CTBUH Silver Member

MVRDV

About

Member Offices: Rotterdam

Website: https://www.mvrdv.com

MVRDV is one of the most innovative architectural practices in the world, with offices in Rotterdam, Shanghai and Paris and 250 architects, designers, urban planners and service staff who develop projects in a multi-disciplinary, iterative, collaborative design process involving rigorous technical and creative investigations. These have resulted in a range of building types, urban plans and conceptual visions in 45 countries, and extends to research, publications and exhibitions.
MVRDV pursues a fascination for radical, investigative spatial research focusing on the urban landscape, the public realm, and the influence of architecture on the everyday lives of its inhabitants and users. Their research-based approach drives spatial innovation in the fields of architecture, urbanism and landscape design, with a focus on the social and environmental integration and impacts of buildings. The results are exemplary, outspoken projects, which enable our cities and landscapes develop towards a greener, more sustainable and attractive future.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Urban Design

Buildings

RANK
Name
Height
1 Peruri 88

389 m / 1,276 ft
2 Taipei Twin Tower 1

337 m / 1,106 ft
4 Taipei Twin Tower 2

280 m / 919 ft
6 Vanke 3D City

250 m / 820 ft
8 Havana & Philadelphia

150 m / 492 ft
9 Downtown One

140 m / 459 ft
10 Sky Village

126 m / 413 ft
11 Grotius I

120 m / 394 ft
12 Hochhaus Tower

110 m / 361 ft
13 Grotius II

100 m / 328 ft

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

18 October 2016

What’s Next?: How Do We Make Vertical Urban Design?

It seems sometimes as if the further away from the ground we rise, the more architectonic and less urban our buildings become. Skyscrapers have always...

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Research

17 October 2016

What’s Next?: How Do We Make Vertical Urban Design?

It seems sometimes as if the further away from the ground we rise, the more architectonic and less urban our buildings become. Skyscrapers have always...

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Global News

23 October 2019

Designs for New San Francisco Development Revealed

A canyon-like tower by MVRDV and a twisting structure by Studio Gang are among the buildings to be revealed for a new San Francisco development....

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RANK
Name
Height
1 Peruri 88

389 m / 1,276 ft
2 Taipei Twin Tower 1

337 m / 1,106 ft
3 The Cloud Tower 1

300 m / 984 ft
4 Taipei Twin Tower 2

280 m / 919 ft
5 The Cloud Tower 2

260 m / 853 ft
6 Vanke 3D City

250 m / 820 ft
7 Gwanggyo Ekonhill

225 m / 738 ft
8 Havana & Philadelphia

150 m / 492 ft
9 Downtown One

140 m / 459 ft
10 Sky Village

126 m / 413 ft
11 Grotius I

120 m / 394 ft
12 Hochhaus Tower

110 m / 361 ft
13 Grotius II

100 m / 328 ft
14 Valley 1

97 m / 318 ft
15 Silhouette

78 m / 256 ft
16 Mission Rock Building A

77 m / 254 ft
17 Valley 2

76 m / 249 ft
18 Valley 3

66 m / 217 ft
19 Baltyk Tower

65 m / 213 ft
20 Mirador Building

63 m / 208 ft
21 DnB Nor A

63 m / 206 ft
22 Nieuw Bergen

62 m / 203 ft
23 Pixel Tower 4

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24 KoolKiel Hotel Tower

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24 Pixel Tower 3

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26 Pixel Tower 2

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26 Pixel Tower 5

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28 Weenapoint Phase 3, Tower 2

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29 Pixel Tower 6

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30 KoolKiel Office Tower

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31 Pixel Tower 7

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32 Pixel Tower 1

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33 Weenapoint Phase 3, Tower 1

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Statistics

Most Common Function*

Office (100%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 1 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 

Building Completions Timeline

Building Map

Construction Time Chart

NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.

Videos

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18 October 2016

What’s Next?: How Do We Make Vertical Urban Design?

It seems sometimes as if the further away from the ground we rise, the more architectonic and less urban our buildings become. Skyscrapers have always...

18 October 2016

Tall Buildings and Context: Appropriate High Rise Vernaculars

The issue of skyscraper form and expression being appropriate to cultural and social context is currently a hotly debated topic in China, as well as...

18 October 2016

CTBUH 2016 China Conference Plenary 3: Cities to Megacities: The Future Q & A

October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China.Carol Willis, The Skyscraper Musuem; Chao (Ivan) Wan, Tencent Holdings Limited; Jonathan Ward, NBBJ; Stefano Boeri, Stefano Boeri Architetti; Winy Maas,...

Research

17 October 2016

What’s Next?: How Do We Make Vertical Urban Design?

Winy Mass, MVRDV

It seems sometimes as if the further away from the ground we rise, the more architectonic and less urban our buildings become. Skyscrapers have always...

17 October 2016

Cities to Megacities: Perspectives

CTBUH 2016 Conference Speakers

The CTBUH 2016 International Conference is being held in the three cities of the Pearl River Delta, the world’s largest “megacity,” projected to have 120...

07 June 2010

Interview: Winy Maas, MVRDV

Winy Maas, MVRDV

The urban future of Chinese cities could take the shape of supersized parabolic structures in and around current cities. Imagine a range of various green...

Global News

23 October 2019

Designs for New San Francisco Development Revealed

A canyon-like tower by MVRDV and a twisting structure by Studio Gang are among the buildings to be revealed for a new San Francisco development....

28 January 2019

Mixed-Use Complex Proposed for Kiel

MVRDV have released details of their proposed mixed-use complex, designed to redevelop a post-industrial site in Kiel, Germany. The 65,000-square-meter proposal will adopt a flexible...

28 January 2019

Mixed-Use Complex Proposed for Kiel

MVRDV have released details of their proposed mixed-use complex, designed to redevelop a post-industrial site in Kiel, Germany. The 65,000-square-meter proposal will adopt a flexible...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving MVRDV

Skybridges: Bringing the Horizontal into the Vertical Realm

02 July 2020

This symposium gathered many successful practitioners sharing their experiences and discussing the recreation of the urban realm in the sky through connections between buildings at height.

CTBUH Berlin Event 2019: Urban Densification

18 September 2019

The latest CTBUH Berlin Event addressed the question of how architects and designers can manage urban densification, while at the same time ensuring high standards of quality.

CTBUH Israel’s Tel Aviv Regional Conference

13–15 November 2017

The city of Tel Aviv was honored to host the CTBUH Tel Aviv Regional Conference in collaboration with the annual IACIE conference and CTBUH Israel.