam RAI hotel is designed to be an attraction in itself and will have a striking twisted design.
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Netherlands-based firm i29 recently transformed the interior of an existing tower on the roof of Amsterdam's historic De Bijenkorf department store into a novel artistic space. The project is dubbed Room on a Roof and indeed comprises just one room.
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Visitors to Amsterdam at the moment better have nerves of steel. A ghost ship has been spotted moored on one of the city's famous canals. There's no need to be scared, though. The spooky apparition has been created with some clever visual trickery, as part of the Amsterdam Light Festival.
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Deloitte's new corporate headquarters in Amsterdam has been certified as the most sustainable office building in the world by BREEAM. The Edge was awarded an "Outstanding" rating with the highest ever BREEAM score of 98.36 percent. It takes the title from One Embankment Place in London.
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ScienceThe liquid crystal technology being developed for research on exoplanets has been adapted to project a 150-feet-high rainbow on the roof arch of Amsterdam Central Station. It will be turned on every night for a short period after sunset.
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KLM has transformed one of its grounded McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft into a luxurious apartment. Dubbed Airplane Apartment, this novel conversion offers four guests a unique overnight stay without the turbulence.
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The world's first solar bike path is set to open in the Netherlands next Wednesday. The SolaRoad will run through Amsterdam's northern suburb of Krommenie and will feature concrete slabs embedded with solar panels to convert energy from the sun into electricity for the grid.
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With corporate showmanship and architectural one-upmanship being what they are, newly-built company headquarters are often lavish affairs. The Edge in Amsterdam is no different. Not only is it good looking sustainably-designed, but its lighting does more than just brighten up a room.
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Chinese auto maker BYD has announced that it is to supply Amsterdam Airport Schiphol with 35 of its all-electric buses, which will replace the airport's aging fleet of specialized gas-powered vehicles.
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