Rotterdam
Katendrecht · 23 people
Ground floor of a 1950s quay shed on the Maashaven. Model shop at the back, crit wall at the front.
Address and enquiries →Section 1 of 4
Architecture · Rotterdam and Lisbon · since 2009
Monolith Studio builds heavy, honest, quiet buildings.
Monolith Studio is 38 people building libraries, courthouses, converted silos and quarry landscapes in concrete, weathering steel and stone. Everything we make has to be structure, information or evidence.
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Katendrecht · 23 people
Ground floor of a 1950s quay shed on the Maashaven. Model shop at the back, crit wall at the front.
Address and enquiries →Marvila · 15 people
Upper floor of a former cork warehouse in Marvila, with a terrace over the river.
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site notes · 26 September 2026
The first lift of the new block is poured inside the old sheds, and the brick wall gets its 50 mm gap.
Leonor Teixeira · 1 min read

news · 21 August 2026
The last precast frame of the 90 m slab is in place; the first residents move in next spring.
Samir Haddad · 1 min read

lecture · 12 May 2026
Tomás Varela at the Porto school on why weight is a kind of calm.
Tomás Varela · 1 min read
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