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Toyota’s Urban Greenery Mission

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Sunday June 6, 2010

Today I stumbled upon some of Toyota’s so-called ‘greenification’ mission. Initiating several projects such as the Roof Garden Corporation, the Japanese car brand aims to contribute…

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Book Review: Portraits From Above

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Tuesday March 9, 2010

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…

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Trabi Roof Tents And East German Holiday Culture

By Joop de Boer | Published: Friday November 13, 2009

Die Wende and the German reunification twenty years ago inspired us to look back and find out about pop-up culture in the former Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR). One of the…

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Rotterdam’s Floating Rooftop

By Joop de Boer | Published: Sunday September 13, 2009

In a tour with my students through the city of Rotterdam, we passed this amazing rooftop floating in the Rotte (the river that Rotterdam gave its name). This…

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Pool Noodle Rooftop Party Space

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Thursday June 25, 2009

Los Angeles-based architecture firm INABA have designed and installed a so-called ‘Pool Noodle Rooftop’ for the non-profit art group X-Initiative in Chelsea, New…

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Brooklyn Rooftop Agriculture

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Monday June 15, 2009

The New Yorkers are busy reducing their foodprint, making plans to build skyscraper farms and doing experiments with innovative public urban agriculture. Green rooftop specialists like

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Roofscapes and Hut Architecture

By Joop de Boer | Published: Saturday May 30, 2009

Huts are inspiring, mostly because they remind of childhood. Treehugger reports about this interesting rooftop hut. The sustainable hut is provided with solar panels…

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