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A striking red-brick twin-tower complex is the latest addition to the ever-changing skyline in Moscow.

Team Paul de Vroom + Sputnik completed the apartment complex in Wellton Park, a high-density district of the Russian capital.

The Dutch architects completed two apartment buildings with brick facades after the client requested “Dutch” architecture.

They drew inspiration from the Amsterdam School style of the early 1900s and re-invented it for a contemporary high-rise design.

The project, Dutch House, is part of the re-development of District 75, in west Moscow. The area has been transformed by the Krost construction company over the past 20 years into a luxury residential area.

The two buildings, with a height of 75 and 65 meters, respectively, contain 360 apartments on top of two-layered underground parking.

The design of the project Dutch House is unique. The rectangular building plot is enclosed on all four sides by residential slabs mostly higher than the two new blocks. The site acts as a large confined room, with only a few openings through which views are possible.

Connection is key for the design of the public space. The positions of both buildings seem to be at random but are derived from strict Russian rules regarding the entrance of sunlight.

The Amsterdam School style is expressed by rounded forms, rhythmic repetition of volumes, vertical articulation and repetitive square windows.

Authentic Dutch orange brickwork, rounded bay windows with curved glass and monumental wooden entrance doors are incorporated in the design, albeit it in more modern iterations.

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