MVRDV
@mvrdv.bsky.social
🌍 International architecture and urbanism office
💡 We create happy and adventurous places
📍 Rotterdam | Shanghai | Paris | Berlin | NYC
💡 We create happy and adventurous places
📍 Rotterdam | Shanghai | Paris | Berlin | NYC
🏀 We won the competition for the new Asllan Rusi sports palace in Tirana! The Grand Ballroom, a spherical building over 100m in diameter, houses a 6,000-seat arena for basketball and volleyball, residential apartments, a hotel, and retail spaces.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🏀 We won the competition for the new Asllan Rusi sports palace in Tirana! The Grand Ballroom, a spherical building over 100m in diameter, houses a 6,000-seat arena for basketball and volleyball, residential apartments, a hotel, and retail spaces.
The construction of The Sax has started – a jazzy high-rise project bringing 916 apartments to the centre of Rotterdam! 🏗️ The project features two towers of 180m (55 storeys) and 82m (26 storeys), bridged by a golden beam and a 100m-high roof terrace.
October 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The construction of The Sax has started – a jazzy high-rise project bringing 916 apartments to the centre of Rotterdam! 🏗️ The project features two towers of 180m (55 storeys) and 82m (26 storeys), bridged by a golden beam and a 100m-high roof terrace.
The global home of human AI! 🤖👩💻 Yesterday, we celebrated the start of construction of the IPAI CAMPUS in Heilbronn, Germany, with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The 30-hectare campus will be a hub for 5,000+ people focused on innovative, responsible AI development.
October 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The global home of human AI! 🤖👩💻 Yesterday, we celebrated the start of construction of the IPAI CAMPUS in Heilbronn, Germany, with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The 30-hectare campus will be a hub for 5,000+ people focused on innovative, responsible AI development.
🏡 The housing sector is in desperate need of innovative thinking... so we made our design study into co-living freely available to all!
October 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
🏡 The housing sector is in desperate need of innovative thinking... so we made our design study into co-living freely available to all!
We're launching CarbonSpace – a free, web-based tool that helps architects reduce carbon from the first sketch in the design process! 🌍✏️ We wanted to make a simple, transparent tool that does not require detailed models, precise data, and complex databases – as is often the case. 📊
October 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We're launching CarbonSpace – a free, web-based tool that helps architects reduce carbon from the first sketch in the design process! 🌍✏️ We wanted to make a simple, transparent tool that does not require detailed models, precise data, and complex databases – as is often the case. 📊
Paris without carbon! 🌍 Our Carbon Confessions exhibition is now on display at Atelier Néerlandais until Sept 27. 🏗️♻️ It gives a behind-the-scenes look at sustainable design, showcasing our journey toward carbon reduction, with a 21-chapter story on hanging paper banners.
September 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Paris without carbon! 🌍 Our Carbon Confessions exhibition is now on display at Atelier Néerlandais until Sept 27. 🏗️♻️ It gives a behind-the-scenes look at sustainable design, showcasing our journey toward carbon reduction, with a 21-chapter story on hanging paper banners.
We’re making Paris Paris-proof! Our exhibition Carbon Confessions is travelling to the French capital to be on display at the Atelier Néerlandais, from September 19 to 27! 🏗️♻️
September 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
We’re making Paris Paris-proof! Our exhibition Carbon Confessions is travelling to the French capital to be on display at the Atelier Néerlandais, from September 19 to 27! 🏗️♻️
Nature Rocks! 🏞️🌊 We've designed a transformation of Jialeshui, a scenic nature spot in southern Taiwan known for its unique rock formations. This design strengthens tourism infrastructure, while respecting the local nature.
August 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Nature Rocks! 🏞️🌊 We've designed a transformation of Jialeshui, a scenic nature spot in southern Taiwan known for its unique rock formations. This design strengthens tourism infrastructure, while respecting the local nature.
The transformation of GATE M West Bund Dream Center is complete, turning a former cement factory in Shanghai into a bustling culture and leisure riverside district! 🌆
July 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The transformation of GATE M West Bund Dream Center is complete, turning a former cement factory in Shanghai into a bustling culture and leisure riverside district! 🌆
We're giving public purpose to an empty crater in Munich's Milbertshofen! 🌟💙 Lucky Star is a star-shaped, temporary structure for music, sports, food & fun – bringing life to a future-construction site.
July 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We're giving public purpose to an empty crater in Munich's Milbertshofen! 🌟💙 Lucky Star is a star-shaped, temporary structure for music, sports, food & fun – bringing life to a future-construction site.
