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VAN MOURIK VERMEULEN, 1991-1995, Archimedeslaan 10, Utrecht

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Van Mourik Vermeulen

PROJECT ARCHITECT:
Peter Vermeulen
Roeland Dreissen

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT:
West 8

ARTIST:
Karel Appel

BUILDING TYPE:
Office buildings

This office complex assembles three volumes on a raised podium: a 19-storey office slab, a horizontally articulated transparent low-rise block containing a restaurant, conference centre, entrance lobby and dispatch zone, and a wedge-shaped auditorium jutting from the low-rise component. The podium in turn sits on a basement parking structure. The trio of volumes are distinguishable in colour and material: white granite with black frames for the high rise, dark glass with white horizontal frames for the low rise and white aluminium panels for the auditorium. A reptilian bridge dominates the garden.