| Architect | Delugan Meissl Associated Architects | |
| Date
                            Built | Opened 2012 | |
| Location | Across the IJ
                            from Amsterdam Central Station | |
| Description | ||
| The Eye Film
                            Institute building occupies a site beside
                            the IJ on land once belonging to Royal Dutch
                            Shell.  Their former office tower, now
                            being refurbished, stands beside it. 
                            The architects say that the Eye building
                            was, "... conceived as a highly tense
                                and dynamic geometric solid. The light
                                is reflected in multiple ways by smooth,
                                crystalline surfaces, thus subjecting
                                the building’s appearance to permanent
                                optical changes during the course of the
                                day."  In clement weather
                            visitors to the Eye spill out onto the
                            balcony to enjoy the views of Amsterdam's
                            city centre across the IJ.   Inside, the centre
                              offers four cinemas that are constantly
                              projecting classic films. These include a
                              67 seats hall with a nostalgic character
                              of Paris cinema of the year 1900, two 130
                              seat cinemas and a 315 seat screening
                              auditorium.  There are also several
                              intelligent multimedia art installations,
                              a restaurant, bar and of course a
                              shop.  The architects say that, "...
                                  The entrance into the building is
                                  characterized by continuous spatial
                                  concentration and directed visual
                                  relations. Spatial development, light
                                  incidence, and materiality define the
                                  path that leads from the southern
                                  glass front and the museum shop into
                                  the heart of the building.  The
                                  room widens successively, before
                                  unfolding its full dimensions as an
                                  architectural and functional
                                  focus.  The interior’s
                                  architectural formulation defines the
                                  foyer and arena as central divisors
                                  which integrate all path relations
                                  into the overall functional concept."          | ||

