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]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14091 Mon, 03 Jun 2019 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14091-design-vanguard-2019-barend-koolhaas EENWERK & IBO Meaning “one work,” EENWERK is an art space that exhibits one work at a time. Its steel, glass, and basalt shell is built on the footprint of a former car garage, between typical Dutch neo-Renaissance brick houses, one of which houses the renovated offices of Irma Boom, to which it is internally connected. Although the contrast between the old and the new building is clear on the outside, from inside it is blurred by the sequence of spaces and the various openings between them. Photo © Iwan Baan EENWERK and IBO Meaning “one work,” EENWERK is an art space that exhibits one work at a time. Its steel, glass, and basalt shell is built on the footprint of a former car garage, between typical Dutch neo-Renaissance brick houses, one of which houses the renovated offices of Irma Boom, to which it is internally connected. Although the contrast between the old and the new building is clear on the outside, from inside it is blurred by the sequence of spaces and the various openings between them. Photo © Iwan Baan Wildflower The 700-square-foot prefabricated school annex contains convex sliding doors that make it possible to switch between a classroom and six small workspaces for individual tutoring. Photo © Jeroen Musch House in Almen This 1,075-square-foot house is designed around a 57-foot-long panoramic window with a view into the garden and surrounding landscape. The sharply angled glass wall gives the house its characteristic triangular floor plan. The wood-clad facades are designed to resemble the local barns. Photo © Jeroen Musch House in Almen This 1,075-square-foot house is designed around a 57-foot-long panoramic window with a view into the garden and surrounding landscape. The sharply angled glass wall gives the house its characteristic triangular floor plan. The wood-clad facades are designed to resemble the local barns. Photo © Jeroen Musch