Rotterdam

MVRDV has completed work on an unusual new building that takes the form of a stack of boxes. Named Portlantis, the energy positive project hosts exhibition spaces and will be dismantled and recycled when its useful life comes to an end.

Space is always at a premium in major cities, but maybe we could address the issue by building on unused rooftops. To highlight this, MVRDV has constructed a raised walkway with a series of paths and exhibits above the streets of Rotterdam.

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.

Towers often taper into a point as they rise, but the CasaNova tower by Barcode Architects, is defined by a triangular form that narrows at its base instead. The top-heavy tower is expected to be completed in late 2022.

Floating Office Rotterdam, the world's largest floating office, is designed to rise with the tides of climate change, will get all of its electricity needs from a solar array, and can be easily recycled once it reaches the end of its useful life.

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.

Work is nearing completion on a new art depot by MVRDV that offers insight into the world of art preservation and restoration. Named Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, the project features an eye-catching mirrored facade and is topped by a public garden.

We recently reported on a planned timber skyscraper in Rotterdam and now another impressive sustainable project is coming to the city too. Due to begin construction soon, Floating Office Rotterdam is a green-roofed solar-powered office-on-the-water.

Much like its all-white conference center planned for the Chinese mountains, a new observation tower designed by MAD Architects for a Rotterdam is overtly futuristic, and will seek to bring new life to one of the city’s more historically significant structures.

MVRDV has plenty of form for coming up with unusual building designs and its latest project is no exception. Planned to sit between Rotterdam's New Luxor Theater and Boston and Seattle residential areas, The Sax consists of two novel Jenga-like mixed-use towers joined by a skybridge.

Rotterdam's redesigned Markthal (literally, Market Hall) was recently opened by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. The new market is housed under a huge arch from which apartments look down upon it.