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Construction has started on plot 10-11!
30 November, 2020 Good News
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Construction has started!
29 January, 2020 Good News
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Our freestanding house in Entregebied is under construction!
25 January, 2020 Good News
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New project in Almere
12 December, 2019 Good News

ExS Architects are designing a new project in Almere. A single family house with a yellow brick facade combined with wooden elements.

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Construction on plot 4A is almost finished
3 December, 2019 Good News
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New interior renovation project in Rotterdam
4 October, 2019 Good News
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The balustrades are now in place on plot 5H5I
26 September, 2019 Good News
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Construction kick off on plot 10-11 in Centrumeiland
20 September, 2019 Good News
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New project: transformation of old orphanage into apartments!
5 September, 2019 Good News
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ExS in Discover Benelux Magazine
8 August, 2019 Good News

"More and more people in the Netherlands want to design their own homes. With ExS Architects, they have a partner that not only looks at the wishes of today, but also the needs of tomorrow.

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Construction in progress on plot 4A
7 June, 2019 Good News
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The facade of plot 5A is almost finished!
6 June, 2019 Good News
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Window frames and floor heating are being installed on plots 5H-5I
6 June, 2019 Good News
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Villa plot 2A is under construction!
4 June, 2019 Good News
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Leonidas, Rotterdam
10 May, 2019 Good News

Between the Kralingse Zoom and the Abraham van Rijckevorselweg lies the Leonidas location. This unique location owes its name to the Rotterdam Hockey Club, which played its matches there from 1934 to 2010.

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Villa plot 4A has started building!
7 May, 2019 Good News
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Construction on plot 5A almost finished!
7 May, 2019 Good News
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Construction in progress on plots 5H-5I!
7 May, 2019 Good News
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Since April 2019 we are recognised members of BNA!
12 April, 2019 Good News

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Townhouses ENT5D-5E almost finished
21 March, 2019 Good News
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Construction has started on plot 2A
21 March, 2019 Good News
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We are developing a new plot in Rotterdam
18 March, 2019 Good News
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Another construction in progress in Entreegebied
17 March, 2019 Good News
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Townhouse plot 5A has started building!
16 March, 2019 Good News
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New house in Almere
14 March, 2019 Good News
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Freestanding house under construction in Entreegebied
21 February, 2019 Good News
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Proposal for thermal baths in Brielle
5 February, 2019 Good News
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New Commission!
30 January, 2019 Good News
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ExS is designing a luxury vacation house in Sfakia
18 January, 2019 Good News
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Townhouses ENT5D-5E under construction
8 January, 2019 Good News
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Another construction in progress in Entreegebied
8 January, 2019 Good News
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Construction has started on plots 5H-5I!
7 January, 2019 Good News
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New pictures of Villa Plot 42
4 January, 2019 Good News

The construction of plot 42 is almost finished. 

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Construction starts soon!
22 December, 2018 Good News

One of our free standing houses in Entreegebied will start building soon. Stay tuned for more pictures.

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New collaboration of ExS Architects
22 December, 2018 Good News

ExS Architects is now collaborating with Vossius Bouw and Finimax to provide a total service of designing, financing and building your own home.

Visit our new website to find out more:www.
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New design of an apartment building in Centrumeiland
23 November, 2018 Good News

ExS is designing six storey apartment building for three families in Ijburg, Amsterdam. The bay windows and balconies on the facade give a distinct character to each of apartments.

