During our explorations in fresh developments in architecture we already found nifty projects, ideas and concepts that have the potential to totally reframe the production of the physical environment. Think…
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Some weeks ago Joop wrote two reviews about the books ‘Hong Kong Inside’ and ‘Hong Kong Outside’ — two stunning photographic documents about people living in Hong Kong’s…
Whereas the modernists were lyrical about the possibilities of using concrete as a new material for buildings, back in 1920, I now feel a comparable enthusiasm for sustainable…
Dezeen reports about the semi-translucent bar that designers Diogo Aguiar and Teresa Otto have built for a competition of the Universidade do…
Will the first Dutch hills be on water? Dutch architect Anne Holtrop collaborated with green technology firm Studio Noach and botanist and vertical garden…
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Rob Carter has designed a brilliant stop motion animation in which he compresses about 70 years of a city’s development into 3 minutes and 12 seconds.…
Our highly appreciated reporter in Hamburg Rudolf from Urbanshit recently wrote about a project by graphic designer and illustrator Christoph Niemann, who’s currently living…
Today I stumbled upon a nice article by Rebel Art about a wicked, unusual mobile bar in Berlin that consists of four old vans. According to…
Posted in Headline, International Practices | Also tagged amsterdam, bar, berlin, cologne, design, flexible, mobile, pop-up, pub, public space, staalvilla, vans |
Just a piece of architectural inspiration which I found via Matarua’s Tumblr blog Obsidian Bureau. It’s a swimming pool on top of the Hemeroscopium House, a residence in…
Last Friday I paid attention to Spacecraft 2 by showcasing some of the more than 150 projects covered in the book. Under the slogan ‘more fleeting architecture…
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“I know, you’re probably sick of AR this and AR that by now, and the technology is only in its infancy, but this?”
Today I bumped into this article on…
In 2007 we fell in love with Spacecraft, a fantastic book published by Gestalten which presents inspiring “projects that meet the changing spatial needs…
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Come along on Wednesday night at Mediamatic for the 12th edition of our Pecha Kucha Night Amsterdam. Show and tell, get inspired and have a great night out loaded…
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Many analysts and ‘trendwatchers’ believe Augmented Reality will become the big hit of 2010, but I have some doubts. Technological determinists tend to overlook the risk…
Some time ago a friend told me that when he was a young boy, his mom explained him that at the time he would be an adult, mankind…
