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Dysturb The Future
Written by Darrel Ronald
Dysturb is relaunching! But there will be some changes, especially in the focus of the magazine. The Past: Back when we started...
1959 Film from ULI and National Association of Homebuilders Warns of Urban Sprawl
Written by Martin Sobota
12th Biennal in Venice – First Pictures
Written by Thomas Stellmach
Biennale 2010 – Belgian Pavillion (photo: Thomas Stellmach) As every 2 years, we have been attending the Venice Architecture Biennal. Find some...
Less and More – The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams
Written by Martin Sobota
Great Movie, giving an introduction to the new book “Less and More – The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams”. Incl. his 10...
Portfolio Style
Written by Martin Sobota
My friends from MikeViktorViktor, a young Antwerp-based Architecture office (neither Mike nor Viktor) recently send me a link to a great representation...
Rotterdam through wallpaper*
Written by Martin Sobota
thank you for the link Melisa!
Experimenta Design 09 Lisboa
Written by Thomas Stellmach
Experimenta Design Lisboa Locations As mentioned below, EXD09 is going to kick off soon. I am especially looking forward to the talks...
Bauhaus. A Conceptual Model
Written by Thomas Stellmach
Work model for the memorial for the “March Heroes” by Walter Gropius, 1921, Klassik Stiftung Weimar © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2009 Perfectly...
Michael Jackson Tribute Flashmob
Written by Martin Sobota
Amazing flashmob in front of my one of my favourite public buildings/squares: Peter Celsings Kulturhuset in Stockholm (1966-1971). You could call Centre...
20 seconds
Written by Thomas Stellmach
you and experimentadesign ExperimentaDesign Lisboa has announced a call to submit a twenty second (20”) video for you to stand a chance...
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...
Rotterdam Design Award Call for Applications
Written by Thomas Stellmach
The Rotterdam Design Award started its 2009 application period, deadline is 8 of May.
AutoCAD on OS X Survey
Written by Thomas Stellmach
Autodesk’s Survey on AutoCAD on OS X I have always been a sucker for consistent and smart graphical user interfaces, and work...
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...
4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam – Exploring Urban Futures
Written by Darrel Ronald
Refuge Urbanism; © Unknown The website for this year’s 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2009 is fully online and operational. Rotterdam architect...
Antiblob
Written by Martin Sobota
Construction of the Prada Transformer Pavillion (from prada-transformer.com) Have a look at OMA’s most recent project for Prada, the ‘Prada Transformer‘. The...
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...
Wonderland Magazine
Written by Thomas Stellmach
Wonderland Magazine #3 “Going Public” available now Wonderland, a young architects network initiated by a group of former Berlagers, is now offering...
Last Day at Foster Berlin
Written by Thomas Stellmach
[display_podcast] Apart from the burning building series, we observe a new trend on dysturb, architecture practices closing down. After the cuts at...
Workshop Advanced Architectural Structures
Written by Thomas Stellmach
TU Eindhoven invites to participate in the Workshop Advanced Architectural Structures, from 9-13 March. The workshop deals with generation and production of...
Rebuilding the Bouwkunde (TU Delft) – Coming March 14!
Written by Darrel Ronald
Photo © Dennis87 on FlickR Since the devastating fire that consumed the notorious architecture faculty at the TU Delft in 2008, the...
If you’ve lost your job, apply to the Jan Van Eyck Academie!
Written by Darrel Ronald
The highly reputed Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, Netherlands (Map) has sent out it’s call for applications (click on “Applications” on...
Mias Arquitectes
Written by Thomas Stellmach
Mercat de Barceloneta (Josep Mias) I just found out that the office worked at in 2001 in Barcelona updated its website, finally...
TVCC_timeline
Written by Martin Sobota
update: it’s still standing: more pictures @ movingcities.org thanks to: 太阳太阳太阳 we’re talking local Beijing time. 1:07爆料User has marked vehicles, are safe...
TVCC on Fire
Written by Martin Sobota
We just got news that the TVCC, just next to the CCTV building is burning. Looks like we have to add a...
Object Rotterdam
Written by Thomas Stellmach
Love Bag Ted Noten (by Rob Koudijs) From 4th to 8th February Las Palmas Rotterdam hosts the Object Rotterdam Fair for autonomous...
OMA fires 50, wins Taipei competition
Written by Thomas Stellmach
OMA doorbell (© r.wiesenberger, may 2008, see original) OMA announced on Tuesday that 50 of their 300 employees have to leave. Business...
Image Search Future
Written by Thomas Stellmach
Gerhard Richter’s Leserin in various croppings, marquees and hues Every once in a while I am overcome by the feeling that I...
Erick van Egeraat Bancrupt
Written by Thomas Stellmach
EEA‘s law office announced today that Egeraat’s practice is bancrupt. EEA has offices in Rotterdam, Budapest, Prag and London and until now...
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...
The Master’s Voice
Written by Thomas Stellmach
“I would not like to live in a cublicle house. […] I would rather live on a bench in Hyde Park.” Snippets...
Berlage Now
Written by Thomas Stellmach
Now Accepting Berlage Applications The Berlage Institute Application Deadline has been announced a few days ago, 27th Feb 2009 (application forms here)....
Minimalism, Star Wars, Modernism, and Kubrick
Written by Thomas Stellmach
Robert Morris, War (1963) vs. Storm trooper, Star Wars (1977) Star Wars: A New Heap. Recommended Read.
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,...
Star Place Shopping Centre by UNStudio
Written by Darrel Ronald
Photo © UN Studio UN Studio has recently finished up the Star Place luxury shopping centre in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. FlickR user Hiroshiken...
Koolhaas Houselife
Written by Thomas Stellmach
Still from “koolhaas houselife” (1998, BekaFilms) I just stumbled over the website of koolhaas houselife, a movie about OMA’s villa Floriac in...
Architecture in NL
Written by Thomas Stellmach
the ‘Architecture 10’ The Dutch Government proves again that they see Architecture as one of NL’s marketing-worthy assets. The Royal Dutch Mint...
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...
Area with Development Potential >>> Zollverein Coking Plant
Written by Thomas Stellmach
Model photography of the coking plant with new western part, photo: Claudia Strahl / ASTOC Once a gigantic high-performance machinery, daily output...
James Stirling Lecture at the CCA
Written by Darrel Ronald
Montréal’s Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), in collaboration with the Cities Programme of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE),...
MVRDV’s Sky Village – Winning Skyscraper Competition Entry – Updated
Written by Darrel Ronald
MVRDV / ADEPT Architects design for mix-use high-rise ‘Sky Village’ for Copenhagen MVRDV and co-architect ADEPT have just released images of their...
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”....
…and all of them are male
Written by Thomas Stellmach
14.350 people are emailing,… Let’s jump right into this: Japan has the absolute best census in the history of my known world....
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...
Berlage Lectures Starting!
Written by Martin Sobota
The Berlage Lecture Series 2008/2009 is kicking off tomorrow 21 October 2008 with: Digital Materiality by Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Kohler You...