If you have even the slightest interest in architecture, you would do no better that to book a group or private tour with a specialist called Stadswandelkantoor. The expert guides will take you by foot, car, tram, or bike through the centuries of the building phenomenon known as Amsterdam. There are tours of the ubiquitous canal houses with their quirky gables, but also other periods you may not be familiar with. One tour is the Oud Zuid (Old South) neighborhood, which covers whole building blocks in an early 20th C. style known as The Amsterdam School, which is really Expressionism.
There are tours of the Rembrandt Walk:Golden Age (1600s), Canal Ring World, and The Dark Side of Amsterdam (including Red Light District), but Stadswandelkantoor really shines with what's NEW in the town - the projects of the last 25 years due to "Starchitects" like Rem Koolhas, Ben van Berkel, and Mecanoo. You can choose to see areas like The Eastern Docklands, including Sporenburg and "Borneo," with a private canal. Everyone seems to have a private-yet-shared dock. On IJburg you will see houses built on rafts in a new kind of social living.
The owners are publishers of a book on IJburg and another book on housing to follow. So, you will see that Amsterdam is in another Golden Age. There are tours of the new wonder city of Rotterdam and also The Hague. If you have an interest in architecture, social history, or urban planning, you might do well to check out this tour group.