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Our collaboration is rooted in a series of walks and observations through cities and landscapes, seeking inspiration from the intelligence of longstanding traditions and the simplicity of the everyday. We believe that architecture can provide a rich and undivided experience for all inhabitants and is able to unite past, present and future in a meaningful way.
This aspiration is reflected in our rational romantic approach to every design task at hand. We look carefully at what is already in place, before making a proposal for the new. We think of what is logical, before shaping the notable. Striving to produce clear, sustainable and buildable plans that, simultaneously, demonstrate sensitivity to the well-being of communities, the needs of local culture, aesthetics and overall atmosphere.
Common Practice is founded by Inara Nevskaya and Jurriën van Duijkeren and is based in the Spaarndammerbuurt, Amsterdam. Our team has a collective competence in projects of diverse scale and function, with expertise across all phases of the building process.
Jurriën van Duijkeren studied architecture at TU Delft and the Technical University in Prague before graduating cum laude in 2008. Prior to founding Common Practice, he worked as a project architect on the realisation of large housing ensembles, schools, and universities in Belgium and the Netherlands. Jurriën has taught at the Amsterdam Technical School and the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture. He currently lectures at TU Delft and teaches at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture.
Inara Nevskaya graduated with honours from the Architectural Institute in Moscow after completing her master’s thesis at the Shibaura Institute of Technology in Tokyo. She has worked at renowned architectural practices in the Netherlands, with an emphasis on complex projects, transformation and reuse. Alongside her professional practice, Inara teaches the master’s course Fundamentals of Housing Design at TU Delft, is involved with the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture and serves on the editorial board of Forum Magazine.
If you are interested in working with Common Practice send your CV and portfolio to jobs@commonpractice.nl.
portrait - Kick Smeets
Zaanstraat 109
1013 RW Amsterdam
+31 (0)20 354 1071
studio@commonpractice.nl
Architects Register - 1.090715.020
Chamber of Commerce - 84599189
VAT - NL 863 274 742 B01
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