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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Amsterdam Oersoep in Netherlands by RAMSA in collaboration with Rijnboutt ArchitectsJanuary 20th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: ARTTENDERS In recent years, investor/owner Bouwinvest and real estate developer Top Vastgoed transformed the outdated buildings along the Amsterdam Nieuwendijk 196 and Damrak 70 and 80 into hyper-modern offices of international retailers such as Zara, JD Sports, and C&A. At the end of this year Primark will open their Dutch flagship store with its entrance in the Beurspassage. In total this project, known as Nowadays, will encompass an impressive 27.500 m2. This is an extraordinary large project for Amsterdam’s retailcenter, and – for Dutch standards – an enormously large and involved renovation of retail property in the city center. The completion of Nowadays, with its closing act the opening of the Beurspasssage and its artwork, will take place by the end of this year. Bouwinvest will have taken its final step in the largest Dutch inner city redevelopment of recent years.
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 Image Courtesy © Frank Hanswijk Arno&Iris Arno Coenen (1972) and Iris Roskam (1976) currently work and live in Klaaswaal, NL. They are known for their unique view on the fine arts world and their ground breaking approach on implementing art outside of the existing conventions. They are known for their imagery that combines decorative, commercial and popular iconography in combination with art historical references. The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam bought their artwork ‘Oud-West, Thuis Best’ and named it one of the most relevant Dutch artworks about contemporary society. More recent they completed their artwork ‘Horn of Plenty’ to be seen in the inner façade of the Markthal Rotterdam (NL). This artwork went viral and is still subject of conversation in international media when talking about the Netherlands and Rotterdam in particular. This is art 2.0, making it an immersive experience which inspires and surprises on a different level than is normally expected of the fine arts.  Image Courtesy © Frank Hanswijk  Image Courtesy © Frank Hanswijk Hans van Bentem Hans van Bentem (1965) was born in The Hague and currently lives in Amsterdam. Van Bentem’s generally giant sculptures, made of ceramics, glass and other materials, have a unique ability to stir our imaginations. Their rich visual vocabulary is as much the result of the artist’s fascination with popular forms of culture like strip cartoons and science fiction as it is of his interest in our own European past and in exotic cultures. The latter is manifested, for example, in his use of materials and techniques: he draws on the centuries-old skills of craftsmen in China, the Czech Republic and Senegal for the execution of his sculptures in porcelain, glass and wood.  Image Courtesy © Frank Hanswijk  Image Courtesy © Frank Hanswijk  Image Courtesy © Frank Hanswijk  Image Courtesy © Frank Hanswijk  Image Courtesy © Frank Hanswijk  Image Courtesy © Frank Hanswijk  Image Courtesy © Frank Hanswijk  Image Courtesy © Frank Hanswijk  Image Courtesy © Frank Hanswijk  Image Courtesy © Frank Hanswijk  Image Courtesy © Frank Hanswijk  Image Courtesy © Frank Hanswijk  Image Courtesy © Frank Hanswijk  Image Courtesy © Frank Hanswijk
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