Right across the Artis Zoo in the stately Plantage neighbourhood in Amsterdam, Bureau Fraai converted the monumental chapel ‘de Nieuwe Sint Jacob’ that was once part of a mental institution into a multicultural psychological practice, named Adagio. The practice distinguishes itself from other practices by offering treatments in other languages than...
Project name
Lush Labyrinth
Architecture firm
Bureau Fraai
Location
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Photography
Flare Department
Principal architect
Rikjan Scholten & Daniel Aw
Design team
Penelope Croset & Margot Jourdan
Interior design
Bureau Fraai
Environmental & MEP
Ilex & De Klimaatbeheerser b.v.
Supervision
Irene Brouwer
Bureau Fraai designed a luxurious penthouse with panoramic views towards both the seaside and the city centre in a former office building, that had been transformed into a high-end residential building. To maintain the 180-degree views from every spot in the penthouse Bureau Fraai decided to introduce free-standing oak volumes creating an open floo...
Project name
Panorama Penthouse
Architecture firm
Bureau Fraai
Photography
Flare Department
Collaborators
Interior builder: Metnils Interieur Maatwerk; Project furnisher: Bigbrands; Project furnisher: Siersema
Environmental & MEP engineering
Landscape
Garden & Landscape architect: Joost Emmerik
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Construction
Meerland Bouw
Typology
Residential › Apartment
With the characteristic robust facade of the office building ‘The Modular’ Bureau Fraai refers to the ‘rich’ industrial past of the island and the billowing sails of the many VOC ships that were built at this location in the 17th century. Bureau Fraai was appointed by Stadgenoot Development to design a compact office building on a very narrow corne...
Architecture firm
Bureau Fraai
Location
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Photography
Studio de Nooyer
Principal architect
Bureau Fraai
Design team
Daniel Aw, Rikjan Scholten
Collaborators
Acoustic Engineer: Peutz. Technical Engineer: Inbo
Structural engineer
Goudstikker de Vries
Construction
Heijmans Woningbouw
Material
Prefabricated Concrete
Client
Stadgenoot Ontwikkeling II B.V.
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
