Barend Koolhaas slots steel and basalt gallery between two Amsterdam houses

Barend Koolhaas created Eenwerk & IBO, a gallery and graphic design studio, by slotting a basalt and steel structure between two brick houses, in Amsterdam.
One of the 20th-century brick houses has been renovated and is occupied by the design studio, Irma Boon Office (IBO).
Eenwork, the gallery run by Boon's partner, occupies the new structure next door.From the street the old and new halves of the programme appear distinct, but they blend together internally via a series of visual and physi