ProRail and the municipality of Nijmegen have appointed Office Winhov as architect for the transformation and western extension of Nijmegen Station. The station has a special topographical location in the moraine with a complex architectural history. The new extension must fit into the landscape and the transformation of the existing architecture must relate to the original monumentality of Cornelis Hendrik Peters and Sybold van Ravesteyn’s designs. Office Winhov is taking care of the design in close collaboration with Arcadis. The Nijmegen Station project is part of the High Frequency Railway Program and will be completed in 2028. Photo: Collectie Spoorwegmuseum

We are pleased to announce that both the Trippenhuiscomplex and the former department store Vroom & Dreesmann have been included in the yearbook 'Architectuur in Nederland' 2019/2020.
The book shows a selection of special projects that have been completed in the past year.

The renovation of the former V&D complex in Amsterdam is nominated for the National Steel Award 2020

Photocredits: Stefan Müller

Which architectural firm and which client will go home with the coveted Amsterdam Architecture Prize 2020 for the best building of the past year?
The Trippenhuiscomplex made it to the finals.
Read more about the nomination in the supplement of the Amsterdam newspaper Het Parool (article only in Dutch)

Thursday, January 30, the keys of the Leiden City Hall was handed over to the contractor and the demolition of the city hall officially began. Soon after, the renovation and transformation of the monumental city hall starts.

The project Freilager Albisrieden received an honorable mention by the jury of the Architektur Preis Kanton Zürich for its design by Office Haratori with Office Winhov, Rolf Mühlethaler Architekt and Marcel Meili, Markus Peter Architekten.

The City Archive in Delft is nominated for the bi-annual, international Brick Award by Wienerberger.

The Sud residential building at Kop Zuidas in Amsterdam has reached its highest point.

Photography by Wijnanda Duits.

Paradijshof – a joint effort between West 8, HP architecten and Office Winhov – is selected for the Rotterdam Architectuurprijs (RAP) 2019 organized by AIR, Architectuur Instituut Rotterdam.
Paradijshof in Rotterdam Nieuw Crooswijk consists of 43 city houses situated around a collective courtyard.
From 47 submissions, the jury selected ten buildings that portray the quality of architecture in Rotterdam. The nominees are eligible for the RAP jury and audience award of 2019. 

Photography by Stefan Müller.

Office Winhov was comissioned by Amerborgh for the transformation and extension of the former laboratorium building, in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam into a hotel. Execution will start in November 2019.

At the end of July The Parool published an article about the transformaton of the Trippenhuis. Attached the online article (written in Dutch).

On Tuesday, August 20 an article about the transformation of the Trippenhuis appeared in the supplement 'V' of Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant. Only in Dutch.

Ofice Winhov was chosen by the Jewish Cultural Quarter as the architect for the definitive development of the National Holocaust Museum on the Plantage Middenlaan in Amsterdam. A major renovation will turn the current two locations of the museum, the Hollandsche Schouwburg and the Hervormde Kweekschool into a National Holocaust Museum. The permanent National Holocaust Museum is expected to open its doors in September 2022.

"What has been sealed in recent years has been opened up again and nuanced, the glass facade shines and splatters like before."
(article only in Dutch)

On Monday the 29th of April, Jan Peter Wingender gives a lecture about brick architecture at the Central Government Real Estate Agency of The Netherlands. 

As part of the theme 'Architecture in times of climate change', Harm Tilman of trade journal de Architect writes about the Trippenhuis as an example of a way to 'preserve, reprogram and bring an existing situation to life'.

Photo: Georg Aerni

Office Winhov is responsible for the design of a 65m high residential tower at the August Allebéplein in Amsterdam Nieuw-West by client de Key. The tower comprises 174 social housing apartments and is part of a new building block.

Office Winhov has been selected for the design of block 6a at the Amstelkwartier Amsterdam. The residential block of more than 7000 m2 will be located directly at the Amstel and will be developed by real estate developer AM.

WA invited Kees Kaan to be the guest editor. An overview of the state of current Dutch architecture is given in this issue. Our student housing project in Eindhoven is featured. Independent writers Ruud Brouwers, Kirsten Hannema and Zhang Yang contribute in presenting the trends through theoretic articles. Hannema quotes Jan Peter Wingender about Office Winhov’s work in her article about the ‘New Dutch’ movement.

