ABOUT BURTONHAMFELT
URBAN ARCHITECTURE

BurtonHamfelt Urban Architecture is an Amsterdam-based, design-driven practice working at the intersection of architecture, urban design, and landscape. We explore new models for living, learning, and working in the contemporary city, where climate adaptation, circularity, and social value must be embedded from the first sketch to delivery. Our work combines conceptual clarity and imagination with technical precision to create projects that are visionary yet buildable, and ambitious yet grounded in everyday life.

We specialise in high-density mixed-use housing, educational and campus environments, and resilient urban planning concepts. The studio has a strong track record in transforming complex or overlooked sites turning conflicting conditions into coherent, people-centred places with a robust public realm. Each project begins with deep contextual research and evolves through a strategic, collaborative design process that aligns public value with development feasibility.

Our portfolio spans mixed-use residential buildings, schools and learning landscapes, neighbourhood strategies, and large-scale masterplans. Across these scales, we develop clear spatial frameworks, active plinths and streets, and adaptable typologies that support community and long-term change. In parallel, we research circular construction and low-carbon systems, including modular timber strategies for densifying post-war neighbourhoods into Paris-proof buildings.

At every scale, we place the client’s ambition and the city’s collective interests at the centre of our work, collaborating closely with municipalities, developers, and future residents to deliver inclusive, climate-ready projects.