MVRDV

MVRDV has revealed plans to install an eye-catching parasitic structure above a cultural center in Rotterdam. Named the Podium, it will be finished in bright neon pink and will be used to host events and offer visitors choice views of the city.

Nobody can accuse MVRDV of taking a half-hearted approach to ensuring its upcoming Sun Rock is sustainable. Most of the building will be covered with solar panels, meaning it's expected to generate around 1 million kWh of green energy annually.

MVRDV's newly revealed Candid-Tor looks like it'll be yet another head-turner from the Dutch firm. The project is centered around two stepped towers made up of cube-like sections that are arranged like carelessly stacked children's blocks.

MVRDV's stunning facade for Bulgari's flagship store in Shanghai is designed to look like the building has a luxurious jade finish, but the glowing green exterior actually has far humbler origins: the firm created it using recycled glass bottles.

For its latest project, MVRDV turned a tired old factory in Shenzhen, China, into a bustling modern office. The building has been extended and modernized, and features a staircase running through it, offering access to a rooftop park.

MVRDV puts the O in home – literally – with this unusual residential project slated for Germany. One of four buildings that will eventually spell out HOME, the donut-shaped high-rise showcases the firm's flair for lighthearted, quirky architecture.

MVRDV has revealed plans to transform a historic movie studio in Berlin into a new mixed-use neighborhood. The project will give the aging studio buildings a modern renovation, improving their flexibility and adding greenery and sustainable design.

Resembling an oversized mirrored mixing bowl, MVRDV's extraordinary Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen is described as the world's first publicly accessible art depot. It offers visitors a glimpse of the secretive world of art preservation and restoration.

If you're going to call your building a "sustainability machine," you'd better back that up with some energy efficient features. MVRDV has done just that with its LAD HQ, which is being designed to be "almost" energy neutral in operation.

MVRDV has designed an eye-catching building for Rotterdam named the Harbour Experience Centre that takes the form of five stacked boxes, and will include sustainable design such as solar and wind power, as well as extensive use of recycled materials.

Rotterdam's MVRDV has revealed plans to tempt visitors back to an aging shopping center and music venue in the Netherlands with an ambitious renovation project centered around a large greenery filled "glass mountain."

Visitors to London's Marble Arch will soon be able to see the area from a whole new perspective thanks to an unusual project by MVRDV. The firm plans to install a hollow hill-like structure in the UK capital in the coming months.