Tag Archives: modular

Bye Bye Concrete, Hello Plastic

By Joop de Boer | Published: Thursday March 4, 2010

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…

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Floating Eden

By Joop de Boer | Published: Tuesday March 2, 2010

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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A Floating Modular Park For Amsterdam

By Joop de Boer | Published: Wednesday February 24, 2010

Last Friday I had an interesting talk with landscape designer Ronald Rietveld about temporary urbanism and flexible strategies for the city of Amsterdam. He revealed a great design…

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Book Review: Spacecraft 2, Part 2

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Monday January 25, 2010

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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Book Review: Spacecraft 2

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Friday January 22, 2010

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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Free Classic: ‘How to Build Your Own Living Structures’ by Ken Isaacs

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Sunday July 5, 2009

Check out this PDF version of the book ‘How To Build Your Own Living Structures’ by Ken Isaacs, published in 1974. This classic is about…

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A Cottage in a Day

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Friday January 30, 2009

Considering the many examples of countryside-like places filled with modular buildings that I’ve seen so far, it seems that flexible quickbuild architecture is slowly becoming more widely accepted. The funny…

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