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October 20, 2008
August 28, 2008
  • Greetings from... Bogotá
    With a population of seven million people, Bogotá DC is the fourth largest city in South America and the capital of Colombia. The joys and nuisances of the country are present here in full force and amplified form. In the case of Colombia, there are quite a few of them.
    ArchiNed.nl – news
    First of all, Colombia is a festive country. No matter where you order a drink or a juice, it’ll always be served with a straw – even in expensive restaurants and even as a handy stirring implement with tea or coffee. What’s more, a daily dose of Sal…
March 6, 2008
  • gmp wins competition for Parliament Building in India
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    The Indian state of Tamil Nadu's parliament building will be designed by von Gerkan, Marg und Partner. As winners of the first prize in the competition from 2007, the planning contract has already been awarded. The 160 000 square-meter-building situa…
November 28, 2007
  • The future of the old, sluggish discipline
    The NAi organised a symposium on the future of architecture in association with Victor Veldhuijzen van Zanten on November 9, 2007. Architecture 2.0, The Destiny of Architecture was a marathon session of lectures by prominent architects. It was a gathering that contemplated the future by looking back at the past.
    ArchiNed.nl – news
    In a packed Doelen theatre, and on a day when water levels reached their highest since 1953, NAi director Ole Bouman asked the cream of Dutch architecture whether the future of architecture is something beyond our control or something we can influenc…
April 1, 2007
  • Brussel, Marx & PepsiCo
    ‘Europe’ turned 50 last weekend: perfect timing. The public presentation of ‘A Vision for Brussels / Brussels Capital of Europe’ by the Rotterdam-based Berlage Institute coincided nicely with the festivities marking the anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. A few thoughts on a mediagenic manifesto in the form of a book and an exhibition.
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    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 …
February 1, 2007
  • The logo of Bucharest
    The symposium Regimes of Representation: Art & Politics Beyond the House of People was held in the House of People (Palace of the Parliament) in Bucharest (Romania) on January 11. Symposium organisers Vinca Kruk and Daniel van der Velden (Meta Haven: Design Research) explain the significance of this building.
    ArchiNed.nl – news
    The ‘Zone Palatul Parlamentului’ was realised in all its dull monumentality during the Ceausescu regime. The dictator got the idea for the biggest ever grand projet after visiting North Korea, where he saw at first hand what a socialist…
August 2, 2005
  • The Modernist Heritage in Africa
    The ArchiAfrika foundation recently organised a workshop and conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, entitled 'Modern Architecture in East Africa around Independence'. Antoni Folkers of ArchiAfrika kept a diary.
    ArchiNed.nl – news
    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…
March 19, 2001
  • Are they or aren't they?
    Last February, there was a public discussion at the NAI (Netherlands Architecture Institute) on the subject of the individual commissioning of dwellings, with as title 'Shaping the Netherlands: Architectural Policy 2001-2004'. After a whole evening spent discussing the new policy proposal to allow 30% of new housing production to be undertaken on the initiative of private individuals, Member of Parliament Adri Duivesteijn concluded: "The builders are against it, the developers are against it, and the local authorities are against it. Three good reasons to continue."including a response by Mark Zaitsoff BEd. University of Manitoba
    ArchiNed.nl – news
    Individual commissioning is one of the major projects set out in the architecture policy document for 2001-2004 Shaping the Netherlands. These projects fall under the direct responsibility of the government. Individual housing has been 'adopted' by J…
December 6, 2000
  • Ole Bouman to succeed Aaron Betsky
    Ole Bouman is to be the new director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute. Bouman succeeds Aaron Betsky, who became director of the Cincinnati Art Museum in Ohio at the start of November.
    ArchiNed.nl – news
    Ole Bouman (1960) has been editor-in-chief of Archis/Volume since 1996. Under his leadership the tone and nature of the magazine has changed significantly. It has transformed from a bilingual trade journal on architecture into an English-language the…
July 7, 2000
  • Monument with a question mark
    Between Brandenburger Tor and Potsdamer Platz in the heart of Berlin, close to Hitler's bunker and his Chancellery, and not far from the Reichstag, is a site crossed by the Wall fifteen years ago. Today the site is a field of grey concrete blocks, the Denkmal für die ermordete Juden Europas (Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe), designed by architect Peter Eisenman.
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    The holocaust memorial was inaugurated on May 10, 2005, after 17 years of plans and heated debate. The initiative came from publicist Lea Rosh in 1998 when she called for the creation of a national memorial in Berlin to commemorate the persecution of…
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