The people of Rotterdam know a thing or two about living on the water. About 90% of the second-largest city in the Netherlands lies below sea level, which leaves it vulnerable to rising waters. To ...
One of the consequences of climate change is a rise in water levels, but this construction isn’t going under easy. It’s not your ordinary vessel, and it’s not your typical office building. The ...
Rotterdam-based architecture firm Powerhouse Company has unveiled designs for a unique floating office building to be anchored in the historic Rotterdam port of Rijnhaven. Created as the new ...
Described by creator Powerhouse Company as the world's largest floating office, the recently completed Floating Office Rotterdam is designed to rise with the tides of climate change, will get all of ...
“For us, sustainability also means creating something that people love,” says Nanne de Ru, a founding partner of the international architecture practice Powerhouse Company. “Beautiful things will be ...
Powerhouse Company has revealed a new design for Floating Office Rotterdam (FOR), the headquarters of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA). As the team states, construction will start this spring, ...
The Floating Office Rotterdam is a sustainable building with a negative carbon footprint, Solarlux bi-folding doors were used offering thermal insulation with maximum views.