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10.09.2026
Parkside Living: Welcome to Reijsendaal
Last year, Orange Architects completed Reijsendaal in Park Zestienhoven, Rotterdam. The project has now been beautifully captured by Sebastian van Damme. As part of the urban plan by Gemeente Rotterdam, Orange Architects designed 40 ground-access dwellings, interspersed with homes designed by Geurst & Schulze architecten. Each features a large sculptural roof, generous bay windows or ground-floor verandas, refined brickwork details, and ornamental shutters mounted in front of the windows as semi-transparent ‘screens’. The dwellings are arranged in short rows of two, three and four homes. To reinforce the cohesion of these rows, the homes are designed as sturdy, all-sided volumes with no defined front or back, and entrances on both the front and side façades. Variations in brick colour and roof shape give each ‘Avenue Villa’ its own character, while the robust volumes lend the ensemble a strong sense of unity. At the end of the avenue, where the road curves towards the neighbouring park, stands a compact and sculptural five-storey apartment building. With four apartments, one on each floor, the building features a recessed top floor and a commercial space at ground level. The building’s corners feature generously projecting balconies, extending the living spaces outdoors. These terraces largely define the appearance of the brick façade and are enclosed by low, profiled brick walls. Read more about Reijsendaal
read more04.09.2026
KAAP Horn and York nominated Architectenweb Awards
We’re proud to share that KAAP Horn and York has been nominated for the Architectenweb Awards, in the category Residential Building of the Year 2026! Thank you, Architectenweb for this nomination and the recognition of the project. The architectural concept for both buildings consists of an open and rational white concrete structure on the lower levels, crowned with an extravagant, sculptural ‘top’ of weathering steel. In the lower part of the buildings, apartments are horizontally oriented with panoramic views across the IJ, while the apartments on the upper floors are vertically oriented, with large windows that offer wide views of the Dutch skies. Read more about KAAP Horn and York and the other nominees via this link. KAAP comprises five residential buildings and a circular hospitality pavilion, designed by Orange Architects (Horn and York), Powerhouse Company (Coast and Verde) and NEXT architects (Blanc and circular Pavilion).
read more17.07.2026
Why Now! Keynote at Lviv Urban Forum 2026
Lviv Urban Forum 2026 was a powerful reminder of the energy, ambition and expertise shaping Ukraine’s future. On behalf of Orange Architects, Patrick Meijers was honoured to be invited as keynote speaker to share our perspective on Why Now! — identity, sustainability and the neighborhood as foundation for Ukraine’s future. The keynote focused on the why behind reconstruction: before asking what to build and how to build it, we need to ask what kind of country, cities, neighborhoods and communities Ukraine wants to become. This question also drives our work through Orange Architects, Ukraine – the Netherlands Urban Network (UNUN), Panorama Ukraine and the many Ukrainian and Dutch partners we are fortunate to work with. A special thank you to Mayor Andriy Sadovyi, City Architect Anton Kolomeytsev, the Lviv Urban Forum team and all organizers for creating an inspiring three-day symposium full of national and international expertise in urban design, architecture, planning, social development and reconstruction. During the forum we reconnected with many friends and colleagues, including Mykola Morozov, Nikita Bielokopytov, Andriy Golovchenko, Oleg Drozdov, Oleksandra Naryzhna, Alexander Ohranovych, Natalie Fadeeva, Roman Puchko, Fulco Treffers and Kees Christiaanse, and met new partners including Oleksandr Fenchuk from Lviv Municipality, Oliver Weigel from IBA Munich, Olexi Kurylyshyn and Yurko Nazaruk of Fest Republic. Together with Lviv City Councillors, we are exploring whether the PANNO Prototype, a modular, circular and biobased school prototype funded by Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO), can be positioned in Lviv North, within the wider UNBROKEN Ukraine area. We also visited Budfrank, the construction company involved in the prototype. Anton Kolomeytsev gave us a valuable tour through northern Lviv, including the UNBROKEN project, social housing designed by Oleg Drozdov and the hospital redevelopment by ABMK Architects. It showed how Lviv is connecting care, housing, public space and urban development into one future-oriented agenda. The forum made one thing clear: Ukraine is not only rebuilding. Ukraine is defining its sustainable future. Thank you, Lviv. We return with new energy, new connections and an even stronger belief in the power of collaboration.
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