The Architect · Sven · Amsterdam
Silodam
This block taught a generation of architects how to pack variety into one form. I read it like a section drawing from the quay.
MVRDV's striped harbour housing block — a stack of neighbourhoods in one bar. Look, don't enter; it's homes.
— Sven, The Architect
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