We are proud that Office Winhov has been awarded ‘Architect of the Year 2023’. This prize is an acknowledgement of our active contribution to the development of our profession. 

This would not have been possible without the conversations, exchanges, and collaborations with our team, colleagues and stakeholders. This prize is a reflection of our collective efforts and we therefore thank you!

Also a 'Thank You' to Architectenweb for this acknowledgement.

Last Tuesday Jürg Conzett gave the lecture ‘Design-by-thinking-of-troubled-water’. A big thank you to him!

‘Design-by-thinking-of’ is a series of lectures, by and for architects. It offers a platform for architects to share their projects and specific thoughts around design. Editorial board: Bergplaats, Moriko Kira Architect, Ard de Vries Architects and Office Winhov.

On the website of NRP you can view a film about Pillows Hotel Maurits at the Park – and read more about the jury’s thoughts and our collaboration with the owner and developer Amerborgh.

NRP Gulden Feniks is the award for renovation and transformation. Leiden’s City Hall also received a nomination.

In collaboration with deMunnik-deJong Architects (council chamber Leiden) and Studio Linse (interiors city hall and hotel).

Photo: Stefan Müller

You may view the symposium ‘Design in analogy with the existing’ here on Architectenweb (Dutch-only).

Don’t aim to contrast with the existing – but design in analogy with the existing. A growing group of architects continues to work on existing buildings in this new way. How do they handle this? And can we come up with a method for this together? On Monday afternoon, 9 October 2023, Architectenweb and Office Winhov organised a symposium about this in Pakhuis de Zwijger.

The design combination, Office Winhov and Korthtielens Architects, has just completed the Urban Structure Design for the transformation and densification of the Kolenkitbuurt centre. Located between Sinjeur Semeynsstraat, Schaaherderstraat, Leeuwendalersweg and Wiltzanglaan, the project also includes the transformation of the Piggelmee blocks. 

Preliminary design work will begin in November 2023.

Client: Rochdale housing association

Architecture: design combination Office Winhov with Korthtielens Architects

Landscape architecture: Bureau B+B Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture

The third season of the lecture series ‘Design-by-thinking-of’ kicked off last Wednesday with the lecture ‘Design-by-thinking-of-the-room-and-the-city’ by Stephen Bates of Sergison Bates architects. A big thank you to him!

‘Design-by-thinking-of’ is a series of lectures, by and for architects. It offers a new platform for architects to share their projects and specific thoughts around design. Editorial board: Bergplaats, Moriko Kira Architect, Ard de Vries Architects and Office Winhov.

Within the series of lectures 'Architects in Ctrl', Henk Tiegelaar and Caroline Versteden take you through the development Office Winhov has experienced with Archicad. From the transition to integration, and from a focus from new construction to renovation. They do this based on two notable projects:

– Renovation, transformation, and sustainability of the Staal-Kade office building in Amsterdam

– Expansion of Nijmegen Station

Register now! No time? If you register you can receive the recording afterwards.

'Architects in Ctrl' is organised by Kubus.

Image: Render of the Staal-Kade office building

This nomination highlights our active contribution to the development of our profession. Without the conversations, exchanges and collaborations with colleagues and clients, this recognition would not have been possible. Thank you for your trust and confidence. 

The nomination video sheds light on our approach to the challenges of architectural reuse based on three recently completed projects: National Holocaust Museum, City Hall Den Helder and Pillows Hotel Maurits at the Park.

Watch the video’s of the nominees here.

Thanks to the Architectenweb jury: Do Janne Vermeulen, Anouk Reintjens, Thomas Bedaux, Mechthild Stuhlmacher.

And congratulations to fellow nominees Marjolein van Eig, Studioninedots, Crimson Historians & Urbanists and Peter van Assche!

The renovation of Leiden’s City Hall is nominated for RAP – this prize rewards and stimulates high-profile architecture in the Rijnland region. In collaboration with Studio Linse.

