Schiphol Airport, the Anne Frank House, the new Utrecht Central Station - these are all acclaimed buildings by Benthem Crouwel Architekten. Buildings that are used by millions, buildings at crucial high-profile places. BC AD offers a refreshing new look at the firm's substantial body of work, with a...

Oratie Architectuurgeschiedenis van 9 oktober 2008

De (re-)constructies van het verleden in historische disciplines zoals de kunst- en architectuurgeschiedenis veranderen regelmatig. Dit gebeurt onder invloed van uiteenlopende factoren binnen en buiten de eigen discipline. In het verleden w...

Over The Years, Architecture In China Has Experienced An Unprecedented Boom In Architecture And Has Become The Most Dynamic And Active Region In The World. This Book Showcases The Most Exciting Projects In China, With Extensive Imagery Together With Line Drawings. It Covers Buildings All Over China ...

Amsterdam op de helling
De strijd om stadsvernieuwing



Rond 1970 was een groot deel van Amsterdam in verval. Wat was daarvan de oorzaak, en wat werd eraan gedaan? Amsterdam op de helling is een boek over de meest spectaculaire stadsvernieuwing in Nederland.

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Oratie Planologie van vrijdag 23 januari 2009

Luca Bertolini stelt in zijn oratie dat het leven in een mobiele samenleving beleidsmakers met bijzondere dilemma's confronteert. Contemporaine leefstijlen en bedrijfsmatige praktijken zijn sterk afhankelijk van mobiliteit. Mensen wonen op de en...

In over 40 years at Braun, Dieter Rams established himself as one of the most influential designers of the 20th century. His elegantly clear visual language not only defined product design for decades, but also our fundamental understanding of what design is and what it can and should do. Elucidatin...

Ruins engulfed by sand dunes in Namibia where a once flourishing diamond industry used to exist; neglected 19th century Western-Style villas in Guangdong China once built by successful labourers that returned from the west; the outlandishly decorated, ultra-Baroque churches of Mexico; and, the hefty...

Große Projekte heute ein Paradigmenwechsel im Städtebau? Als die Großsiedlungen in Verruf gerieten, wurden kleine Projekte Leitbild für den Umbau der Städte. Heute spiegelt das breite Spektrum der neuen Generation großer Projekte eine Renaissance der Stadt. Wiedervereinigung und Globalisierung haben...

Das Haus der Architektur Rhône-Alpes und das Schweizerische Architekturmuseum stellen Architekturbüros aus der Region Rhône-Alpes und aus der Schweiz vor, die zu den kreativsten der aktuellen Architekturszene gehören. §Diese Büros präsentieren Projekte, welche die Wechselbeziehung zwischen Lokalem u...

In Ideas and Integrities Buckminster Fuller describes the revolutionary designs and concepts he has pioneered – among them the geodesic dome, the Dymaxion world map, the Dymaxion 4-D house, the Dymaxion 4-D automobile, and the countless other structures and creations that have changed the face of Am...

Suitable For Those Who Have An Interest In Interior Design And Architecture, This Book Examines The Fundamental Characteristics Of Interior Space - The Analysis And Understanding Of Existing Buildings, The Nature And Qualities Of Organising An Interior Space, And An Understanding Of The Material And...

The projects in this volume are testimony to the idea that less really can be more. Their intelligent use of space pushes the boundaries of what most of us would consider to be feasible living dimensions creating new forms and structures that meet the needs of a variety of situations. The featured c...

Marc Dubois (e.a.)
Vincent Van Duysen
Works 1989–2009
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Zelden vind je een architect die zo rigoureus probeert de ruimte tot haar meest essentiële vorm te reduceren en daarbij uiterst gevoelig blijft voor de menselijke ervaring van die ruimte. Sinds 1993 realiseerde de Belgische a...

Documentation of the world's only architectural photography prize. Every two years the prize is awarded for a different theme, and decided by a new, international and interdisciplinary jury. In 2008/09 the theme was "New Homeland“. Globalization, feared just a few years ago, is now shaping life a...

M8 in China shows a surprising range of work by contemporary Chinese architects. This publication presents eight private, flexibly operating offices of a completely new generation of architects, whose works reveal some fascinating connections between tradition and the western avantgarde. Almost all ...

Gert Wingårdh is already recognised as the most successful Swedish architect of all time, but he is not representative of a genuinely Swedish architecture. The outgoing architect’s work on the national and international stage is too cosmopolitan and his architectural solutions are too varied for tha...

Emmie Vos (Red.)
Europan 10
Inventing Urbanity, Regeneration, Revitalisation, Colonisation
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De tiende editie van Europan zet niet alleen de genomineerde en winnende plannen van de tiende Nederlandse Europan-prijsvraag in de schijnwerpers, maar is ook een jubileumuitgave waarin wo...

English/German edition. Mit dem Look/Book 2009 halten Sie nicht nur ein Paket an innovativen Geschäftsideen und originellen Produktneuheiten in den Händen, sondern auch eine spannende Lektüre. Mercedes Bunz reflektiert über die Bedeutung des Da- und Dabeiseins im Hier und Jetzt in Zeiten globaler ...

Studying the tacit urbanism, and making explicit the tacit political and cultural levels of the urban becomes an important part not only of understanding the urban as totality but also of how we act as citizens and how we participate in the constitution of new urban structure. The publication exami...

New European Architecture 09/10
ofwel het A10 Jaarboek 09/10
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'New Eurpean Architecture 09/10’, beter bekend als het derde A10 Jaarboek, biedt een overzicht van de twintig meest interessante projecten die het tijdschrift A10, magazine voor nieuwe Europese architectuur, het afgelopen j...