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Architecture & heritage

Buildings and bridges reveal something about their makers and the times in which they were built. These series bring together form, space and light with the history behind façades and interiors.

Two bright vaulted corridors meet above a geometric tile floor.

Ulingsheide Abbey

Architecture & heritage

In 1884, the first Trappists from Westmalle settled at Ulingsheide in Tegelen. They started with a farm in what was…

Black-and-white exterior of Liège-Guillemins station, with a large curved canopy above a square with clipped trees.

Liège-Guillemins

Architecture & heritage

At Liège-Guillemins, you do not have to look far for lines. Santiago Calatrava’s station is full of them. Arches, stairs…

Large blue, red and green stained-glass wall behind long wooden pews.

Blijde Boodschap Church

Architecture & heritage

The Blijde Boodschap Church in Kerkrade looks different from the older churches nearby. This is not a building with a…

View from the stand over an empty field, with a lighting mast in front and long shadows.

Kaldeborn sports centre

Architecture & heritage

Building a large stadium for a professional club that never arrives: Heerlen managed it. Kaldeborn stadium is what remains of…

Two vaulted corridors meet beside a central staircase.

Jesuit monastery in Valkenburg

Architecture & heritage

The former Jesuit monastery in Valkenburg was not a building you could simply walk into. Several photographers tried to arrange…

Black-and-white view through a round concrete opening towards broad curving outdoor steps beneath a cloudy sky.

Under the bridge — Vroenhoven

Architecture & heritage

You usually see a bridge from the road that crosses it. In Vroenhoven, looking down is worthwhile too. A modern…

Long gallery with pointed arches, coloured window left and metal balustrade right.

Loreto convent, Simpelveld

Architecture & heritage

Huize Loreto in Simpelveld is a large building with a very specific origin: the work of the Sisters of the…

Overview of an empty operating room with a central table, ceiling lamp and purple door at the back.

Saint Joseph Hospital, Kerkrade

Architecture & heritage

Saint Joseph Hospital belongs to a time when a town having its own hospital seemed entirely natural. In Kerkrade, its…

Black-and-white view of the Zeeland Bridge angled across smooth water, its repeated concrete arches reaching the horizon.

Zeeland Bridge

Architecture & heritage

A bridge about five kilometres long is not easily summed up in a single photograph. At the Zeeland Bridge, the…