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Villa Plot 45 delivered
21 November, 2018 Good News
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Construction of Villa Plot 42 almost finished
19 November, 2018 Good News
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Villa Plot 31 under construction
12 November, 2018 Good News
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New project in Amsterdam Noord
7 October, 2018 Good News
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Villa plot 42 starts taking shape!
27 March, 2018 Good News
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Construction of Villa Plot 45 almost finished
20 March, 2018 Good News
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Makerdam and ExS are invited to participate at IABR
2 March, 2018 Good News
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Plot 9, Drostenburg Amsterdam
15 January, 2018 Good News
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Villa plot 31 gets permit to start building!
12 December, 2017 Good News
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Villa Plot 2A gets permit to start building!
3 December, 2017 Good News
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Townhouses plot 5E-5D get permit to start building!
5 November, 2017 Good News
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Townhouse plot 5A Gets permit to start building!
5 November, 2017 Good News
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Villa 3 ready!
20 March, 2017 Good News
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Villa 3 photos
20 March, 2017 Good News
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Villa Plot 3 delivered!
1 March, 2017 Good News
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We are in Metro Newspaper!!!
3 October, 2016 Good News
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Construction in progress
9 September, 2016 Good News

Plot 3 Leonidas, constructed in Avlida Greece in Wands Vasilainas factory, transported to Rotterdam port and set up on site. The containers arrived on the 9th of September and the house has been set up within a few days.

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ExS 5th house in Leonidas Rotterdam
7 September, 2016 Good News

ExS newest villa in Kralingen Rotterdam. This is our 5th house in Leonidas area.

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New design in Leonidas
23 August, 2016 Good News
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Renovation of office building
22 August, 2016 Good News
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Plot B55
27 May, 2016 Good News

House of Casper and Enya in plot B55, Plant je Vlag Nijmegen. Almost there.

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Start Building
25 May, 2016 Good News
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ExS looking for: Senior Architects (2), Office manager/ marketing manager, BIM draftsman
12 March, 2016 Good News

Senior Architect  (2 positions)

ExS Architects is searching for a Senior Architect with 7+ years experience. ExS is looking for candidates that share the interest in high quality of design and the ability to realise it in quality buildings.

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Bim models
22 February, 2016 Good News

ExS is growing: We are happy to announce that since February 2016 we have enriched our services with our new BIM department. We can now offer complete Building Information Modelling services to both our clients and our colleagues.

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Wallpot
22 February, 2016 Good News

A patent design by ExS for green facades, fences and acoustic barriers. Wallpot was ranked 3rd among 7.

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Green Roofs Subsidies
5 February, 2016 Good News

Isn't it nice to have a roof-garden?There is an opportunity for a subsidy for green roofs and facades in a lot of cities in the Netherlands.Inspiration photo: prairie garden of Leon in Brussels Branch Tribu collection.

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B55 almost finished!
10 January, 2016 Good News
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New house in Rotterdam Kralingen
29 December, 2015 Good News

ExS Architects delivered one more design for a family house in the former hockey field Leonidas at the Kralinger Esch Rotterdam, for Mona and Mohamed. It is a two-storey free-standing house, which will be constructed with wood.

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Christmasparty 1e Schansstraat
30 November, 2015 Good News

Job Lee is organising together with the active inhabitants and social organisations an Christmasparty for the neighbourhood Schans Watergeus. The results of Studio Delfshaven where Job Lee has been working in it since september will be presented to their inhabitants and their network.

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Mix and Match
15 November, 2015 Good News

On the 9th of december Job Lee is organising a Mix & Match working session together with the most potential inhabitants who wants to start their social business in the neighbourhood Schans Watergeus in Delfshaven. Together with PlastVastGoed of Marjolein Dekker and Delfshaven Cooperatie they will make mix and match to get sustainable projects for this neighbourhood.

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Tour Citylab Stadsmakerscongres
22 October, 2015 Events
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Brochure design inspiration Plan Morgenzon
21 August, 2015 Good News

Plan Morgenzon is the newest area in Winterswijk where it is possible to build your own house. The site is making lots of progress in a short time.

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ExS Architects on facebook
20 August, 2015 Good News

We are happy to announce that ExS Architects are now on facebook. This way we can easier update our progress of the projects to you.

