MIMOA (MI MOdern Archi­tec­ture), the com­mu­nity driven archi­tec­ture project data­base, has been launched offi­cialy this week­end in Ams­ter­dam. Archi­tec­ture 2.0, I hear you say. But this time it is a useful, well-​designed project. The over­all con­tri­bu­tion qual­ity is high, and we can only hope that the word spreads and the data­base fills up – not only with the well-​known and pub­lished, but also with obscure gems. Inter­est­ing in that respect is the col­lab­o­ra­tion with A10, an inter­est­ing projects on it’s own. A10 mag­a­zine will add projects they pub­lish to the Mimoa database.

MIMOA about MIMOA:

What is MIMOA
It is the best source of infor­ma­tion for your city trip in Europe with all Modern Archi­tec­ture in one view. MIMOA shows Europe’s Modern Archi­tec­ture on a map with the address and all addi­tional infor­ma­tion you need to actu­ally find and visit inte­ri­ors, parks, public places, build­ings and bridges.
MIMOA is free and open for every­one to con­tribute: pub­lish your projects, posts com­ments and rat­ings, define your per­sonal favorites and keep track of the projects you’ve vis­ited. All this per­sonal infor­ma­tion, reviews and opin­ions, define the cur­rent trends in archi­tec­tural Europe.
MIMOA is intended for anyone inter­ested in Modern Archi­tec­ture, design, cul­ture, pho­tog­ra­phy, cities, Europe, trav­el­ling, vis­it­ing build­ings, know­ing how to get there, whether the project is public and what the open­ing hours are. You can make your own per­sonal con­ve­nient archi­tec­ture guide.

Man­i­festo
The last few years we have seen an extra­or­di­nary shift in the way we live, travel, work and vaca­tion. Now that budget air­lines fly through all of Europe and inter­net has brought all kind of infor­ma­tion handy, the world has shrunk and we can enjoy it every week­end. It seems every­thing is pub­lished, reviewed and read, so, check­ing out cities or bask­ing on a beach are only two of many choices to make on a Thurs­day evening.
And yet there is still so much more to dis­cover, invent and admire. With archi­tec­ture as our mutual obses­sion, there is a wealth of new talent to hunt down and archi­tec­tural trea­sures to be unearthed in coun­tries whose bor­ders have recently been opened. Cre­ativ­ity and tech­nol­ogy are run­ning for­ward. And it is this forward-​looking men­tal­ity that excites us at MIMOA.
In 2007 Rot­ter­dam is the architectural-​capital of Europe, London regards the Cre­ative Indus­try to be the largest growth factor in its econ­omy and the city-​council of Berlin con­sid­ers Cul­ture as the only source of devel­op­ment for the next fifty to hun­dred years. Trendy neigh­bour­hoods in Barcelona draw inhab­i­tants (and entre­pre­neurs!) from far across the Span­ish border, in all of Europe, old cities sprout and draw atten­tion with new mar­velous designs by the latest Superstar-​Architect. For Euro­pean cities the Archi­tec­tural Energy has become the fore­most mon­i­tor for cul­tural and eco­nomic pros­per­ity.
But really, the all-too-familiar big names and big build­ings are not that dif­fi­cult to trace. We want to get close to those cre­ative spurts that you can only find when acci­den­taly stum­bled upon. Where are the small pearls, the yet to be dis­cov­ered tal­ents, the build­ings only locals know about?
There­fore we have ded­i­cated our­selves to bring this local Modern Archi­tec­ture closer to YOU. YOUR Modern Archi­tec­ture, assem­bled, com­piled and com­pleted, syn­op­tic, swift and always up-to-date. Archi­tec­ture for every­one to be added, searched, vis­ited and re-​viewed, MY Modern Archi­tec­ture: MIMOA.

Via dezeen.