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Mecanoo transforms former gold vault into "city’s living room" in renovation of De Nederlandsche Bank in Amsterdam

Dutch firm Mecanoo has completed a major renovation of the Netherlands' central bank, which involved dismantling a 14-storey tower and opening up the former gold vault. The post Mecanoo transforms former gold vault into "city’s living room" in renovation of De Nederlandsche Bank in Amsterdam appeared first on Dezeen .

Architecture news and projects | Dezeen · EN

Rotterdam's Echo is a Tokyo-inspired listening bar inside the brutalist Groot Handelsgebouw

Echo is a listening bar in Rotterdam featuring a bar made from shipping crates and ombré mirrors by Sabine Marcelis. The post Rotterdam's Echo is a Tokyo-inspired listening bar inside the brutalist Groot Handelsgebouw appeared first on Dezeen .

Interior design | Dezeen · EN

The week’s best new tracks and the act you need to know: Dutch squat-punks Bombstrap’s uncompromising racket

The Rotterdam band are a riot of sound, look and attitude led by Eva Kah, who is as much a living artwork as she is a phenomenal live performer From Rotterdam, the Netherlands Recommended if you like Gnod, Discharge, Gwar Up next Debut album Big Enemy out now via Tartarus, playing Le Guess Who festival Rotterdam’s Bombstrap are a riotous and theatrical fusion of sound, look and attitude. An embodied version of John Milton’s Pandæmonium with the amp turned up to 11, the band revel in hardcore alternative living, internet wormholes, art-school pretensions and a gungy form of hardcore. Based in a

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