Buildings

Netherlands’ housing in the new ‘old style’

By and Matthew Barac Matthew Barac2009-12-04T00:00:00

The communal base of De Rokade tower.

Source: Allard van der Hoek

As part of its research into solving the housing needs of the UK’s ageing population, the government-commissioned Happi panel visited the visionary Maartenshof scheme in the Netherlands with an apartment tower by Arons en Gelauff Architecten and community hub by Team 4 Architects

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