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Claus en Kaan Architecten The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Mozambique | Hans Ibelings, José Forjaz, Rob Gaunt | 9789056624200

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Claus en Kaan Architecten

The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Mozambique

Author:Hans Ibelings, José Forjaz, Rob Gaunt

Publisher:NAi Uitgevers

ISBN: 978-90-5662-420-0

  • Hardcover
  • English
  • 192 Pages
  • Apr 28, 2005

The new Dutch Embassy in Mozambique was realized by Claus en Kaan Architecten and is set in the city of Maputo, close to the African coastline. It is an exceptional building, designed to a Dutch vision yet constructed using African materials. The use of local materials and techniques led to inventive solutions and new insights, giving the embassy a distinctive African/ Dutch atmosphere but also providing a work environment that comes up to Dutch standards.


This book presents the building in detail, with photographs by Christian Richters and Maarten Laupman, and design drawings by Claus en Kaan.

The new Dutch Embassy in Mozambique was realized by Claus en Kaan Architecten and is set in the city of Maputo, close to the African coastline. It is an exceptional building, designed to a Dutch vision yet constructed using African materials. The use of local materials and techniques led to inventive solutions and new insights, giving the embassy a distinctive African/ Dutch atmosphere but also providing a work environment that comes up to Dutch standards.


This book presents the building in detail, with photographs by Christian Richters and Maarten Laupman, and design drawings by Claus en Kaan. The specific conditions in which this unique project was built are described by project manager Rob Gaunt, the position of the building in the city and the urban planning peculiarities of the city of Maputo are addressed in a contribution by Mozambican architect José Forjaz, while the building itself is described by Hans Ibelings.


A concise guide to the architecture of the city of Maputo is a useful and interesting complement to these texts.

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