In this special issue, famed Dutch architects Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries, collectively known as MVRDV, take centre stage. Based in Rotterdam, the office has had its fingers on the pulse of global solutions to contemporary issues in architecture and urbanism for two decades and counting. Featuring detailed profiles of more than 20 top projects, including Copenhagens Gemini Residences, Busan Cinema Complex, Gangnam Shopping Centre, the new Market Hall in Rotterdam and Parkrand Apartments in Amsterdam, plus an essay by Aaron Betsky and a conversation with MVRDV and Charles Bessard and Nanne de Ru of Powerhouse Company.