'Romke de Vries and his son have designed and are building, on/along the North Holland Canal, flats with boathouses underneath. The buildings, built on stilts, follow the original 18th century banks of the canal.' Illustrations: photograph situation maquette/Bebouwingsvoorstel Schermereiland Alkmaar; drawing view and cross-section of housing complex/Bebouwingsvoorstel Schermereiland Alkmaar; city map situation eighteenth century/Bebouwingsvoorstel Schermereiland Alkmaar