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Deckhuis has been delivered!
29 June, 2015 Good News

Our first Deckhuis for Plantjevlag Nijmegen is already inhabited! The couple Ad & Tineke are finishing their house by themselves. The toilet, bathroom and the kitchen looks very lovely and is made with wood as well.

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B55 Under construction!
27 June, 2015 Good News
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New clients for the two-under-one-roof house
26 June, 2015 Good News

A young couple with a kid contact us for the percels B59/B60 of Plantjevlag Nijmegen. We have visit them in their appartement and they would love to live in a groundbounding house with a garden, minimum three bedrooms and space for their hobby like cycling and mountainbiking.

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CPO experiment 2015
9 April, 2015 Good News

After the workshop that took place on the 29th of January of CPO experiment 2015 in  Nijmegen, we are happy to announce that we are really close to the definitive design. The  design is shaping with the close cooperation of the architects and the future inhabitants in a participatory design process.

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We are moving!
9 April, 2015 Good News

As of 1st of May ExS office is moving to the renovated exciting West Rotterdam building, with a cafeteria on the ground floor and some of the most interesting architectural offices in town in one building! We exchange the centre for a lot more parking and a view to Euromast and Parkhaven!

Our new address: Westzeedijk 399, 3024EK, Rotterdam

http://www.westrotterdam.

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a saddle roof!
9 April, 2015 Good News

ExS has designed terraced houses with saddle roof for the first time. Due to regulations, ExS  expanded their range of design to explore architecture with a traditional roof and as surfacefor photovoltaic panels.

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Terraced house in The Hague
9 April, 2015 Good News
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Deckhuis Building in progress
9 April, 2015 Good News

The construction of the first Deckhuis in the area Plant je Vlag in Nijmegen is now in  progress. The house has already started to take its final form.

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Our 15th design for Plant­‐je‐Vlag!
9 April, 2015 Good News

Exs delivered the pre­‐design for a passive house next to water, in Plant‐je­‐Vlag, with a  Trombe Wall as a south facade. Energy neutral.

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The architecture of hope
13 February, 2015 Good News

A selection of students' projects from the design studio that Elina Karanastasi runs the last 3 years in KU Leuven, is published in the book of Charles Jencks "The architecture of hope". The studio aims to design a Maggie's centre, a day care and support centre for cancer patients and their families.

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CPO Experiment 2015 - Workshop “Street facade”
13 February, 2015 Good News
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New house in Plant-je-Vlag, Nijmegen
27 November, 2014 Good News
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Elina Karanastasi was elected lecturer in NTUAthens
27 November, 2014 Good News
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ExS selected as the architects of CPO Experiment 2015
27 November, 2014 Good News
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ExS nominated for the Iakov Chernikov International Prize.
29 October, 2014 Good News

Exs Architects nominated for the Lakov Chernikhov International Prize.

The Iakov Chernikhov Prize is awarded every two years to young masters of contemporary.

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4 ExS Houses in the Inspiration Book Amsterdam
23 October, 2014 Good News

Onewall, Veldhuis, Deckhuis and Warmwall have all been selected and published in the new book of the municipality of Amsterdam that aims to give an inspiration to future self-builders.  To download the book and read more about the self-building program of Amsterdam click HERE.

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Deckhuis is Under Construction
23 October, 2014 Good News

The construction of the first Deckhuis in the area Plant je Vlag in Nijmegen has just started. Plot B40 will soon be occupied by a freestanding Deckhuis designed by the ExS team.

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New Commissions
23 October, 2014 Good News

ExS has been developing variations of the Deckhuis for new self-builders in Nijmegen and Rotterdam. The several alternatives give among others the possibility for 1, 2 or 3 bedrooms, an extended kitchen or an additional terrace on the first floor.

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ExS in Zelfbouwmarkt
23 October, 2014 Good News

ExS Architects were present at the Zelfbouwmarkt on the 4th of October in Amsterdam. 79 visitors took an option for a plot, gained inspiration and got information on all the aspects of DiY, including architecture, construction and financial matters.

