A mountain-like angular skyscraper with jagged peaks named Valley, which was designed by Dutch studio MVRDV, has officially opened in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The 75,000-square-meter development in Amsterdam’s Zuidas district was designed for real estate developer EDGE and contains 200 apartments along with offices and restaurants.

The 100-metre-high building was designed as a “symphony of life”, according to MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas.

“Instead of a one-note business centre, this site along Beethovenstraat in Amsterdam is now a symphony of life – people working, yes, but also barbecuing on their terraces, visitors relaxing in the valley, shopping in the grotto, eating dinner by the street, and even the window cleaners and the gardeners scaling the heights above,” he added.

“Valley is a first step towards transforming this part of Amsterdam into a greener, denser, and more human city.”

The building, which was officially opened on 16 September, has taken four years to construct and saw the first tenants move in at the end of last year.

MVRDV is designing another jagged high-rise. Named the Oasis Towers, the development in China will be formed from two skyscrapers with cliff-like facades. The studio also recently unveiled the design a building modelled on a bust of Albania’s national hero.

A mountain-like angular skyscraper with jagged peaks named Valley, which was designed by Dutch studio MVRDV, has officially opened in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The 75,000-square-meter development in Amsterdam’s Zuidas district was designed for real estate developer EDGE and contains 200 apartments along with offices and restaurants.

The 100-metre-high building was designed as a “symphony of life”, according to MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas.

“Instead of a one-note business centre, this site along Beethovenstraat in Amsterdam is now a symphony of life – people working, yes, but also barbecuing on their terraces, visitors relaxing in the valley, shopping in the grotto, eating dinner by the street, and even the window cleaners and the gardeners scaling the heights above,” he added.

“Valley is a first step towards transforming this part of Amsterdam into a greener, denser, and more human city.”

The building, which was officially opened on 16 September, has taken four years to construct and saw the first tenants move in at the end of last year.

MVRDV is designing another jagged high-rise. Named the Oasis Towers, the development in China will be formed from two skyscrapers with cliff-like facades. The studio also recently unveiled the design a building modelled on a bust of Albania’s national hero.