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Twisting box Portlantis exhibits energy positive design


MVRDV recently completed work on an unusual new building that takes the form of a stack of twisting boxes. Named Portlantis, the energy positive project hosts exhibition spaces and will be dismantled and recycled when its useful life comes to an end.

View gallery - 8 images MVRDV recently completed work on an unusual new building that takes the form of a stack of twisting boxes. MVRDV is never content to produce boring run-of-the-mill buildings and the Portlantis joins other quirky projects by the high-profile Dutch firm, including the Valley and the Pyramid of Tirana. Adam scours the globe from his home in Spain in order to bring the best of innovative architecture and sustainable design to the pages of New Atlas.

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