MVRDV on Instagram: "Combining Dutch heritage with luxury architecture! 🧱💎 It is with the request of Warenar to design a flagship store on Amsterdam’s one and only luxury brand street that the Crystal Houses project was born. On PC Hooftstraat, MVRDV wanted to create a store that had a unique design all while respecting the original building's heritage, and found a solution through an unexpected twist on familiar materials! MVRDV created a unique construction of glass bricks that stretch up the façade, dissolving into a traditional terracotta brick façade. Glass bricks, glass window frames, and glass architraves evoke the vernacular of the area to maintain the character of the street. The key to creating this transparent brick façade was much research and experimentation, which res
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