Architects usher an Enlightenment-era cultural venue into modern-day Amsterdam
Happiness can be achieved through merit — or so believed the founders of Amsterdam’s Felix Meritis, engraving the Latin designation upon its façade. A true product of Europe’s Enlightenment era, the neo-classical building opened in
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