MVRDV’s Valley twists and turns with natural stone and vegetated balconies

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Architect
MVRDV
Location
Amsterdam Completion Date
2015 Planting Design
Piet Oudolf Structural Engineer
Van Rossum Raadgevende Ingenieurs Contractor
G&S Bouw B.V. and Boele & Van Eesteren B.V. Engineering
Inbo Parametric facade design
Arup Glazing
Blitta Natural Stone
Kolen Natuursteen

When it comes to designing buildings that look like mountains, MVRDV is in a league of its own. That may sound like a spurious claim, but the Rotterdam-based firm regularly injects a jolt of playful geology into its projects. Valley, a mixed-use complex located in Amsterdam’s Zuidas business district, takes this trope to an extreme.

The approximately 810,000-square-foot project comprises three tall peaks,

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