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In their practice, the three authors – French architects Frédéric Druot, Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal – work on making careful and continuous changes to the existing city. To them, total demolition followed by new construction is not an opti…
A visit to Le Medi made me ask myself the following question. What was the assignment that Woonbron Maasoevers housing association set for the architect to achieve this result? Or was it: Make a housing complex in a Mediterranean style that is more i…
On Monday, November 3rd at 7 pm, Kengo Kuma, who established the Japanese architectural firm Kengo Kuma …
Zaha Hadid has created a series of sculptural installations for a two-venue New York exhibition, opening on November 1st 2008. According to Kenny Schachter, the curator of the show, each installation offers elements of various architectural projects …
Divided into three chapters – product, process and architecture – the book includes contributions from eight writers in circles around Cepezed that explore the special position of the office in the field. Each article is followed by a case study of a…
After studying at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague from 1956 to 1961, Peter Struycken (1939) painted in a figurative style. He was fascinated by the differences and similarities in visual reality. A row of trees interested him more than a single…
Fanfare, pomp and circumstance surrounded the opening of the public display of ‘Brussels Capital of Europe’ – a studio project now well over two years old – at the Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR) in Brussels on March 17. The …
The Berlage Institute describes this lecture series, which examines the effects of global forces and local realities on the contemporary city, as ‘part of crucial research’. In reality, however, every lecture turns out to be a surprise.…
Istanbul played host to the 22nd UIA Congress from July 3 to 7. (UIA stands for Union Internationale des Architectes, a NGO that represents architects throughout the world through national architectural associations ) Under the title 'Cities: Grand B…
Alex van de Beld (Onix)Thursday evening, October 21 After arrival in Rotterdam and checking into the schooners (boats) where we would spend the next three days, the young European architects got talking to one another straight away. The beer and wine…
My first visit to Jordan two years ago made a deep impression on me, particularly the countryside and the hospitality of the inhabitants. Meeting people who have next to nothing yet who still share their food with you is a very special experience. So…
The first architect mentioned by name in the history books - as we learn in architecture classes - is Daedalus. He it was who designed the labyrinth for King Minos in Crete (1700-1400 BC). Yet there is another candidate: Bezalel Ben Uri. He designed …
In 2001 KCAP was invited to take part in a competition to design a satellite town for Shanghai. The brief explicitly called for a 'Dutch' design. In the periodical Archis (issue 4, 2002), Shiuan-Wen Chu and Ruurd Gietema of KCAP enthusiastically expl…
Reviewing this remarkable phenomenon is actually impossible, because it defies all logic. Even its basic principles. Put together a Yearbook about Dutch pop music that contains just hip hop and press and public alike will destroy you. But there doesn…