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Hertzberger is renowned for the way he shaped, and continues to shape, a new and less traditional system of education that has evolved since the 1970s thanks to the influence of Maria Montessori and others. His schools do not emphasise learning from …

ArchiAfrika is a foundation set up by a group of Dutch architects who worked in Africa and want to increase knowledge about African architecture in Africa and the rest of the world. During the three-week workshop the participants documented and analy…

The machine age brought about the birth of science fiction. This genre in literature and, later, film offers us a glimpse of a future dominated by the machine. The information age saw the emergence of cyberfiction, an offshoot of sci-fi in which the …

Employment agency Alescon, operating in six municipalities in the province of Drente, is attempting to change the prevailing view of the sheltered workshop as a place to be pitied into an active company that puts people first. The agency's building d…

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…

Set back from the quayside behind a tree, the building looks as though it's trying to efface itself. At first glance it looks like a simple cube of glass and metal framed by an L-shaped perimeter wall built almost entirely of aluminium sheet. Is that…

The farm building houses numerous facilities, among them changing rooms and a canteen for handicapped people who 'work' on the adjoining nursery. Other facilities include a kitchen, teashop, educational space, shop, warden's house, children's farm wi…

A new breed of allotment garden is taking shape at the foot of Prins Claus Bridge in Utrecht. Groenewoud Gardens provides green surroundings for office villas interspersed among the allotments. Particular attention was paid to the architecture of the…

When I saw the Dutch pavilion I was pleasantly surprised to see it featured the word 'Fresh' in its exhibition title. It reminded me of my article 'Fresh Conservatism', in which I expressed reservations about the seemingly progressive zest of many Du…

Besides developing a catalogue of materials, soon available on internet, 2012 engages in research and production. The interior of Duchi shoe shop is composed for 90% of waste. But it doesn't look the least bit shabby: floors, walls, furniture are all…

The CiBoGa site totals 14 hectares in size. On completion in 2008, it will contain around 900 housing units, 1200 parking spaces, 10,000 m2 retail space, and 40,000 m2 office space. A number of architects will design different zones of the site. The …

The embassy's location couldn't be more Dutch. It stands on the Rolandufer overlooking the River Spree - the Berlin equivalent to the Amstel waterway in Amsterdam - next to a sluice complex similar to the one beside the Carré Theatre in Amsterda…