On the 19th of September a symposium on tendencies in contemporary brick architecture is held by Aarhus School of Architecture. Jan Peter Wingender is one of the speakers. How does the current mode of construction influence the appearance of brick architecture and the architect’s aesthetic conceptions for it? On the other hand, how do aesthetic conceptions about brick architecture influence the way in which we conceive it’s construction? These tectonic considerations will be at the heart of the symposium. The Symposium is organized by PhD fellow Udo Garritzmann and Professor Thomas Bo Jensen.

In this issue of the Swiss magazine, Kirsten Hannema explores the vision of a number of Dutch offices that work in the same tradition and are classified under the New Dutch movement. Office Winhov is discussed as one of these offices. Editor: Marko Sauer.

On the 27th of July, Uri Gilad will lecture at Zecc. Two transformation projects will be discussed: the W Hotel and the former V&D in Amsterdam. A few times a year, Zecc organizes a lecture evening in her studio at the Werkspoorkathedraal in Utrecht. These informal lectures are about connecting and inspiring. Send an email to info@zecc.nl if you want to attend the lecture.

'Which architect, or collective of architects, really helped the architectural profession this year?' Uri Gilad, together with Koen van Velsen, Martijn Dirks and Kirsten Hannema, forms the jury of the Architect of the Year Award. 

On June the 20th, Anton Zoetmulder gives a lecture at our office about his Local Hero: Jean Renaudie. Sign up by sending an email to ramp@winhov.nl. Follow our LinkedIn group for more Local Heroes news: Local Heroes - Office Winhov.

During the One Lecture on the 31st of May at the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam, Ton Schaap, Miguel Loos and Jan Peter Wingender tell about the transformation of the monumental Amstelstation.

On May 18th, Inez Tan takes a group of students from the VU University through the construction site of the former V&D in Amsterdam. The visit is organized as part of a course on transformation within the Master Heritage Studies. The purpose of the tour is to get an interesting discussion going about the transformation of monumental buildings.

The canopies are the first completed part in the renovation and extension of the listed monument.

Thursday 9th of November we are celebrating that the construction of Paradijshof in Rotterdam reaches its highest point. Here Office Winhov designed43 apartments in collaboration with HP Architecten.

This summer, a traveling exhibition started with architectural dollhouses for children with severe energy metabolism diseases. The initiative comes from architect Peter Masselink, whose son suffers from this condition. We also participated in this project. A series of exhibitions of eighteen designs throughout The Netherlands during 2017 is to be concluded by an auction of the dolls' houses, where all proceeds will be donated to scientific research on the diseases. The Dolls’ House exhibition will be displayed in ARCAM from the 4th of November till the 9th of December.

The Amsterdam Museum and the Municipality of Amsterdam have selected five architectural offices and collaborations for research on the tranformation of the complex. We are proud to be part of this. The challenge is to modernize the historic complex. The selected parties are Cruz y Ortiz Amsterdam, Felix Claus Dick van Wageningen Architecten, Neutelings Riedijk Architecten and the collaborations AL_A /NEXT/1meter98 and Office Winhov/Inbo.

The new building for the Delft City Archive is officially opened on September the 7th. Office Winhov and Gottlieb Paludan Architects won the European tender for the new building in April 2014. The new location includes various depots, offices, workspaces and a public reading room.

Image below: the Mayor of Delft and visual artist Amie Dicke are looking at a treasure from the Archive; the birth registration of the painter Johannes Vermeer.

On the 5th of July eleven architects reflect on the Piraeus building by Hans Kollhoff. 23 years after its completion, the influence of this building on the city, the culture of building and the influence on their own work are discussed. A special issue of 'de Architect' magazine on the subject is launched. Initiative: Hans van der Heijden, Alexander Pols, Jan Peter Wingender. 

Local Hero #15; Jan Leupen. By Bernard Leupen (ed. Fenny Ramp)

More information about Winhov + 'Learning from city hotels' >

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This publication explores the metamorphosis of the underground vault in the former Kasbank into a sumptuous spa.
Publisher: Design Story Publishing

Office Winhov is commissioned to renovate and transform the former complex of Vroom & Dreesman on the Rokin and Kalverstraat in the center of Amsterdam. The complex will be transformed whilst respecting the original twentieth century ensemble designed by Caron and Kuyt.

This publication appeares following a collaboration between Office Haratori and Office Winhov, that transformed a former hay barn in Graubünden Switzerland into an alpine loft. Design: Dino Simonett, Switzerland.

We are pleased to announce that Office Winhov has won the Geurt Brinkgreve Bokaal 2016. The W Hotel Bank was named best project of 2016 in the field of transformation and renovation by the municipality of Amsterdam. The award also honours our client Europe Hotels | Private Collection.

