SWEETS Independent Hotel Rooms, Netherlands Architecture Transformation, Dutch Interior, Images
SWEETS Independent Hotel Rooms in Amsterdam
31 Mar 2020
SWEETS Hotel
Transformation of Amsterdam?s former bridge houses into independent hotel rooms
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

SWEETS Hotel is a new hotel that is dotted across Amsterdam in 28 different bridge houses, built along and on Amsterdam?s canals between 1673 and 2009, each one designed in the architectural style of its building period. Due to the centralization of bridge control, the bridge houses lost their original purpose of working space for Amsterdam?s bridge keepers. SWEETS hotel reuses this industrial heritage by transforming the bridge houses into stand-alone hotel suites with unique interiors, designed with the architectural history of the tiny building in mind.
Amsterdam?s bridge houses

For centuries, the bridge houses of Amsterdam accommodated the city?s bridge keepers, who are responsible for opening the bridges for passing water traffic. With building dates between 1673 and 2009, the bridge houses carry an extensive history. Their various architectural styles show how the city developed and grew when new quarters were built and how people thought about city development at that time. Many bridges and bridge houses are designed by renowned Dutch architects, such as Hendrik Petrus Berlage and Pieter Lodewijk Kramer.

Reusing industrial heritage

In 2012, the municipality of Amsterdam decided to ce...