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Zuidas Pleasure Landscape

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Sunday August 29, 2010

The economic crisis has led to delays in further development of Amsterdam’s new business district and second city center, the Zuidas (South Axis). But what to do with…

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Will Dubai Join The List Of Fallen Cities?

By Joop de Boer | Published: Monday November 30, 2009

The financial pyramid game that Dubai was, shows to have collapsed. When I started studying urban design ten years ago, I would never believe a city to be…

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On Moscow’s Public Toilets

By Joop de Boer | Published: Thursday November 5, 2009

In most cities it’s a hell of a job to find a decent toilet in public space. Although iPhone apps are available to help you finding…

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The Two Creative Classes

By Drew Austin | Published: Thursday July 9, 2009

Many of mankind’s greatest achievements are products of the urban cauldron. That the density, heterogeneity and social environment of cities leads to more rapid innovation and idea sharing…

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Klaus Overmeyer on the Importance of Urban Pioneers

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Saturday June 27, 2009

Klaus Overmeyer is a Berlin-based landscape architect. The philosophy of his office, UC Klaus Overmeyer, is deeply rooted in an optimistic attitude towards the contemporary landscape stimulating an…

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Growing for Nothing?

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Tuesday May 12, 2009

Over the last decades, economies in the Western hemisphere grew enormously. Many, many people seem to forget why we keep on striving for more economic growth. The goal…

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This Is Not Sim City

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Tuesday March 17, 2009

The financial crisis hits California hard. Take a look at these pictures and see what the recession does to real estate development.
“Streets and housing plots are seen…

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Urban Leftovers: Berlin Vs. Amsterdam

By Joop de Boer | Published: Tuesday July 15, 2008


The collection of pictures is the result of an excursion to Berlin, the City of Space. It shows the inverse spatial situation compared to Amsterdam. In Amsterdam,…

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