Berlage 1st Year Studios Final Review

Written by Thomas Stellmach

Ningbo Students tweaking their Presentation (photo: Thomas Stellmach) The Berlage Institute is holding their final reviews for the first year studios today,...

GIS 2.0 Symposium

Written by Thomas Stellmach

Analysis of spatial distribution of specific population groups (Cooperation with the city Biberach a.d Riß) The Planungsnetzwerk geo-Innovation of the University of...

Complexity Theory Conference @ TU Delft

Written by Thomas Stellmach

Complexity Theories have come of Age Don’t let the poster mislead you! TU Delft’s U-Lab comes up with a daring conference breaking...

Is Almere There Yet?

Written by Thomas Stellmach

NL’s ugliest place? (photo: Ekim Tan) Lately the readers of Volkskrant selected 30 year old Almere the ugliest place in the Netherlands;...

Hunch 12: Bureaucracy – Launch Event

Written by Darrel Ronald

After a couple years without publishing, the latest issue of Hunch #12 will be relaunched in collaboration with NAi Publishers at the...

Google Maps NL – Street View!

Written by Darrel Ronald

Arcam Architecture Centre, Amsterdam Google Maps recently updated various cities within Europe, including Amsterdam and Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Of course, Europe...

Open Street Map

Written by Thomas Stellmach

Visualisation of OSM edits in 2008 (by ItoWorld) I’d like to point the german-speaking among you to the ChaosRadio Podcast Issue on...

Al Manakh Second Edition

Written by Thomas Stellmach

Abu Dhabi’s Planning Council and the Dutch Architecture Institute agreed a few days ago to cooperate on delivering the second volume of...

Europan Competition Starts Now

Written by Thomas Stellmach

Europan 10 launched Indeed, the ultimate aim of the European vision of the city is to make society, in other words to...

Action In The City

Written by Darrel Ronald

Exhibition Entrance; Photo: Darrel Ronald A new exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Actions: What You Can Do With The City,...

China According to China

Written by Martin Sobota

MovingCities.org has published the fith and last part of a wonderful documentary on China. Each part is about 6 minutes and covers...

Complexity in American Commercial Space

Written by Darrel Ronald

“A store in Las Vegas offers groceries, slot machines and voting terminals side by side. Early voting has proved popular in Nevada”....

Here Comes The Sun

Written by Martin Sobota

PS10 solar power tower I’ve watched a highly interesting documentary on the prospects of solar power today. Now an english version is...

11th Venice Architecture Biennale: The Making of

Written by Darrel Ronald

I was also in Venice for the inauguration of the 11th Venice Architecture Biennale. Unlike the other members of Dysturb, this was...

ExperimentaDesign Amsterdam – Space and Place

Written by Darrel Ronald

Experimenta Design is an existing festival from Lisbon that has been invited to Amsterdam for the first time starting this September (2008)....

Responsive City Workshop

Written by Thomas Stellmach

Gulensu – Almere Haven (© Ekim Tan) Workshop announcements come in packs. Here is the third one, which I’d like to recommend...

One Land & Platform Paradise

Written by Thomas Stellmach

FAST, a Amsterdam-based foundation showcasing and critically investigating spatial conditions of segregation invites to Ein Hawd (Israel): From the 28th of August...

Sin Embargo

Written by Thomas Stellmach

sine embargo – con embargo Our friends from Supersudaca host an interesting workshop on tourism in post-castro Cuba in September. It’ll set...

Parlez-vous Francais? Don’t miss Métropolitains.

Written by Darrel Ronald

I recently discovered a radio program that is broadcast by Radio France Culture every Wednesday from 10 to 11 am. Called Métropolitains,...

The Dawn of Contemporary Dutch Architects

Written by Darrel Ronald

Y-Oevers Collage ( © unknown) Back in 1992, the young and aggressive Dutch architects that we know so well today, came together...

Sudapan Competition Launched

Written by Martin Sobota

sudapan flyer Supersudaca, a befriended south-american think-tank has launched Sudapan – Endless(s)trips, an international competition about the urban potentials of mass-tourism in...

Rotterdam’s Skyscrapers

Written by Thomas Stellmach

[display_podcast] For those who’ve missed the recent day of open doors, here are views from some of the highest of Rotterdam’s rooftops...

