UNStudio founded 30 years years ago Ben van Berkel, a lecturer at TU Delft, and Caroline Bos, an art historian and architectural journalist. At their kitchen table, they sketched out their first projects, and the future of UNStudio. Fast forward three decades and UNStudio is operating from six international offices and designing in over 30 countries.
Today Ben and Caroline are working with over 200 architects and designers. Every day, these creatives shape the resilient world they want to live in, focusing every inch of design around human needs: connecting fast-growing communities, housing cultural institutions, building homes, harnessing emerging technologies, and educating young creatives.
UNStudio’s moto is connecting people to places and to each other, in relevant, flexible and future-proof ways. UNstudio has built the foundations of their company along those very same future-proof principles.
The Canaletto tower, designed by the Amsterdam-based UNStudio, has given the Tech City a residential revamp. Located half-way between Old Street and Angel stations, the streamlined high rise comprises 31 stories of apartments, including the newly launched, three bed Beaumont suites. Inside each of these high end homes on the 25th to 28th floors, by […] More
UNStudio has recently completed the impressive Fairyland Guorui Villas residential project in Beijing. The sculptural villas are placed alongside the riverside in Beijing, while all following the same sentiment each unit has its own characteristics. The architectural masterplan envisions sculptural villas scattered along the riverside, each with its own characteristics and living spaces, but embedded in the […] More
What has influenced the new Den Bosch Theatre design is the participation of the residents of the town, who played their part in the selection of Ben van Berkel / UNStudio as the design team. After the competition instead of city Councillors the citizens of Den Bosch were invited to actually vote on two designs in the […] More
Singapore University of Technology & Design – SUTD designed by Ben van Berkel / UNStudio and DP Architects is now completed, the design itself is in time with today’s millennials. It embodies connectivity, collaboration, as well as innovation and sociality. The new campus with almost 83,000 square meters is located closely to Changi Airport in […] More
The striking W.I.N.D. House by Ben van Berkel / UNStudio is one of the latest impressively designed smart houses. “The contemporary smart home not only enables the control of appliances from afar and incorporates the necessary installations and materials to aim for a zero net energy building, it also responds to changes in today’s lifestyles. A […] More
Project for the Theatre de Stoep in Dutch town of Spijkenisse by architecture practice UNStudio was featured for the first time back in March of 2013. Back then the impressive building was only a rendering, today the doors of Spijkenisse’s theater are open to public. The design for the Theatre Spijkenisse focuses on the placement and […] More
Building a railway project is no easy task and the Qatar Integrated Railway Project is now in the hands of the experts and creatives at Ben Van Berkel / UNStudio. The team is creating 35 new stations in phase 1, while in the phase 2 the project will delier 60 more stations. This massive task will in […] More
Following selection in the 2011 competition UNStudio ’s World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion in Qingdao has been realised. For more images and architects description continue after the jump: More
UNStudio’s design has been selected as the winning entry in the competition for the remodelling of the Hanwha Headquarters building in Seoul. The renovation of the office tower incorporates the remodelling of the facade, the interior of the common spaces, lobbies, meeting levels, auditorium and executive areas, along with the redesign of the landscaping. More
As part of the ‘RIBA Shanghai Windows Project 2014’ UNStudio was invited by China Xintiandi to create a gateway installation for the Xintiandi Style Retail Mall in Shanghai. More
Hanjie Wanda Square is a luxury shopping plaza which houses international brand stores, world-class boutiques, catering outlets and cinemas. Unstudio approached to the design of the Hanjie Wanda Square combining both contemporary and traditional design elements in one concept. More
UNStudio's design for the Baumkirchen Mitte in Munich has been selected as the winning entry from a shortlist of 6 finalists. UNStudio worked in collaboration with OR else Landscapes on the design for the 18,500m2 residential and office complex located in the east of Munich. For a closer look, continue after the jump: More