Concrete with manners.

Eleven architects drawing libraries, houses and workplaces that look better after ten winters than on opening day.

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Board-marked concrete hall with deep window reveals

14.20 m

PL. 01 / Molen Hall, Rotterdam

2025

Commissioned by

Linde Works
Kade Foundation
Casa do Alto
Delft Housing
Port of Zout
Lusa Hotels
Hofje Trust
Nordkaap Estates

Selected work

Four buildings, drawn before photographed.

PL. 02

Casa do Pátio

Lisbon / House / 310 m²

Casa do Pátio

Lisbon / House / 310 m²

PL. 03

Kade Library

Utrecht / Library / 6,300 m²

Kade Library

Utrecht / Library / 6,300 m²

PL. 04

Terrace Steps

Sintra / Landscape / 1,150 m²

Terrace Steps

Sintra / Landscape / 1,150 m²

PL. 05

Zout Works

Delfshaven / Workplace / 2,760 m²

Zout Works

Delfshaven / Workplace / 2,760 m²

Plan inset: hover or tap to read the drawing

buildings completed since 2009, each one still standing and still in use.

of projects delivered within 3% of the agreed budget.

competitions won, nine of them built.

architects at one long table in two cities.

Everything since 2018, in a list.

No.

Project

Place

Type

Area

Year

Molen Hall

Rotterdam

Public hall

4,200 m²

2025

Molen Hall

Rotterdam

2025

4,200 m²

Casa do Pátio

Lisbon

House

310 m²

2024

Casa do Pátio

Lisbon

2024

310 m²

Kade Library

Utrecht

Library

6,300 m²

2023

Kade Library

Utrecht

2023

6,300 m²

Terrace Steps

Sintra

Landscape

1,150 m²

2022

Terrace Steps

Sintra

2022

1,150 m²

Zout Works

Delfshaven

Workplace

2,760 m²

2021

Zout Works

Delfshaven

2021

2,760 m²

Hofje Nine

Leiden

Housing

1,880 m²

2020

Hofje Nine

Leiden

2020

1,880 m²

Miradouro Rooms

Porto

Hotel

2,400 m²

2019

Miradouro Rooms

Porto

2019

2,400 m²

Schiehaven Depot

Rotterdam

Industrial

9,100 m²

2018

Schiehaven Depot

Rotterdam

2018

9,100 m²

One studio, start to handover.

Small enough that a partner is on every project. Big enough to run a site for three years.

Board-marked concrete wall meeting a thin steel window frame

Detail 1:5, steel frame in concrete reveal

New buildings

From the first massing model to the last handover walk, with one team throughout.

New buildings

From the first massing model to the last handover walk, with one team throughout.

New buildings

From the first massing model to the last handover walk, with one team throughout.

Interiors

Rooms, joinery and light fittings drawn together with the shell, not added afterwards.

Interiors

Rooms, joinery and light fittings drawn together with the shell, not added afterwards.

Interiors

Rooms, joinery and light fittings drawn together with the shell, not added afterwards.

Masterplans

Quiet streets, shared courtyards and the plots between them, tested on real sites.

Masterplans

Quiet streets, shared courtyards and the plots between them, tested on real sites.

Masterplans

Quiet streets, shared courtyards and the plots between them, tested on real sites.

Restoration

Concrete repair, facade surveys and careful additions to buildings worth keeping.

Restoration

Concrete repair, facade surveys and careful additions to buildings worth keeping.

Restoration

Concrete repair, facade surveys and careful additions to buildings worth keeping.

Site supervision

A partner walks every pour, and the details are checked against the drawing.

Site supervision

A partner walks every pour, and the details are checked against the drawing.

Site supervision

A partner walks every pour, and the details are checked against the drawing.

Studio

Four partners, one long table.

The partners lead projects themselves, so the person you meet first is the person who draws.

Noor van Dijk

Public buildings

Rotterdam

Tiago Ferraz

Houses and hotels

Lisbon

Ilse Mertens

Structure and detail

Rotterdam

Marek Sobol

Landscape and sites

Lisbon

“They told us what the building would look like in twenty years, and drew it that way. It does.”

Anneke Brouwer

Director, Kade Foundation

“They told us what the building would look like in twenty years, and drew it that way. It does.”

Anneke Brouwer

Director, Kade Foundation

“They told us what the building would look like in twenty years, and drew it that way. It does.”

Anneke Brouwer

Director, Kade Foundation

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