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MVRDV
MVRDV was set up in 1993 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands by Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs
and Nathalie de Vries. MVRDV engages globally in providing solutions to contemporary
architectural and urban issues. A research-based and highly collaborative design method
engages experts from all fields, clients and stakeholders in the creative process. The
results are exemplary and outspoken buildings, urban plans, studies and objects, which
enable our cities and landscapes to develop towards a better future.
Early projects by the office, such as the headquarters for the Dutch Public Broadcaster
VPRO and WoZoCo housing for the elderly in Amsterdam lead to international acclaim. 350
architects, designers and other staff develop projects in a multi-disciplinary, collaborative
design process which involves rigorous technical and creative investigation. MVRDV
works with BIM and has official in-house BREEAM and LEED assessors. Together with
Delft University of Technology, MVRDV runs The Why Factory, an independent think tank
and research institute providing an agenda for architecture and urbanism by envisioning
the city of the future.
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