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Bakker Natuursteen is proud to contribute to the transformation of the Spoorzone in Delft, a large-scale urban development project where historical charm and modern architecture come together. Read more about this project!

Bakker Natuursteen is not only active on the Dutch market. For example, last year in November we started installing the natural stone facades of the Twin Cubes complex in Düsseldorf. Read more about this project!

Looking Back on 2024: A Year Full of Highlights! As 2024 comes to a close, we proudly reflect on a year filled with remarkable projects, developments, and new inspirations in the world of natural stone. We are excited to share some of the highlights that made this year truly special.

Last April, we received the assignment from Bouwbedrijf De Nijs to supply and install natural stone cladding for the Overhoeks D apartment complex in Amsterdam. Read more about this project!

Eind juli hebben wij van Bouwbedrijf Huurman uit Leiden de opdracht gekregen voor het leveren en aanbrengen van een nieuwe natuurstenen vloer in de ontvangsthal en trappenhuis van de Hogeschool Leiden. Lees hier meer over dit project!

At the end of April, we started a new project in Utrecht commissioned by Dura Vermeer. This is essentially the final phase of the transformation in and around the Hoog Catharijne shopping center. Read more about this project here!

At the end of January, we started a new project in Amsterdam on Kamerlingh Onneslaan. This distinctive building is the former KPN telephone exchange. It is undergoing a considerable transformation. Read more about this project!

Last year, on behalf of De Vries en Verburg Bouw B.V., we carried out the supply and installation of natural stone at the Hydepark complex in Hoofddorp. Read more about this project here!

On behalf of Dura Vermeer, we had the opportunity to contribute to the accessibility of the platforms at railway station Hollands Spoor in The Hague. The reception hall underwent a metamorphosis, including a new elevator structure, enhancing accessibility to the various platforms. Read more about this project here.

Not always are we involved in beautiful new construction projects with facades or floors that we provide with natural stone. In this case, we are working on a renovation project in The Hague at Europol.

In July 2023, we received the assignment for the final part of the renovation of Hoog Catharijne. After completing phases 1 and 2 in 2018/2019, it’s now time for the 3rd phase. Check out more details here!

In March 2022, Van Wijnen Heerhugowaard BV placed an order with Bakker Natuursteen for the cladding of two apartment buildings in Oostenburg, Amsterdam. The project started in August 2022 and ended in April 2023. Read more about this project!

The former KPN telephone exchange is situated on the corner of Middenweg and Kamerlingh Onneslaan in Amsterdam. This building is being renovated and transformed into several residential, commercial and restaurant locations. Read more about this project!

The municipality of Emmen has commissioned the renovation of the Biochron building, located on the former zoo site in Emmen, to transform it into an underground exhibition space and a new main entrance to the Rensenpark.

In week 42 we started work on a new project in beautiful Groningen. The Feringa Building is a new university building on the Zernike campus, where we have been commissioned to install wall and floor tiles.

We are currently adding the final touches to the Mercado project in Groningen city centre. We are
conducting this work on behalf of the construction company Plegt-Vos.

Bakker Natuursteen is pleased to announce its involvement in the full renovation of the Ringpark Building. Once renovation work is completed, the building will be given a new name to mark its transformation; it will become the Rembrandt Park building.

We would like to tell you about another new project we have. The project, Hyde Park, consists of three apartment buildings in a large complex in Hoofddorp.

For a new project in Amsterdam, we are going to install beautiful white/cream natural stone. This concerns work on Oostenburg 9D in the heart of Amsterdam at a 10-minute cycle from the centre.

What a wonderful year we have had. A year full of great challenges and projects that we were privileged to be a part of.

A new project we started in October is the Sonate project in The Hague. A residential tower where we are installing natural stone on the facades, ceilings, columns and floors.

Early April of this year we began working on the Golflaan project in Best, installing natural stone from Germany on 24 luxurious rental apartments. We are proud to announce that we have completed this project.

On Monday 17 May we started the construction of Building J in the Overhoeks project in Amsterdam. This is the fourth building in this project in which we have installed natural stone onto the facades.

Last week we started with installing natural stone in the Golflaan in the town of Best. It involves the installation of German natural stone for 24 luxury rented apartments!

Bakker Natuursteen’s projects department shifted its focus to the production of natural stone ventilated façades in 2018. Our production chain comprises the worldwide sourcing of natural stone blocks, the processing of these blocks into cladding panels and the installation of the end product.

In late April we announced the news that we had been asked to be part of the construction of the two Grotius towers in The Hague.
Now we can proudly say that we have started work on this wonderful project.

The Overhoeks Project in Amsterdam is well on its way! “The Row” building is almost done and, in week 45, we will start installing the natural stone on Block K for Bouwbedrijf Dura Vermeer Midden West.

The Little C project consists of 15 buildings that will contain about 330 private rental and owner-occupied housing residences. We will be working on all 15 buildings and will be using natural stone with four different finishes.

Our annual summer break is coming, and we would be proud to show you the progress made on the new building!

The new building has been coming along quite nicely in the past few weeks and we would love to keep you up to date on the progress!

At the end of 2018, the Grotius consortium (J.P. van Eesteren & Besix) commissioned us to engineer, produce and install natural stone facade cladding for the Grotius Towers project in The Hague.

The coronavirus has affected all of us in one way or another. We have created a web page to keep you up to date on all measures and consequences with respect to our business, the delivery of our products and the coronavirus.

We paid a 3-day visit to Cosentino in Spain, together with several of our customers. Read the account of our journey here and take a look at the photos!

For the Overhoeks project in Amsterdam, we will be applying natural stone facades on four buildings. The two buildings for De Nijs construction company will be started this year!

It’s all in the name: a dark slab! A new and certainly innovative color in our collection of composites that is entirely in line with the trends of this time.

On this moment we are working on the last fase of the floor- and facade installing with the contractor Akor Rijssen.

We are pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with contractor Vriesbouw from Schildwolde for the planned extension of our building!

At this time, we are working on the facade cladding of the new pharmacy of the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital (Netherlands Cancer Institute) in Amsterdam. We will give you an impression of the facade panels placed and what the project looks like at this time.

Marble is becoming increasingly popular in the interior design world. From accessories and floors to washbasin tops and kitchen worktops. Marble varies greatly in structure and color and can therefore be used for whatever one desires in the area of marble

As you may already know, we have been busy with the Naturalis project in Leiden for some time. The last stones were installed last week and we can now proudly reveal the final results.

In the world of kitchens, Terrazzo and the ‘old-fashioned’ Granito have made a comeback! This is a popular item as a kitchen worktop in rustic-style kitchens in particular.

Bakker Natuursteen has been commissioned by Smits Bouwbedrijf B.V. to deliver and apply natural stone facade cladding to the beautiful CasaNova project in Rotterdam.

In the middle of 2016, we submitted our first quotation for the floors inside and out. In June 2017, together with an entire delegation (the commissioning party, architects and contractor), we visited the quarry in France to look at the stone and discuss the final details.

For our commissioning party Studio SOOL, we were able to create a particularly beautiful worktop made out of honed Bianco Carrara marble.

We are pleased to inform you that we have now added 4 new colors of ceramics to our range.