Plan 07 – City as Readymade

Written by Thomas Stellmach

Painting action of ASTOC at the Buchheimer Weg (photo: Christian Diekmann) From 21st to 28th September the Forum for current architecture is...

Al Manakh – Listen to the Koolhaas, Wigley & Bouman Debate @ NAi

Written by Darrel Ronald

Left to right: Mark Wigley, Ole Bouman, Rem Koolhaas The NAi (new website) hosted the book launch and discussion featuring Rem Koolhaas,...

The Future of European Urbanism? Part 2

Written by Darrel Ronald

The Delft School of Design at TU Delft will hold another conference on urbanism following on the heels of the first. Permacity...

Competition: van Nelle & Spangen

Written by Thomas Stellmach

Spangen Aerial Stichting Spangmaker announced a small open competition to link the Rotterdam neighbourhood of Spangen better to the van Nelle ‘Design...

The Future of European Urbanism?

Written by Darrel Ronald

The TU Delft Faculty of Architecture will soon host the 4th International Seminar on Urbanism and Urbanization, with professors from around the...

Al Manakh – A First Look

Written by Darrel Ronald

Cover, photo: Darrel Ronald Since first seeing the AMO Gulf Cities study presented at the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale, most of us...

AIR Foundation Conference

Written by Thomas Stellmach

On Thursday, 11 Oct 2007, the AIR (Architecture Institute Rotterdam) hosts a conference about the state of Rotterdam’s architecture in an international...

Claudia Strahl at the TU Munich

Written by Thomas Stellmach

I recently held a lecture at the TU MUNICH, Department for Landscape Architecture and Public Space, on the topic of public space...

documenta interview marathon

Written by Martin Sobota

german architecture & theory magazine arch+ put the first three videos or their interview marathon at the documenta online. yes, its the...

Associative Design @ Berlage

Written by Thomas Stellmach

[display_podcast] associative design III – berlage institute second year studio (requires quicktime, turn sound on) Last week I attended the presentations of...

Now Published: Power to the House – Powerhouse Company

Written by Darrel Ronald

Power To the House cover, source: Powerhouse Company The emerging Rotterdam architecture and urbanism office, The Powerhouse Company, has just published their...

Hiroki Matsuura at the chocolate factory

Written by Thomas Stellmach

From May 30th to June 5th 2007 Hiroki Matsuura (maxwan a+u) held a workshop on “public space” in the famous chocolate factory...

skating zaha

Written by Martin Sobota

a friend of mine just pointed me to one of the latest events in the AccessAllAreas program: skating Zaha’s Phaeno in Wolfsburg....

Al Manakh published by OMA

Written by Thomas Stellmach

Al Manakh, a architectural guide for the Gulf area, has been published by OMA during the IDF. Read more at the IDF...

Power, Optimism, and Social Consciousness

Written by Thomas Stellmach

Tthe IABR (3rd International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam) opened it’s doors for the public on Friday. The opening event in OMA’s Kunsthal listed...

bowling

Written by Martin Sobota

it needs to be mentioned, but eikonographia anyway has again the best images of OMAs latest. And the best pairs too. dezeen...

Emscherpark – Industrial Heritage Done Right

Written by Thomas Stellmach

Zeche Zollverein (photo by toms) Last weekend we went for a tour to the Emscherpark, which is meandering between Duisburg and Hamm,...

MIPIM Developers Conference… Suits, Alcohol, Yachts & some terrible other things

Written by Darrel Ronald

This past week I was at the MIPIM Developers Conference in Cannes, France representing a client. With my suit on, business cards...

Instant City: The Rise of Dubai

Written by Thomas Stellmach

On March 14 (2007) the Berlage Institute (Rotterdam) hosted two lectures with the title “Instant City: The Rise of Dubai”. Kees Christiaanse...

Beautiful Urban Terror Photography… Hans Wilschut

Written by Darrel Ronald

“Hotel” Antalya, 2005 – © Hans Wilschut While Rotterdam’s notorious Witte de With Straat is full of new exhibitions in time for...

Nissan Qashqai skates in the Spaanse Polder

Written by Darrel Ronald

The new Nissan Qashqai marketing campaign has been skating through the streets – and now landed on a temp skatepark along the...