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The mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb and city councilor Hamit Karakus have officially started the construction of the new Rotterdam Market Hall. The arched building located in the centre of Rotterdam, developed by Provast and designed by MVRDV is a hybrid of public market and apartment building. Completion is set for 2014. Total investment is 175 million Euro with a total surface of 100.000 m2. Read the rest of this entry »

Architectural Design | DIERENDONCKBLANCKE ARCHITECTEN
photography © Kristien Daem

The presented project concerns a Community Centre, completed in November 2007 in in Avelgem, a small village of 9,600 inhabitants in West Flanders.The building is situated in the town centre, close to the church, and on one side, bordering the open countryside.

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