Real estate developer COD, architecture, urbanism, and cultural analysis agency OMA \/ Rem Koolhaas, the NH Hotel Group and sustainable developer \u2018Being Development\u2019 have joined forces and came up with the \u2018On-Air\u2019 building as new icon for Amsterdam. It was the winning concept of the tender the municipality of Amsterdam and the RAI Convention Centre issued for the location in the south of the city.<\/p>\n
COD developed two hotels in Amsterdam in 2015, Motel One at the Europa Boulevard (320 rooms) and Generator (168 rooms) at the Mauritskade. The recent projects of the OMA agency include the new headquarters for G-Star in Amsterdam (2014) and the towers of The Rotterdam (2013). The NH Hotel Group will implement the nhow-label at \u2018On-Air\u2019 with 650 rooms hotel. Being Development is a young and innovative company that develops the sustainable real estate from the end user\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n
The On-Air hotel is designed by OMA \/ Rem Koolhaas. It will include a restaurant, a TV studio, a spa \/ gym, shops and a sculpture garden. The sustainability ambition for the building will be \u2018BREEAM outstanding\u2019 and it will be carbon neutral. With 650 rooms nhow Amsterdam RAI will be the largest hotel of the Benelux. The start of the construction of this 91 meter high hotel is planned for midst 2016. The location is triangle bounded by the Europa Boulevard, the A10 and the Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre.<\/p>\n
The municipality of Amsterdam aims for a larger and more varied hotel offer and better spreading across the city. The new hotel and its facilities can be of great value to the city at this location on the south side of the city and the surrounding business district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"