Powerhouse Company has completed ‘t Loon shopping centre in Heerlen, a city in the southern Netherlands. The project was commissioned by Dutch real estate investor NSI after a sinkhole caused part of the building to collapse in 2011. The architects have completely transformed the complex into an open and welcoming space to attract visitors. The… [Read More]
Amsterdam Passages have been opened at Amsterdam Central Station
On the 1st of June, 2015, the IJ-passage of the Amsterdam Passages project has been officially opened at Amsterdam Central Station. This is the first of two new, gate-free passageways through Amsterdam Central Station, in the future to be secured with public transport fare gates. Designed by Powerhouse Company in collaboration with Benthem Crowel Architects and Merk X,… [Read More]
Powerhouse Company awarded highest BREEAM rating
The Rhijnspoor Building, designed by Team RSG, a collaboration between Powerhouse Company, de Architekten Cie. and Marc Koehler Architects, has been awarded a BREEAM certificate rating of ‘Excellent’ with 4 stars by the Dutch Green Building Council, ahead of its completion in 2018. This internationally recognized certificate rewards the upcoming Rhijnspoor Building for the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences with the highest-ever score achieved by… [Read More]
Powerhouse Company & De Zwarte Hond win Assen Station project
Powerhouse Company in collaboration with De Zwarte Hond known as Team A has won an invited competition to redesign the Assen Station in the city of Assen, north-east Netherlands. The winning design was chosen from a shortlist of five, and aims to connect the provincial capital at both local and national levels. The Assen Station also… [Read More]
WW Office Building by Powerhouse Company
Powerhouse Company has redesigned the lower floors of a 1988 iconic office building in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Located in the former Nedlloyd Group headquarters, designed by one of Rotterdam’s most important post-war architects, the first phase of the project transformed the entrance into a crossover between a hotel lobby, restaurant and coffee bar. Powerhouse Company was commissioned… [Read More]
IND + Powerhouse Company win Çanakkale Antenna Tower Competition
Internationally acclaimed architecture firms IND [Inter.National.Design] and Powerhouse Company in collaboration with ABT have been announced as the winners of the Çanakkale Antenna Tower International Competition. The design won against an impressive shortlist of internationally renowned architecture firms. The 100-meter tall structure was designed as an Observation and Broadcast Tower for the historic city of Çanakkale, in… [Read More]
Village House by Powerhouse Company
Powerhouse Company designed a weekend house for a young family by using a five-fingered floor plan that offers a wide range of spatial possibilities. The Village House is located in northern Sjælland, Denmark and it explores the possibilities of the Summer Cabin, the traditional Danish vacation home. The cabin was developed as a cluster of five… [Read More]
Villa 1 by Powerhouse Company
Villa 1 was the first commission for Powerhouse Company, two months after its founding in May 2005. The house is located within a large beautiful pine forest in the Netherlands, and its optimal orientation offers stunning views with maximum amount of sun exposure. The Y shape of the house was developed to take advantage of… [Read More]