Check the shortlist & vote here.

A complex cluster of buildings between Amsterdam’s iconic shopping street Kalverstraat and Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal grew together over time. With the change in the fashion retail industry and the increasing need for densification in the historical urban fabric, it was time for a rigorous transformation and reorganisation. In order to activate a collection of buildings into retail and office spaces, the unique qualities and characters of each building were separately defined. This was done by untangling the volumes and letting in the light. The three-level retail space on the Kalverstraat is highlighted by a completely new natural stone façade. This façade is characterized by its deep relief, reflecting both the building’s historical parcellation and its new use. Meanwhile, the second and third floors above were redeveloped as offices that are connected with a light double-height space to the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal. The connecting space now forms the heart of the ensemble, with a new family of façades enabling light workspaces. The interiors are characterized by a careful selection of materials that reflect the building's modern reuse.

We have been commissioned as the architects and is also responsible for the interior design.

Photo: Stefan Müller

Photo: Tom de Kort

Arcam is organizing a large model exhibition, which can be seen from 21 July to 10 September. Three models made by Office Winhov will also be on display.

Image: Model of office building Staal-Kade made by Alexandre Augu

Interview with Uri Gilad, Inez Tan and Caroline Versteden in the Kroonenberg Journal about our collaboration with Kroonenberg Groep, shared ambitions and the projects Kalverstraat 48/Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 269 and Raadhuisstraat 46-50.

From August 2023, Office Winhov has two intern vacancies for a minimum of 10 months. Deadline for application with a printed portfolio is 30 June 2023.

Model by intern Gwenaëlle Polgar

As part of the 'High-Frequency Rail Programme', Nijmegen Station will be extensively renovated and expanded in the coming years.

The station can be regarded as a 'guest' on a lateral moraine – a unique landscape phenomenon. This local topography long formed a natural boundary, but with the westward expansion of the city, the station has now become central. In addition to a significant height difference, the station also has a complex architectural history in which the remains of the original station by C.H. Peters were incorporated by Sybold van Ravesteyn after WWII into a new and monumental station.

We have been commissioned as the architects, and developed this plan together with Arcadis, for the new western entrance in combination with the renewed platform tunnel, entrances, and the extra wooden roofed platform canopy. 

The second season of the lecture series ‘Design-by-thinking-of’ was concluded last Wednesday with the lecture ‘Design-by-thinking-of-dwelling-and-building’ by José Toral of Peris+Toral Architects. A big thank you to him and to the previous lecturers Floris Cornelisse (Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven), An Fonteyne (noAarchitecten), Peter St John (Caruso St John Architects) and Chie Konno (teco).

‘Design-by-thinking-of’ is a series of lectures, by and for architects. It offers a new platform for architects to share their projects and specific thoughts around design. Editorial board: Bergplaats, Moriko Kira Architect, Ard de Vries Architects and Office Winhov.

We are already looking forward to the next season!

The 20-floor building in Blok 6 of the Overtoomse Veld is a part of the densifying plan for the Westelijke Tuinsteden [‘Garden Cities’], an area originally developed in the 1960s in Amsterdam West. The architectural expression of the new building, designed in collaboration with Office Haratori, is inspired by the post-war reconstruction architecture of the surrounding neighbourhood.

This residential tower will house 174 subsidised rentals for starters – small-scale apartments of unique high-quality.

In the coming years, approx. 5,000 homes will be developed in the Pampusbuurt on Strandeiland (at the IJmeer).

“A real achievement is the creation of a de facto front porch for the hotel, spilling into the park from Spring – its generous terrace and lawn lead straight to the conifer-lined bicycle paths around Oosterpark. Parakeets and magpies visit Pillows’ birdhouses hung from the plane trees towering over the guest rooms. ‘We are adding the hotel to the park,’ says Uri Gilad, the hotel’s architect. ‘Usually, it is the other way around.’ ”

Read the review here.

Photo: Stephan Müller