The links below are the hand-selected links that we especially want you all to know about. They are mainly from the Netherlands, but at times span the international design scene.
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Our Friends
Atelier Zuidvleugel » Regional Planning for South Netherlands
baukuh » Pier Paolo’s Site. Architecture.
Cityfoerster » Network Office of emerging European architects
crimson » architectural historians
Daniel Valle » Architecture office in South Korea and Spain
DUS architecten » Young office based in Amsterdam
Friederike von Rauch » Amazing Architecture Photography.
I.N.D International design » felix’ and arman’s office
iv-design » Clau’s architecure office.
James Rogers » Paintings
Jeroen Musch - Architecture Photographer » Dutch architectural photographer
kafkadesign » Ceramic design objects, especially lamps.
leon + loes graphic design » young rotterdam graphics
Lola landscape architects » Young Dutch landscape architecture office
Lynch / Eisinger / Design » nina’s office
mateuniverse » graphic design
maxwan architects and urbanists » The office where some of us work.
office-kokiwoong korea
Open Form Architecture (OFA) » Emerging architectural and urbanism office
Propellor Film » award-winning JW’s movie site.
Raise it Up » Rotterdam architecture workshops for children
Rosanna Atena » Architecture office in Rome, Italy
ruffceramic » Ceramic vases
Stadtlabor » Research platform in the realm of architecture, city and landscape in Innsbruck
Sub.Urban VideoLounge » Movies @ the Urban Espresso Bar
Telematique » Berlin VJ Sven Gareis
Urbanista » Young urban research office in Hamburg
viDeogeist » Berlin VJ Phillip Geist
Wohnzimmer » A little piece of Berlin in Rotterdam
www.laupert.com » Movie making fof
X-M-L Architecture » Site of my colleague Max.
Architecture
archleague NY podcasts
Atelier Kempe Thill » Architecture practice in Rotterdam.
crimson » architectural historians
designtoshare » yatzer is a blog to locate, collect and share nice things
dezain.net » Architecture and design related webpage
freshforward » Architecture exhibition in Madrid
GeoGreeting » Write a message with letter-shaped buildings pulled from google earth.
ICON » UK-Based ICON Magazine
kollectif » Blog about the Québec Architecture scene - en français
Made by Mistake » Company for model building
MATSYS : materialsystems.org
noticiasarquitectura » spanish architecture news.
Office for Metropolitan Architecture » no comments
On|Site Review » Canadian architecture magazine
open source architecture » sharing architecture knowledge
playze architecture » ex-graft employee’s own office. rounded corners.
Raise it Up » Rotterdam architecture workshops for children
RCR » puristic architecture from Girona
realities:united » known for their media facades
REX » architecture firm based in New York. Led by Joshua Prince-Ramus and Erez Ella.
urban-age » The Urban Age, a two-year sequence of international conferences held in cities across Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe in 2005 and 2006.
Werner Sobek » Beautiful Engineering
Wonderland Magazine » Vienna-based magazine for European architects starting their practice
World Architecture Community
Urbanism
Europan 9 » biennial competition for ‘young’ architects
Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction » Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction
must » Urbanism Practice in Amsterdam
Stefano Boeri » Italian Urbanist (Milano & Venice), Researcher.
The Vertical Farm Project
urban-age » The Urban Age, a two-year sequence of international conferences held in cities across Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe in 2005 and 2006.
Walk Score » Rates neughbourhoods acc. to service offers. Google map mash-up.
Landscape
B + B Landscape » Dutch landscape office
Field Operations » New York based Landscape office.
Karres en Brands » Dutch Landscape Architecture office
Lola landscape architects » Young Dutch landscape architecture office
Seiwooo » Young French Landscaper
Vertical Garden » by Patrick Blanc. The frontman of vertical & stacked greenery.
ZUS (Zones Urbaines Sensibles) » young rotterdam landscaping + urbanism
Art
Bansky » Bansky’s Site - including hi-res downloads of his art.
designtoshare » yatzer is a blog to locate, collect and share nice things
frontdesign » Young swedish designers with strong association to animals
Julian Opie » great line art.
ndsm » artist development in Amsterdam
Olafur Eliasson » Berlin studio of multidisciplinary Danish artist
Ondergrond - Nederlandse straatkunst » Live database for Dutch street art
Tent Gallery - Rotterdam » Excellent contemporary gallery for visual + spatial art
Thomas Rentmeister » Contemporary German visual artist
visualcomplexity.com » VisualComplexity.com intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks
Photography
architecturephoto.net » Architecture Photos
Clifford Ross - Hurricanes » CR’s large format pictures of waves, horizons, and more.
Designclicks » Foto & Graphic Design library. Good Resource. By spiegel.
Flickr: Dutch Architecture » Group pool on Dutch Architecture Photography
Hiroshi Sugimoto » sober, tranquil, pure photograpy
Jeroen Musch - Architecture Photographer » Dutch architectural photographer
Kristopher Grunert » Architecture Photographer.
PictoBrowser: Free Flickr Loader
retrievr - search by sketch » Search Flickr by sketching / color schemes
Welcome to Woophy » Universal image database. Flickr with a map.
Design
catalogtree 4.0 » Diagram loving Arhem based Design Shop
designtoshare » yatzer is a blog to locate, collect and share nice things
frontdesign » Young swedish designers with strong association to animals
ICON » UK-Based ICON Magazine
Loremo.de - Homepage
magazin » design furniture from the young & fresh.
Maurits de Bruijn » Rotterdam based experimental web designer
Neubau Berlin » Designer Stefan Gandl and Co indulge in patterns, vectors and typography.
non-format » design team comprising Kjell Ekhorn (Norwegian) and Jon Forss (British).
noticiasarquitectura » spanish architecture news.