"When you transform buildings, you can allow yourself things that are not always possible in new buildings." 🏛️🔨 In an interview with @dezeen.com, Nathalie de Vries shares how transforming existing buildings has shaped our approach to design and how adaptive reuse can create more sustainable cities.
July 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
"When you transform buildings, you can allow yourself things that are not always possible in new buildings." 🏛️🔨 In an interview with @dezeen.com, Nathalie de Vries shares how transforming existing buildings has shaped our approach to design and how adaptive reuse can create more sustainable cities.
☀️🏗️ Summer at La Serre – where construction is well underway! Located in Issy-les-Moulineaux in Greater Paris, this mixed-use complex has been designed as a landscaped vertical village, stacked within an open steel rack.
July 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
☀️🏗️ Summer at La Serre – where construction is well underway! Located in Issy-les-Moulineaux in Greater Paris, this mixed-use complex has been designed as a landscaped vertical village, stacked within an open steel rack.
🚶♂️🏙 Explore Rotterdam with Winy Maas on an architecture "podwalk" by Tramhuis! Winy will guide you to discover both Rotterdam's iconic architecture and its hidden stories. Explore the city by obtaining the podwalk here! 🎧 tramhuis.nl/en/pages/rou...
June 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🚶♂️🏙 Explore Rotterdam with Winy Maas on an architecture "podwalk" by Tramhuis! Winy will guide you to discover both Rotterdam's iconic architecture and its hidden stories. Explore the city by obtaining the podwalk here! 🎧 tramhuis.nl/en/pages/rou...
A story of sustainability: we made the design for the exhibition "WEtransFORM: On the Future of Building" at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn – that opened yesterday! 🌍🏛️
June 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A story of sustainability: we made the design for the exhibition "WEtransFORM: On the Future of Building" at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn – that opened yesterday! 🌍🏛️
Nieuw Bergen in Eindhoven has reached its highest point! 🏗️ Seven buildings – both new-built and transformations – with 237 homes, commercial spaces, and… urban farming! 🌱🚜
June 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Nieuw Bergen in Eindhoven has reached its highest point! 🏗️ Seven buildings – both new-built and transformations – with 237 homes, commercial spaces, and… urban farming! 🌱🚜
A 25-storey residential tower with a catalogue of boxes for diverse outdoor spaces! 🏢🌿 This is Out of the Box in Taipei!
June 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A 25-storey residential tower with a catalogue of boxes for diverse outdoor spaces! 🏢🌿 This is Out of the Box in Taipei!
A 3D-printed façade inspired by local coral species… 🐚🐠 This is our design for Tiffany & Co. store in Cancún!
May 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A 3D-printed façade inspired by local coral species… 🐚🐠 This is our design for Tiffany & Co. store in Cancún!
Buildings that show how the world works! ⚙️ Read our latest article on Stack Magazine on how and why we design buildings that open up to people and offer them a glimpse "behind the scenes" of various institutions. mvrdv.com/stack-magazi...
May 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Buildings that show how the world works! ⚙️ Read our latest article on Stack Magazine on how and why we design buildings that open up to people and offer them a glimpse "behind the scenes" of various institutions. mvrdv.com/stack-magazi...
The Jiaozi Courtyard Towers are nearing completion, forming the final puzzle piece to a new district in Chengdu! The mixed-use complex comprises three office towers and a conference centre atop a ring-shaped plinth.
May 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The Jiaozi Courtyard Towers are nearing completion, forming the final puzzle piece to a new district in Chengdu! The mixed-use complex comprises three office towers and a conference centre atop a ring-shaped plinth.
The new Wuhan Library in China is taking shape! 🏗️📚
May 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The new Wuhan Library in China is taking shape! 🏗️📚
This is "BIOTOPIA: Propagative Structures": a vision for a future where biology becomes the foundation of everything – on view at the main exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. 🌱🌍
May 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This is "BIOTOPIA: Propagative Structures": a vision for a future where biology becomes the foundation of everything – on view at the main exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. 🌱🌍
A pavilion that "breathes" with the sun, providing dynamic shading without any electricity or motors: this is SOMBRA in Venice! 🌞☂️
May 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A pavilion that "breathes" with the sun, providing dynamic shading without any electricity or motors: this is SOMBRA in Venice! 🌞☂️
Galloping through the park! 🐎🌳🌞 We designed a shop window for Hermès at Crystal Houses in Amsterdam.
April 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Galloping through the park! 🐎🌳🌞 We designed a shop window for Hermès at Crystal Houses in Amsterdam.
