Ketelhuiswoningen

The La Defense office complex is well integrated within the larger urban plan. Both its height and the entrances into the courtyards tie in with the larger site.

The Casa Casla is a building designed by Lanoire & Courrian Architectes in the center of Almere.

The City Hall was the first prominent building in Almere Stad city centre. The cylindrical council chamber, the seat of civic administration, is prominently visible above the entrance foyer on Stadhuisplein.

The apartments in this 19-storey block, which closes off the harbour basin, face out in two directions. The horizontally articulated apartments form a rhythmic pattern.

Fifty-five colourful houses in green surroundings. As a resident, you park your car on the fringes and walk or bicycle along the path to your home. The path is dominated by diagonal lines, embroidering on the Anthroposophic ideas of Rudolf Steiner.

One of the more successful projects from the viewpoint of Gewilde Wonen (‘Desired Living’, a movement towards liberalised housing).

Four individual houses designed by the same architect, each with low gutters, extended roofs, oiled woodwork and red roof tiles. The timber frame construction is reminiscent to vernacular Zaanse houses, Scandinavian design and Limburger farmsteads.

This huge barn for sheep has a dashing curvature of the form, is clad mainly in wood and provides magnificent accommodation for Almere’s very own flock of sheep when they’re not out of doors.

Book the City Walk Almere Haven and discover the oldest part of Almere with canals, a market square, nostalgic architecture surrounded by residential areas with many courtyards and the Havenkom.

Unique in the Almere landscape is this succession of different buildings focused on nature, culture, leisure and education in the countryside. Buildings made of natural materials seem to effortlessly blend with the surrounding nature.