KAAN Architecten

Item: KAAN Architecten
Rating: 7.1

Rotterdam architecture practice for civic, cultural and urban buildings.

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7.1/10MABTU rating

DESKTOP · 1440 × 3,205/ ↗

MOBILE · 390

Section outline · Home

01heroFull-bleed interior photo with centred wordmark
02navAbout, Work, Repository as big ruled words
03projectsColumn of captioned landscape project photos
04newsDated list with expand toggles
05footerLink row and giant wordmark

Rating · Home

Visual design7.5

UX & clarity7.0

Originality7.0

Craft & consistency7.0

Motion5.5

Performance & a11y8.0

This page scores 7.1; the site score weights the home page double.

Main colours

Light·white background·mono

Typography

Suisse Intlheading · sans · self-hosted Suisse Intlbody · sans · self-hosted

Stack & style

Craft CMS

Minimal Photography-led Swiss grid Hero video Sticky header

Also: Plausible

Design DNA

Full-bleed architectural photo hero with a small centred white wordmark. Below, the page splits: large uppercase nav words (About, Work, Repository) on thin rules at left, and a right column of landscape project photos each topped by a hairline rule with tiny uppercase name and city. A news list with dates and plus toggles, then a thin footer link row and a huge bold 'KAAN' wordmark. Black and white UI; colour comes only from photos.

Worth borrowing

Use three oversized nav words on hairline rules as the page's main navigation block.
Caption each project with a hairline rule, tiny uppercase name left and city right.
News as a date/title list with plus toggles instead of cards.