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Neighborhood happy with Rhapsody – quality of life study
Residents in Amsterdam's Kolenkitbuurt are positive about the arrival of Rhapsody West. They believe that the building has improved the quality of the neighborhood. That is one of the results of a master's study conducted by students from Delft University of...
OurDomain Rotterdam: ode to post war reconstruction
On a construction site proverbially the size of a postage stamp, Stebru and Drees & Sommer have done a great job. In the heart of Rotterdam they built a residential tower for young city residents. OurDomain Rotterdam Blaak, at the foot of the André van der...
Rhapsody best sustainable area development 2021
Rhapsody in West has won the prize for the best sustainable area development, the SKG Award. The jury praised the "courageous approach to developing in a challenging place with quality and attention to (social) sustainability". According to the jury, daring to develop...
Rhapsody goes international
Rhapsody in West is published in ArchDaily, a well known International Architecture site. The project can also be seen on the Spanish- and Portuguese versions of ArchDaily Very nice! In this way, our vision of densification in compact cities will hopefully be...
TANGRAM at Dutch Design Week #FutureCities
How do we want to experience the city of the (near) future? Host Erna van Holland of the Dutch Design Week (DDW) talk show Future Cities asked four specialists. People make the city, they respond to their environment and to each other. What experiences do we want to...
Rhapsody wins Amsterdam Architecture Prize
The audience jury of the Amsterdam Architecture Prize (Gouden A.A.P) chose Rhapsody because it is a catalyst for the neighborhood and the entire city. "This project has the most direct impact on the living environment of people in the neighborhood and the quality of...
Future proofing highrise
‘Is it possible to make highrise corona proof?’, Harm Tilman [editor of de Architect] was asking in his blog of 31 August. His doubt was triggered by the news that the upper floors of many tall office buildings are sitting empty as they have become virtually...
Futureproof work: near home
The article Thuiswerken 2.0 (Working from Home 2.0) is included in the digital magazine 'Futureproof werken'. Will the corona pandemic provide a different way of working and thus a new urban program? Bart Mispelblom Beyer sees opportunities: the corona crisis can...
The City after Corona: Bart on national TV
In the Nieuwsuur series The World after Corona, Bart Mispelblom Beyer and Chief Government Architect Floris Alkemade were interviewed about the City after Corona. What can we learn from this pandemic? Architecture and social themes meet. That is clearly noticeable...
Tangram in times of corona
Since March 16, we have been working mainly at home in these uncertain times of the corona crisis. Fortunately, that works fine, helped by all kinds of online apps and tools. And through the efforts of our clients. Our office in Amsterdam IJburg has a minimal...
5th nomination for Rhapsody
Although there are more important things at the moment, we would like to share that Rhapsody in West has been nominated for another prize. This time the Golden A.A.P. , the prize for the best building in Amsterdam. It's the fifth nomination in a row for Rhapsody. That...
Fourth nomination for Rhapsody
For the fourth time Rhapsody in West is nominated for an important architectural prize. This time it is the Zuiderkerk prize. It represents the best housing project that was completed in Amsterdam this year. The three other nominations that Rhapsody won earlier this...
Visit from Germany
Tangram wins tender nursinghome Leythenrode
Cité in advertising campagne TomTom
Cité can be seen in the latest advertising campaign by the navigation company TomTom. The high urban building on the Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam is one of the navigation images. Cité is an example of clever compaction and multifunctional use. There are students and short-stayers.
Two nominations for Rhapsody
The Amsterdam rental housing project Rhapsody in West has been nominated for two awards: the ARC Awards 2019 and Residential Building of the Year 2019. We are very honoured! For the prestigious ARC Awards (the Architect) there were 155 entries. Only three projects have been nominated, including Rhapsody. About 40 entries and four projects were […]
Rhapsody officially opened
Rhapsody in West, our residential complex in Amsterdam, was festively opened on Thursday 4 July. The theme of the opening was “Local flavors”. In the inner garden stories from local artists were told, music played and special snacks handed out. In four years, an empty site on the A10 in Amsterdam’s Kolenkitbuurt has been transformed […]
Video official opening Rhapsody in West
From impossible place to city oasis #DeVolkskrant #Rhapsody
Rhapsody in West receives four stars from architecture journalist Kirsten Hannema (de Volkskrant)! “Tangram Architekten knows how to make densification in the city attractive.” “With Rhapsody […], Tangram Architekten has transformed an impossible place into an urban oasis. They did not oppose the limitations of the place, but used it as ingredients for their design.” […]
Opening KolenkitKas #Rhapsody in West
June 20, the opening of the KolenkitKas in the courtyard garden of Rhapsody in West was celebrated with music and snacks. Residents from the Kolenkit neighborhood celebrated this party together with the residents of the newly completed residential complex. The KolenkitKas is the new meeting place for all local residents and is managed by Rhapsody’s […]