TANGRAM at Dutch Design Week #FutureCities
by Bas | Oct 26, 2020 | News, Topical
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
by Bas | Sep 25, 2020 | News, Topical
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
by Bas | Jul 16, 2020 | News, Topical
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
by Bas | Jul 16, 2020 | News, Topical
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
by Bas | Mar 17, 2020 | News, Topical
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
by Bas | Mar 16, 2020 | News, Topical
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
by Bas | Dec 4, 2019 | News, Topical
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
by wphelpdesk | Oct 7, 2019 | News, Topical
Tangram wins tender nursinghome Leythenrode
by wphelpdesk | Oct 1, 2019 | News, Topical
Cité in advertising campagne TomTom
by wphelpdesk | Sep 24, 2019 | News, Topical
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
by wphelpdesk | Sep 18, 2019 | News, Topical
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
by wphelpdesk | Jul 8, 2019 | News, Topical
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
by wphelpdesk | Jul 8, 2019 | News, Topical
From impossible place to city oasis #DeVolkskrant #Rhapsody
by wphelpdesk | Jun 28, 2019 | News, Topical
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
by wphelpdesk | Jun 27, 2019 | News, Topical
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 […]
NOS TV News interviews Charlotte ten Dijke #OurDomain
by wphelpdesk | May 15, 2019 | News, Topical
Following the commemoration of the bombing of Rotterdam on May 14, 1940, the NOS TV News made an item about the location of OurDomain Rotterdam Blaak. The residential tower will be located on a small strip along the embankment of the André van der Louwbrug, a ‘frayed edge’ in the heart of Rotterdam that was […]
The book is here! #CityoftheFuture
by wphelpdesk | Apr 23, 2019 | News, Topical
On Thursday April 18, the book The City of the Future / De Stad van de Toekomst was presented in the New Institute in Rotterdam. The ten design visions for five locations are described and depicted. Also that of team Triangel, of which Tangram is the team leader. Triangel’s contribution concerns the location Eindhoven – […]
Start construction OurDomain
by wphelpdesk | Apr 10, 2019 | News, Topical
No building without a party! Yesterday, the construction of the OurDomain residential tower was celebrated at the Wijnhaven in Rotterdam. Charlotte ten Dijke and Bart Mispelblom Beyer were praised by developer Stebru for the ‘inspiring design’. The NOS-tv news interviewed Charlotte about the special location of the 70-meter-high residential tower, a historically charged place. It is […]
Rhapsody genomineerd voor StiB Award 2019
by wphelpdesk | Apr 8, 2019 | News, Topical
Rhapsody in West, in the Amsterdam Kolenkit neighborhood, has been nominated for the Cities in Motion Award 2019. The prize is for the most successful area reinforcement that contributes to the vitality and dynamism of the city or village. The nominated projects are judged on quality, in particular the impulse they give to the environment. […]