- land art

The new Arctic culture centre in Hammerfest, the world’s northernmost town, designed by a-lab architects was completed this month. The building, which is used as a venue for art, cultural events and conferences, is visible from both land and sea and …
The first public gathering of the International New Town Institute took place on Tuesday evening May 27 at the Kunstlinie art centre in Almere, organised in conjunction with Casla architecture centre. The aim of the International New Town Institute i…
Marilyn Douala Bell is the great-granddaughter of King Rudolf Douala Manga Bell, who fought against the Germans and erected the famous Pagoda Palace in Douala. She set up doual’art with Didier Schaub in 1991. Doual’art is based on the assumption that…
Statements from more than twenty image-makers and thinkers were presented in rapid succession. One thing was clear: our 'next nature' is not that championed by the World Wildlife Fund. Instead, nature is a human creation. From stacked landscapes to D…
To explore and comment on Dutch landscape in transformation, Princen sets up his large-format camera before any intended user has even entered the frame, or has even been selected. And then there really is something worth seeing: uses other than thos…
The exhibition is an initiative of the Ministry of Transport and Water Management, the Foundation for Art and Public Space (SKOR) and the Atelier HSL. It sets out to give some relevance to the cultural and social significance of the HSL. Now that the…
The commission was the result of a competition, organised by Berlin city authorities, to design two parks. The first, Henriëtte-Herz-Park, was completed last year. But as the second park was to span a rail tunnel, still under construction, and w…
Background Early 1990s. Four architects - Rem Koolhaas, Wim Quist, Carel Weeber and Robert Venturi - are invited to make proposals to improve the Stedelijk Museum. Robert Venturi's proposal wins. 1993. The extension project is deemed too ambitious. T…
'A friend of my mother used to live in this house. Hanging from the windowsills of her lovely house were the most beautiful flowerpots. As children we often secretly tried to pick the flowers, but she always saw us and said, »Carry these bags upstair…
Las PalmasThe spectacle begins even before you reach the door of Las Palmas. A big blue Flood Stairs draws visitors up the outside of the building to the third floor, the venue for two of the exhibitions.The Dutch Water City highlights the tradition …