29th of November is a special day for Carine Weve, one of our allies in the world of art. On this day her first solo exhibition will open in Amsterdam. We will look foreward to this wonderful event. PRESS RELEASE: CARINE WEVE solidified time Opening: 29 November, 17:00 -19:00 29…

At this moment one of the most idiosyncratic creations of Catalan architect Josep Ma. Jujol is celebrating the centennial of the start of its construction. It is ‘Torre de la Creu’ of “Torre dels Ous’ (House of the Eggs) at Sant Joan Despí, the epicentre of Jujolianism. An exhibition…

Paul de Vroom made a personal discovery: Visiting Vilnius, Lithuania, in search of contact with the local architectural world he stumbled across the Independent Republic of Užupis, an ideosyncratic state lead by a large community of artists. Crossing the Vilnia river means crossing a real border as the sign…

In Kanaleneiland, Utrecht, the contours of the new school building ‘ROC-Midden Nederland’ are visible now, although in this picture the whole volume is still wrapped in scaffolding and green nets. Soon better pictures will reveal the architectural appearance of the building.

At het moment that the first nameplate of ‘Paul de Vroom architecten’ was put on the facade at the Maaskade spontaneously an idea arose which is symbolically called: ‘Nameplate of the Month’. It means that creative people who in some way are connected to the studio are invited to…

Jet Christiaanse is currently filming in Vilnius, Lithuania. She is line producer for the ABC TV series “The Assets”, that will air from the 2nd of Januari The Hollywood Reporter: “ABC Orders Limited Series About the Cold War The program, based on the book “Circle of Treason: A CIA…

With ‘Estanterias III y IV’, or bookcases III & IV, the transformation of the apartment in Gracia finally comes to the end (for the time being). The bookcases were desperately needed because of Paul de Vroom’s constant desire for books about Barcelona, Vila de Gracia and Catalunya. Estanteria IV…

The New Institute (formely: NAI) in Rotterdam organised a talkshow called ‘Russia in Dutch Architecture’. Three architects: Han van der Born (KCAP), Erick van Egeraat and Paul de Vroom were asked to share their experiences of working in Russia with the audience. Under the guidance of Bart Goldhoorn a…

The construction of the small apartment building ‘Zuigerstraat’, the Hague, is progressing steadily. The last two visits to the site were marked by the supervison of the brick laying, a very importasnt and delicate element of the architecture of the facade. The execution of the bond as well as…

The first news-item, put on the Blog is: ‘Studio Paul de Vroom is up an running!’ This is totally true. The studio had to be ready to function immediately in order to serve long-time clients of Paul de Vroom who expected ‘business to continue as usual’. At first, improvisation…