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Town Hall Rotterdam (in collaboration with Merk X)

In 1920, after a construction period of six years, the Beaux-Arts style town hall at the Coolsingel designed by Henri Evers was ready for use. It had become a true Gesamtkunstwerk, a coherent whole of architecture …

Community College ROC Het Sieraad

Since its foundation in 1926, this building, built in the Amsterdam School-style, has been used as an educational building. Initially as a technical school and subsequently, from 1980 until 2000, as a vocational …

Feasibility study repurposing former department store

In a feasibility study, IAA Architecten is investigating the possibilities of transforming the vacant national monumental V&D department store building on the corner of Brammelerstraat and Korte Hengelosestraat …

ROC van Twente celebrates 'Purple Friday'

'Purple Friday', every second Friday in December, is a day when students, teachers and other staff wear the colour purple to show their solidarity with gay, bisexual, lesbian, transgender and intersex people. Like …

New entrance area at 'De Maere' in Enschede

For a long time, students of the ROC van Twente location Ariënsplein and those of Saxion 'Epy Drost' shared the same entrance at the Van Galenstraat. The upgrading of Ariënsplein into a new public space offered the …

Architecture exhibition 'De Bazel's Dome'

One hundred years ago, architect Karel de Bazel designed a new synagogue in the centre of Enschede, on a rather small plot behind the existing synagogue. At the time, the building had become too small for the growing …

The Bleekerij

In order to be independent from external bleacheries, Enschede based textile manufacturer Van Heek built a factory in Boekelo in 1888 to be able to bleach his textiles himself. The location for the N.V. Boekelosche …

Twenthe Centrum

Textile School De Maere

Higher Textile School De Maere was built in Enschede in 1922 as a combination of a learning school with (classrooms) and a learning factory at the rear of the building, where practical lessons could be followed in a …

Golden Phoenix for transformation ROC Twente

The Golden Phoenix is a prize of the National Renovation Platform, which is awarded annually in 3 categories: area transformation, renovation and transformation. IAA Architecten has won the Golden Phoenix 2011 in …