Yearbook Architecture in the Netherlands 2005/06

Joustra Reid
House

The villa stands on a wide site, willow-lined avenue in a 1930s residential area. By combining traditional building methods and new techniques, the architect achieved a contemporary interpretation of the local palette of building materials that is contextual without being slavishly imitative. This applies, for example, to the chosen roof, most of the houses here have, like the new villa, an expressive roof, of thatch, slate or tiles. The choice of materials that will acquire an attractive patina over time is similarly in tune with the surrounding development. The house consists of two main volumes, roof and base. Inflected, laminated trusses rise up from the basement. The trusses, which taper towards the ridge, carry the curved, thatch-covered roof. The roof is virtually imperforate, with large skylights compensating for the lack of daylight. From a distance the roof appears float above the plot, an effect derived from the fact that the ground and main floor elevations are for the most part glued sheet glass. The various spaces in the house are directly connected to one another so that exposed trusses are visible over several levels.
The undulating lower edge of the thatch results in some areas that are more private and enclosed while others are granted an unimpeded view of the garden. To counteract the growth of moss, thatch is edged with copper. By cleverly disengaging base an roof, the architect has been able to make a huge house that does not look out of place amongst its neighbours.

npk design’s 30th anniversary
Party
Friday September 19th npk design celebrated her 30th anniversary in the main office in Leiden.
All relations, former colleagues, friends and family were shown around in the various design studios. Afterwards all guests, seated at long tables, enjoyed an Italian dinner on our inner court.

published in European Business Design 1
Hamax PLUS System
‘Key to the success of a design project are a shared enthusiasm and a ‘dream’ of what you want to achieve with the project.’

published in Sketching - drawing techniques for product designers
Two npk projects descriped in Sketching
Due to the complex curvature transitions, cross sections are added to clarify the intended shape and keep it symmetrical.

published in Yearbook Architecture in the Netherlands 2005/06
IJ-tramway, Rietlanden tramstop
The masts and shelters (some with heating), designed by npk designers, are the same all along the route.

published in Yearbook Architecture in the Netherlands 2005/06
House
The house consists of two main volumes, roof and base. Inflected, laminated trusses rise up from the basement.

published in Identity Matters 11-2005
BasicPhone
The Dutch firm NPK (with Chess, it ’s technology partner) designed the phone to comfort users by referencing the familiar: a ubiquitous telephone handset from the 70’s.

published in Form 10-2005
Basicphone
Basicphone is a mobile telephone that people also have no difficulties using. It was developed by npk design with the Haarlem company Chess

published in Made in Holland 2005
n|p|k twin postbox
By 2007, the twin postbox will be a fixture up and down the Netherlands. The design has won an IF Design Award, was short listed for the Dutch Design Awards, and was nominated for the Design Prize of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The Foreign Affairs of Dutch Design
Traveling exhibition goes to Amsterdam
From July 14 to August 21 the exhibition will be on display at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. Recent work of npk design is demonstrated.…

Red Dot Award
BeerTender wins red dot award
Out of more than 1800 participants of 36 countries an international jury of designers, architects and artists has selected BeerTender for a red dot award.…