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NEXT architects is an architecture practice that covers the full spectrum of the architectural field. Since 1999 NEXT has explored the boundaries of its own discipline, and searched for areas that overlap with others. This exploratory attitude has resulted in a highly diverse portfolio that ranges from design products to urban plans.

NEXT architects owes its innovative character to the correlation between research practice and design practice. Being connected to the actual practice is vital to the development and exploration of the discipline, which doesn’t just concern the development of ideas, but also the concrete implications of those ideas. NEXT architects starts each project with an intensive workshop, approaching every commission openly and without prejudice, developing it from its essence.

NEXT architects are Bart Reuser, Marijn Schenk, Michel Schreinemachers, John van de Water. NEXT is based in Amsterdam and Beijing. Projects include the Melkwegbrug in Purmerend (NL), The Citadel bridge in Nijmegen (NL ), The Elastic Perspective in Barendrecht (NL) and Chaoyang Urban Planning Museum in Beijing (CH). In 2008 the firm received the Lensvelt De Architect Interior Award for their design of advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy (NL). All partners trained at Delft University of Technology and teach at a number of educational institutes.

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