The architecture of Meyer en Van Schooten Architecten is characterized by clear, consistent and innovative design. The office has a large interest in feasibility of design, therefore innovative interaction between all those concerned are of great value. An integrated treatment of design from early stage up to actual implementation as to provide durable and pleasant solutions. The portfolio of the architectural practice became varied in the course of the 1990s: in addition to residential buildings, design also included schools, offices and bridges. In December 1997 the practice was selected to design the new head office building for the ING Group in Amsterdam, which was delivered in 2002. In 2003 the office collaborated with Benthem Crouwel and West 8 to form the CS Team, and won the prestigious commission to design the new central station for Rotterdam, a major transport hub with facilities for the new high speed train connection. In 2006 the practices portfolio expanded to include ambitious projects abroad. Meyer en van Schooten Architecten designed a master plan for the town in Nyon in Switzerland, which includes new buildings containing community facilities, a hotel and commercial buildings. In Almatly Kazakhstan, the practice has designed two new large multifunctional buildings / complexes in the heart of its new financial district. In 2008 and 2009 no less than 7 projects were constructed and delivered. These were the apartment complex La Grande Cour, Amsterdam, the Ministry of Finance in The Hague, the new Faculty of Science (FNWI) for the University of Amsterdam, the new main office for fishing company W. Van der Zwan&Zn. in Scheveningen, the Central Bureau for Statistics in Heerlen, a cinema house in Emmeloord, and the Almere Public Library located within Almere's new town centre. Currently the practice is working on, among others, the new headquarters of the Royal Netherlands Army Command and the renovation and extension of New Babylon in The Hague.
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