Open Architecture Network » Improving living standards through collaborative design.
realities:united » known for their media facades
Sagmeister, Inc. » My favourite graphic designer.
Stylepark » THE resource to find furniture / interior design companies. German.
Suurland » Go to ‘blueprints’ section and find line drawings of cars, panes, etc.
Via Grafik » Fresh German graphic designers
Data Sources
CIA - The World Factbook » World Data Collection.
Eurostat » The European Union’s Statistics portal. Great resource - look at urban audit.
galinsky » Architecture and Building database. Good pictures, useful descriptions
Human Development Report 2006 » Data Source on Country developments.
MIMOA » Community driven Architecture Project Database.
OECD Statistics Portal » Statistics comparing nations in about everything.
Skyscraper Page » Skyscraper Illustration Resource. Filterable Database.
UNdata » The database of the UN. Resource.
visualcomplexity.com » VisualComplexity.com intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks
Worldmapper » re-sized maps according to the subject of interest
Worldprocessor » World data. Art and Statistics.
Inspiration Sources
Colourlovers » resource that monitors color trends.
Joseph Kosinski » Former boss of KDlabs. Great, inspiring 3d work and direction.
Neubau Berlin » Designer Stefan Gandl and Co indulge in patterns, vectors and typography.
Magazines and Blogs we read
A10 - Architecture Magazine (NL) » Amsterdam-based magazine for emerging European architecture
anualadearhitectura » Romanian Architecture Blog
BLDGBLOG » intense architecture, urbanism, landscape blog
Computing for Emergent Architecture » Blog of the Bartlett School of Architecture
Core77 / design magazine + resource / home » Industrial design magazine
dezeen » Design + Architecture blog by the former editor of icon magazine, Marcus Fairs
edgargonzalez » Madrid based architecture blog. spanish
Eikongraphia » Rotterdam based architecture blog
english russia » Weird stuff from Russia.
gravestmor » architectural ephemera blog
ICON » UK-Based ICON Magazine
MARK Magazine | Another Architecture » Amsterdam-based Architecture magazine, a favourite
MATSYS : materialsystems.org
noticiasarquitectura » spanish architecture news.
Pruned » Landscape + Architecture blog with a spot spot for geology.
skyscrapercity » Discussion Forum. Name is telling: Skyscrapers and more.
Sustainable Rotterdam » is a blog about livable Rotterdam.
VOLUME » A project by ARCHIS & AMO & C-LAB & others. Architecture discussion platform
Wonderland Magazine » Vienna-based magazine for European architects starting their practice
World Architecture Community
Super Dutch
ARCAM » Amsterdam Centre for Architecture
Architectuur.nl » Dutch Architecture Platform
Atelier Zuidvleugel » Regional Planning for South Netherlands
Berlage » Master institute of Urbanism & Architecture in Rotterdam, NL
Biennale of Architecture Rotterdam » Rotterdam also has a Biennale.
catalogtree 4.0 » Diagram loving Arhem based Design Shop
Depot Rotterdam » Interiour Design Shop in Rotterdam.
must » Urbanism Practice in Amsterdam
rotterdam 2007 » City of Architecture
SEV - Innovatie in wonen » Dutch Steering Committee for Experiments in Public Housing - supporting innovation
Share Dutch Design » List of Dutch Architecture Organizations in R’dam
Stimuleringsfonds voor Architectuur » funding body for projects in the fields of architecture et alii.
V2_ : Institute for Unstable Media » center for art and media technology in Rotterdam.
WiMBY! Welcome into My Backyard » Rotterdam Hoogvliet new town. By Wouter van Stiphout with others.
Practices we like
Bruce Mau Design » The Canadian Editor / Designer / Architect / Thinker.
Inside - Outside : Petra Blaisse » Dutch designer Petra Blaisse works in a multitude of creative areas, including textile, landscape and exhibition design.
King Roselli » Rome based Architects
Subarquitectura » Promising young practice in Valencia, Spain.
Vertical Garden » by Patrick Blanc. The frontman of vertical & stacked greenery.
Software we use
form·Z » The architect’s 3d software package.
GE Sharing » Google Earth real time sharing of screen view.
MATSYS : materialsystems.org
Maxwell Render » Maxwell Render - unbiased Renderer. Promising.
medienkunstnetz » Information space containing a vast collection of media-objects
mental ray » The Mental Ray Render engine.
mentalraytips » Rendering tips by a mental images employee.
modo » promising 3d modeler (subdivision surfaces and Polygons).
NOTEPAD++ » Excellent free programming editor for Win 32 systems
Picto Browser » Free Flickr loader
Processing » Killer programming language for visual and media artists from Ben Fry & Casey Reas
Rhino 3D » Excellent fast and robust Nurbs modeller for windows
SolidThinking » Professional NURBS modeler. Mac and PC.
Super Analyzer for iTunes » Java-Based data analyzer for iTunes Library
TopSolid » Associative CAD software for parametric design.
Vue » 3d generation of plants and vegetation.
Also worth a look
80 Beautiful Typefaces For Professional Design | Design Showcase
artefactory » Architecture visualization agency.
bustler.net » Architecture Competitions
Death by Architecture » Starting point to find architecture competitions.
el bulli » The avantgarde restaurant of Ferran Adria. Familiar concepts in the domain of cooking.
freshMadrid » Exhibition of young offices of architecture in Madrid. Links, Blog.
Ivar Hagendoorn » choreographer, photographer, researcher, philosopher, traveller, adventure capitalist.
The CAD Block Exchange Network » Sharing site for Autocad blocks. Resource.
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