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Keileweg 26, 3029 BT Rotterdam
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Dark glass office towers rising into a clear morning sky

Good morning, Rotterdam.

We design high-rise workplaces, headquarters and mixed-use towers for a Rotterdam that grows up, not out.

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A tower is not a tall building. It is a vertical district.

Glass towers seen straight up from the street, catching the first light
Wilhelminapier, first light

Rotterdam is the one Dutch skyline that builds upward. VANTA works only here, and only at height, where structure, daylight, wind and the life of the street all have to resolve in a single section.

Concept to keys. One studio, foundation to crown.

About the studio

Every tower casts a shadow. We draw it first.

All six of our towers on one table, lit by the real sun over Rotterdam on 21 June, the longest day. Scroll and watch where the shadows fall.

09:30Late morning

Sun 35° up, from the E (95°). Maas Vertex throws 240 m of shadow.

Rotterdam from open data: aerial photo Beeldmateriaal Nederland, buildings 3DBAG (TU Delft, 3DGI), roads NWB.

Six towers.One skyline.

Every building on our boards right now, drawn to the same scale. From competition line to topping out.

  1. Maas Vertex165 mMaas Vertex: a dark glass tower seen obliquely from street level against a deep skyKop van ZuidUnder construction, 2027
  2. Aurora Tower132 mAurora Tower: folded glass bays catching low light, seen from below on the WilhelminapierWilhelminapierIn design, 2026
  3. Helix HQ88 mHelix HQ: the completed tower with its spiralling double-height garden voids at duskBrainparkCompleted, 2025
  4. Datum One146 mDatum One: competition view of the stepped tower from the station square, low oblique angleCentral DistrictCompetition, 2028
  5. Meridian110 mMeridian: a slender tower rising over the Rijnhaven water, photographed from the boardwalk belowRijnhavenUnder construction, 2026
  6. Kade Ninety121 mKade Ninety: the glass office shaft rising behind the brick quay shed, seen from the water sideLloydkwartierIn design, 2027
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From datum
to crown.

Every tower begins as a single drawing. We resolve structure, core, daylight and skin in that one drawing, then build it floor by floor until the line becomes a building.

  1. Plinth What the tower gives the street.
  2. Datum Where the programme changes and the structure works hardest.
  3. Crown How it ends against the sky, and who gets to stand there.

One studio,foundationto crown.

We carry a tower from the first massing study to the last key. Take all of it, or only the stage you need.

From theboards.

All writing
  1. NewsMaas Vertex tops out at 165 metresThe last crown slab was poured at dawn on the longest week of the year. Notes from the topping-out of our tallest tower to date, and what still has to happen before the keys.3 min read
  2. EssayThe street decides the towerHeight is judged at eye level. Why we design every tower from its lowest ten metres upward, and why the plinth, not the crown, is where skylines are won.6 min read
  3. TechniqueDesigning for wind at 150 metresAbove the rooftops of Rotterdam the wind is a structural material. Vortex shedding, tuned mass, and why the wind tunnel gets a vote before the design review does.8 min read