Museum Paleis Het Loo: Winner Dutch Daylight Award 2024

Museum Paleis Het Loo by KAAN Architecten has won the Dutch Daylight Awards 2024 in the category >1000 m2!

Last Wednesday, the winners of the Dutch Daylight Awards 2024 were announced in The Hague. The jury praised the design of Museum Paleis het Loo for its remarkable use of daylight, seamlessly integrating light to enhance the museum experience. This project prioritizes a connection between interior spaces and the surrounding historic landscape, creating an atmosphere that respects and revitalizes the heritage setting.

Want to know more about KAAN Architects’ award-winning design? In Reflections: Renewing Paleis Het Loo you can read all about the renovation, with a unique look at the design and construction of the underground extension.

About the book

Reflections tells the story of the renovation of the largest seventeenth-century palace of the House of Orange and the new underground extension. Spectacular photography and captivating texts showcase KAAN Architecten’ ingenious design for the project, the history of the palace, the convergence of old and new and the palace’s current role as an museum.

The underground extension is inextricably linked to the historical building even while leaving the facade and the interior of the palace untouched, literally and metaphorically elevating Paleis Het Loo. The roof of the new building doubles as a glass pond, allowing daylight to enter the new Grand Foyer below. This allows visitors to view the palace from below as well as catch a glimpse of the new underground museum from above. Symmetry and reflections are the connecting principle. Reflections is the fascinating account of a successful transformation in which past, present and future reinforce each other .