River Residence by HMVD Architecten Embraces the Rhythm of the Rhine Region

Date of Publishing: October 25, 2025

Architecture Design of River Residence

Description About The Project

Discover River Residence by HMVD Architecten — a poetic villa on the banks of the Rhine blending classical elegance with modern openness, embodying rhythm, serenity, and refined living.

The Project “River Residence” Information:

Project Name: River Residence
Location: Rhenen, Netherlands
Project Year: 2025
Area: 1600 m2
Designed by: HMVD Architecten

Where Architecture Flows with the Rhine

Along the tranquil banks of the Rhine, River Residence by HMVD Architecten brings a thirteen-year dream to life — a poetic synthesis of classical harmony and contemporary flow. From the street, the villa presents a modest, symmetrical façade, rooted in regional tradition. Yet as one moves through the home, the architecture opens dramatically toward the landscape, revealing panoramic river views that become a constant companion to daily life.

River Residence by HMVD Architecten Embraces the Rhythm of the Rhine Region

“The essence of this project lies in rhythm,” shared the design team at HMVD Architecten in a statement to Luxury Houses Magazine. “Just as the Rhine flows with natural cadence, we wanted the home to move — to shift between stillness and vitality, intimacy and openness.”

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A Dialogue Between Tradition and Transparency

The villa’s architectural duality defines its identity: a classical front façade that honors the local vernacular and a glass-lined rear that embraces modern openness. This contrast creates a powerful dialogue between restraint and liberation, enclosure and exposure.

Inside, the home unfolds through subtle level changes and layered sightlines, creating an experience of continuous movement. Living spaces flow into one another like verses in a poem, alternating between contemplative calm and spatial vitality.

“Architecture here is not static,” noted HMVD Architecten. “It’s about guiding the gaze, controlling the pace, and allowing each step to reveal something new — a light, a view, a texture.”

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Flowing Spaces and Thoughtful Transitions

Every element within River Residence is deliberately composed to enhance the rhythm of living. The swimming pool, seamlessly extending into the interior, becomes both an architectural and emotional anchor. Its mirrored surface reflects light deep into the home, reinforcing the sense of fluidity that defines the project.

Even typically utilitarian spaces — the laundry, storage, and corridors — are elevated through thoughtful material choices and natural illumination. The bathroom, designed with living-room sensibility, transcends function to become a space of retreat and sensory pleasure.

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As HMVD explains, “Designing a home is never just about walls and rooms; it’s about creating moments that make the ordinary extraordinary.”

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The Soul of the Rhine

Beyond its geometry and materials, the house captures the soul of the Rhine region — its rhythm, reflection, and resilience. The villa’s warm stone, soft oak, and glass are woven together like a musical composition, echoing the landscape’s quiet grandeur.

This sensitivity to context transforms the house into more than just architecture; it becomes a living organism, breathing in sync with the river and its inhabitants. Luxury Houses Magazine describes the project as “a symphony of stillness and motion, where the architecture itself seems to flow.”

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A Dream Made Tangible

For HMVD Architecten, River Residence is proof that architecture can turn emotion into form. It celebrates not scale, but the depth of a dream realized — an intimate, timeless sanctuary that honors both place and people.

As the architects reflect, “It’s never about the size of a house, but the size of a dream.”

Photo credit: | Source: HMVD Architecten

For more information about this project; please contact the Architecture firm :
– Add: Traverse 1, 3905 NL Veenendaal, Netherlands
– Tel: +31 318 252 771
– Email: welkom@hmvdarchitecten.nl