MVRDV

With its mixed-use Shenzhen Terraces, MVRDV aims to offer a pleasant escape from the bustle of urban life in skyscraper-filled megacity Shenzhen, China. It will also integrate sustainable design, including solar power and rainwater collection.

In the age of internet shopping, a lot of malls have closed, but MVRDV offers an idea for what to do with them with its recently-completed Tainan Spring. The project transforms a dilapidated old mall into a lagoon and park in Tainan, Taiwan.

If flying cars and other similar vehicles become commonplace, our cities will surely need to adapt – but will New York City resemble The Jetsons, or look much like it does now? A study led by MVRDV and Airbus has some interesting ideas.

MVRDV already added significant greenery to Seoul with its transformation of a highway into a plant-filled walkway, and now plans to do the same to a large stretch of waterfront too. Named The Weaves, the project is due to begin construction in 2021.

MVRDV has unveiled a new mixed-use residential building planned for San Francisco's waterfront. The 23-story tower's blocky design is inspired by the rugged topography of the city.

Greenery-covered buildings are very popular lately, with projects like Stefano Boeri's Bosco Verticale picking up architecture awards. MVRDV is certainly no stranger to the idea either and offers another example with Green Villa, a project that features a facade made up of potted plants and trees.

High-profile Dutch firm MVRDV has been commissioned to design a new office and laboratory in Amsterdam named Matrix 1. The building will boast significant sustainable features, including solar power and a partially green roof.

MVRDV has created some of its finest work in relation to markets, such as the Glass Farm and Markthal. The firm has now broken ground on yet another market and this one will be defined by a large terraced green roof that will grow produce and allow people to walk atop.

MVRDV rarely seems content to play it safe and with its latest work, Downtown One Tirana, the firm shows another example of its out-of-the-box thinking. The mixed-use building is defined by a pixelated facade that depicts the map of Albania.

Bringing to mind a child's toy building blocks stacked atop each other, the newly-unveiled Vanke Headquarter Tower is another unique and confident design from Dutch firm MVRDV. The mixed-use project will rise to a height of 250 m (820 ft) and straddle a road in Shenzhen, China.

MVRDV was commissioned to design two buildings in South Korea that contain a nightclub and other facilities, and require no windows. The firm took the opportunity to do something different and created an eye-catching project defined by its unusual facades.

Albania's Tirana Pyramid has an interesting past. Opening in 1988 as a museum honoring the country's communist former leader, it was then used as a temporary NATO base, a nightclub, and more following communism’s fall. MVRDV is now turning it into a technology education center for young people.