The Dutch architectural magazine De Architect publishes our new student accommodation project at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in a special issue on recent developments in Dutch residential architecture.

Our housing proposal has been accepted by the WerkbundStadt Berlin. The plans will be presented in September, the construction of the new quarter along the Spree is due to start start in 2018. More information >

Ceremony for the ground breaking of the new city archive of Delft. A time capsule is integrated within the foundations of the new building.

Local Hero 14; Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, Glasgow. By R.S Proudley & D.M Meijerink

The book edited by Jan Peter Wingender offers a colourful palette of insights and inspiration for the use of brick in contemporary architecture. The book is a collection of essays by diverse authors around three themes: 'Facing the City', 'Tectonics of Cladding' en 'Brick Dresses'. Many previous unpublished drawings and photos accompany the essays. The graphic design is by Joost Grootens. The book can be ordered at Architectura and Natura Press >

Commissioned by the city of  Zürich, Office Winhov, Office Haratori and Lorenz Eugster are researching the possibilities of urban densification of Seebach.

Winhov+ is our platform to share our methodology, reflections and fascinations which underpin the fundamentals of our architectural design to those who participate in the design of our daily life. This issue of Winhov+ will focus on the phenomenon of City Hotels and shows tour interest in the recent developments in the field of new hotel concepts in Amsterdam. Furthermore the issue is a continuation of the exhibition ‘City Hotels’ that was at display at the architecture institute ARCAM last spring 2015. Download Learning from City Hotel (Dutch) >

On thursday the 22nd of October, the W hotel Amsterdam opened its doors to the public.

W Hotel Amsterdam is the first monumental building in the Netherlands to receive the sustainable BREEAM very good certificate. The certificate was given to the team Office Winhov, DPA  Cauberg-Huygen , C2N and SPARK Intelligent Design in a ceremonial event during the symposium of the Dutch Green Building Counsel.  The transformation and renovation of this historical monument into a 5 star hotel was done by Office Winhov and the interiors by BK architecture.

Office Winhov is participating in the WerkbundStadt Berlin 2016. The urban plan for the site in Berlin-Charlottenburg and the design for the buildings will be presented in September 2016. Photo: Stefan Müller

The Duchess restaurant in the former KAS Bank Amsterdam is officially open. The monumental building was transformed and restored into the new W Hotel Amsterdam by Office Winhov with interior by BK.

We have started the design of 3 buildings with 75 dwellings in Jeroen Bosch Park, Den Bosch

In the interview Stumbling Block, three architects, experienced in the use of brickwork, discuss the pros and cons of the material, its possibilities and renaissances and talk about the direction in which this material and the way we use it could develop. Matthias Kohler, Charles Pictet and Jan Peter Wingender in discussion with Tibor Joanelly and Ronald Züger.

'City Hotels’ is an exhibition by Office Winhov and Arcam over fifteen distinctive or monumental buildings in amsterdam that have been transformed into hotels.  In recent years a wide variety of building types including former schools, banks and offices have been converted into hotels with features that have been made accessible not only to guests but to the people of Amsterdam. Opening on saturday, January 17th at 15.30.
More information > ARCAM

The 1:1 mock-up of our housing project at Freilager Albisrieden Zurich has been completed
Webcam > 

The facade of the Residential Tower Zölly is published in the latest edition of Werk, Bauen + Wohnen

Construction has reached it's highest point of our residential and care buildings in Maisbaai Middelburg

Our project a Private house on Rieteiland Amsterdam is published in Architecture in the Netherlands Yearbook 2013/2014. The yearbook Architecture in the Netherlands is the international business card for Dutch architecture. The four members of the book’s editorial team select 30 of the outstanding projects completed in 2013 and describe the most important developments and trends that have an influence on the production and design of Dutch architecture. nai010 publishers >

On Wednesday, March 26, the artist and photographer Bruno van den Elshout will give a lecture at our office in Amsterdam about his project 'New Horizons'. In 2012 Bruno van den Elshout photographed the North Sea Horizon every hour for one year. Creating in 366 days a collection of 8785 abstract, poetic and yet realistic portraits of the horizon. For participants please RSVP via office@winhov.nl
New Horizons >

Office Winhov has been selected to design a residential complex in the centre of Den Helder

The highest point has been reached of Zölly residential tower in Zürich, Switzerland
Webcam >

In the night of 14th of July the crane was installed on the roof of  the former Government Office for Transactions and Telephonics. The building will be restored and transformed into a hotel.