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Later in the year, construction work is expected to start on Well House, one of the world’s tallest wooden office towers. We talked to offices investment company NSI about the design, wooden construction, working in a post-Covid era and even about 'spekkoek' (a type of layered cake).

In 2025, one of the tallest wooden office buildings in the world will be created at the end of the future Maurice Ravellaan. Its name: Well House. Listed office investor NSI has contracted JP van Eesteren for the development of this imposing tower.

Soon, an enormous office building will be built on the plot of land between the EMA building and Van der Valk, but for the next eighteen months the plot will be home to a school garden for local children and the whole community. Years 4 and 5 at the AICS school have created a ‘community garden’ there – and anyone who lives or works in the area is welcome.

In the Vivaldi neighbourhood, we have plans for two developments that require the revision of the zoning plan. The draft zoning plan is open for consultation from 24 December 2020 until 4 February 2021. During this period, you can submit your views on the plan.

The City of Amsterdam is preparing a draft zoning plan to allow the construction of office buildings on Domenico Scarlattilaan, between the EMA Building and Van der Valk Hotel Zuidas, and on the corner of Domenico Scarlattilaan and Antonio Vivaldistraat.