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New studio: Maggie’s centre Leuven
23 October, 2014 Good News

Elina Karanastasi is teaching for the fourth year the First Year Master in Architectural Design in KU Leuven. The studio aims to design a Maggie’s centre, a day care and support centre for cancer patients and their families.

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Lecture Elina Karanastasi UIA Durban
30 July, 2014 Good News

Elina Karanastasi will lecture on the 4th of August in UIA Durban.  ‘What if we had bitparcels instead of plots?’ is a retrospective analysis on a project of ExS together with Griik Architects and WeLoveTheCity Urban planners.

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Inspiration book Amsterdam
30 July, 2014 Good News

Four houses by ExS team were selected to be published in the new book of the municipality of Amsterdam that aims to give an inspiration to future self-builders. 

Onewall, Veldhuis, Deckhuis and Warmwall passive house will be published in September.

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The first Deckhuis goes to construction!
30 July, 2014 Good News

The groundbreaking day of the first Deckhuis in the area of Plant je Vlag in Nijmegen is coming: in the end of August 2014 the first Deckhuis goes to construction! The Deckhuis, a 2013 design of ExS, has attracted a lot of lovers self-builders throughout the Netherlands through the website www.deckhuis.

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Build yourself now in Rotterdam!
30 July, 2014 Good News

ExS have entered the Leonidas self-building program in Rotterdam. Exs was among the two architectural offices invited to present on the 3rd of july their ecological houses for the urban plan concept of the area, in front of the first 23 self-builders.

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The new website for Deckhuis in now online
1 May, 2014 Good News

First time home buyers can find information about the design, construction and cost of the Deckhuis. Drawings and images are available on the website together with descriptions of the concept the structure and the specific design features.

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Two new rowhouses designed by ExS for the
20 January, 2014 Good News

ExS has designed two new houses for people who want to build on their own and cannot afford to pay a lot. More information on the programme (Ik Bouw Betaalbaar Nijmegen) HERE.

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Mayors Challenge Amsterdam
9 January, 2014 Events
Elina Karanastasi presented a short version of ExS's architects "Superplan.me" research project at the Mayors Challenge Amsterdam 2013-2014.
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Parking Garage goes to construction
7 January, 2014 Good News
Construction has started for the Parking Garage, a two-storey car-park next to Chania International Airport. The parking's volume simulates the traditional cretan shephards huts' design, whereas facades are made out of re-used metal sheets and straightened barels, to create a patchwork of colourful corrugated metal sheets.
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maggiesleuven.com
1 December, 2013 Good News
The students of the the Architecture Studio 1Master year in ASRO, KULeuven, tutored by Elina Karanastasi, have delivered the projects on the design on a Maggie's centre in Leuven, a day-centre for (ex) cancer patients and their families. The studio was a collaboration with prof.
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Elina Karanastasi's lecture in Dublin
3 September, 2013 Good News
Elina Karanastasi presented the research "Back to Craft" in E&PDE Internation Conference in the Dublin Institute of Technology on the 3rd September 2013. The paper is also a chapter of the proceedings and is co-authored by the other ExS members Athena Papadopoulou, Xenia Papatriantafyllou and Marintina Kardarakou, as well as Matthijs Moelee, Maria Nikolakaki and Strata Papatriantafyllou.
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Deckhuis in Wired Magazine
18 April, 2013 Good News

Deckhuis is a wooden house designed by ExS Architects for the program "Ik bouw betaalbar Nijmegen".  It is a compact house that combines indoor and outdoor living in a functional and energy-efficient way.

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ExS in Nijmegen, Saturday 6 april
6 April, 2013 Events

ExS will be presenting the Deckhouse in the IkBouwBetaalbaar Nijmegen event on 

Saturday  6 of april 11:00 – 15:00. 

Place: Wooninformatiecentrum Waalsprong, Thermionpark 5, 6663 MM Lent.
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