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The term ‘spontaneous city’ has existed for longer than today and can be explained in lots of different ways. In addition to a manifesto from Urhahn Urban Design itself, the book therefore contains no fewer than forty columns, pr…

The green, star-shaped urinal blocks of the toilets at the Ludwig Forum in Aachen may have been just a coincidence, but they are very appropriate for what is happening one floor above. For the ground floor is the scene of a changing of…
As a component of the Artisan and Fez Medina project “L’Agence du Partenariat pour le Progrès” (APP), with its implementing partner, the “Agence pour le Développement et la Réhabilitation de la Ville de Fes” (ADER‐Fès), is launchin…
Monday 23 August
My brother and I have been working extremely hard since April on the exhibition design and contents with the project team (designer Jurgen Bey, visual artist Barbara Visser, NAi curator Saskia van …
Arup Associates has won a competition to design a hotel for insects. ‘Beyond the Hive’ was sponsored by British Land and the City of London to celebrate 2010 as the International year of Biodiversity.


The New Art Exchange by architects Hawkins\Brown was launched last month in Nottingham. It is the UK’s first regional inner city contemporary visual arts centre devoted solely to the promotion of Black and Asian arts. It includes 1…
Foto: Tim Crocker

In the debate that followed Colomina’s lecture the editors, past and present, seemed divided on the question of where to go from here. The original motivation that prompted the launch of Oase 25 years ago is less urgent today. …
In the last part about the architects presenting their projects in the exhibition Home/Away in the British Pavilion in Venice you can see projects of Witherford Watson Mann. Alisa Street Masterplan, Lea Valley, east London A mile…