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For more than fifteen years Maike van Stiphout and her office DS landschapsarchitecten have been working on a wide range of landscape commissions. Her portfolio comprises all scales in both urban and rural areas. She has worked on such projects as th…

On the site of the last battle fought on British soil, the new visitor centre, which opened on 16 April 2008, will house interpretation of the battle, its prehistory and aftermath, and will include educational and conference facilities, a café, resta…

The idea is that the built works, more than the theory, shed light on what Dom Hans van der Laan had in mind. To experience that, the NAi built replicas of a vestibule (entrance to a monastery), a monk’s cell and Dom van der Laan’s own study. No atte…

Steven Holl is currently establishing a major presence in China, considering four grand projects that are planned to open between 2008-2010. “Linked Hybrid” is a mixed used building in Beijing, as well as “Chengdu Project” and “Vanke Center” in Shenz…

Author Steven Jacobs had a mischievous twinkle in his eye when he presented 'a monograph about an non-existing architect' in his opening speech. The book is issued by 010 Publishers, which obviously saw some substance in his vision. It’s a claim wort…

June 30 The two-day ‘Forum of Results Europan 8’ was held in the Energy House in Dordrecht, a perfectly inspiring meeting place for young and ambitious architects from Europe. Having recovered from the news of their victory – the results had been ann…

Saturday March 25 Turbulent times in Buenos Aires. Just a week ago the president decided that March 24 is a national day of remembrance to commemorate the military coup in 1976. By law, all civil servants enjoy a free day; hospital operations and mar…

Spain is currently in the midst of a building boom. An ideas competition was staged early this year on the assumption that some 400,000 dwellings will be needed in the Barcelona region over the next twenty years. Madrid, meanwhile, is spreading out f…

Orbanism is the open concept employed by Luc Deleu. »Orbanism stands for a metaphysical and material structuring of the world for the common good, the public interest. Orbanism aims for a dynamic balance between order and chaos, architecture and life…

The title of this massive reference work (over 500 pages) emphasises the full-page photos of the documented building materials and the two photos of buildings in which the material in question is applied. But the accompanying text forms the core of t…

The first flick through is a let-down. Reprints of previously published texts such as Junkspace and Miestakes interspersed with a countless cut-and-paste references to well-worn cultural icons: the Bomb, Lady Di, Mao, the US President, Saddam, Schwar…

I get the distinct impression that the market for books on architecture is gradually reaching saturation point. That said, the number of books of genuine significance can be counted on one hand. As so often, quantity and quality are at odds with each…

Architecture with a flavour The first part of his lecture focused on what makes architecture 'good'. For Van Egeraat it is precisely the unnecessary accessories and decorative elements that give architecture its particular flavour, and that's the rea…

Friday February 7 a decision was taken on 'Ground Euro.' From the invited proposals for 'the development of a global urban-design concept,' the winners turned out to be a Spanish-Belgian alliance: Aries, Idom, Moritz et Simon, L'Atelier, Jordi Ferran…

A better environment begins with the architect - that's if we are to believe the stream of new architecture books on the subject of sustainable building. But there is an important first step of course: sustainable urban development. And that's not ju…