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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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”....
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...
The Innerside of the Bird’s Nest
Written by Thomas Stellmach
The inside of the bird’s nest is one of the less documented aspects of the building. The spatial relationships are quite spectacular....
The sky is no limit
Written by Thomas Stellmach
Illuminated Television Tower; Photo: Iwo Gospodinov Last week my friends Bob and Christian gave a new silhouette to cologne, by means of...
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...
Realities:United Interview
Written by Darrel Ronald
The German architecture magazine, BauNetz, has added a short, but smart interview with Tim Edler from Realities:United. Realities:United is by far the...
Re-Sampling Ornament at the SAM, Basel
Written by Darrel Ronald
Helioskope, © Evan Douglis Studio LLC; Photo: Darrel Ronald A small but fantastic exhibition, Re-Sampling Ornament, has just finished at the Schweiser...
Urban Meetings – The Air Foundation
Written by Darrel Ronald
Rotterdam’s Air Foundation has a promising lineup of debates as part of their Urban Meetings series of public dialogues. I would especially...
The Best Hipster Bags – Venice Biennale 2008!
Written by Darrel Ronald
The Ecotopedia bag had a nice invention, the over-sized round strap cutout, which allowed you to wear the bag as a big...
What Happened to the Venice Architecture Biennale 2008?
Written by Darrel Ronald
“What’s Left” installation view of graphic design carpet by Thonik, Photo by: Darrel Ronald Excitement for the idea – Potential of the...
Out There: Architecture Beyond Building – Our Best Photos
Written by Darrel Ronald
Rockwell Group with Jones`Kroloff; Arsenale Pavilion; Photo by: Darrel Ronald Dysturb has spent the opening press weekend at the 11th Venice Architecture...
Maxwan News
Written by Thomas Stellmach
sketch proposal for the IABR Lobby (maxwan a&u) I am wrapping things up here at maxwan architects & urbanists, as tomorrow is...
Talking to Vincent de Rijk
Written by Darrel Ronald
Model of the Seattle Public Library, © Rem Koolhaas/OMA Archinect has just published a short interview with Vincent de Rijk, arguably the...
PIN-UP: Enjoy Architectural Entertainment
Written by Darrel Ronald
PIN-UP #4 – Cover Now in its 4th issue, PIN-UP: Magazine for Architectural Entertainment has proven to be a great magazine that...
This is happening to Beijing
Written by Darrel Ronald
With the attention on Beijing, the New York Times has prepared a small but interesting interactive map showing the creation and destruction...
CCTV Facade complete
Written by Thomas Stellmach
CCTV is ready for the games. The steel ribs reflect the distribution of forces in the construction (photo: Ole Scheeren) OMA distributed...
XML architects: interns needed
Written by Thomas Stellmach
My friends at XML need some help, and asked me for support. They are looking for interns for a period of 3...
Final Presentations at the Berlage Institute – Watch Live
Written by Darrel Ronald
Exhibition of the Berlage Institute at the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale; FlickR photo: Darrel Ronald The final presentations of the 1st and...
London Festival of Architecture
Written by Thomas Stellmach
London Festival of Architecture’ overwhelming website In a few days – on the 20th of June – the London Festival of Architecture...
The Bouwkunde is Burning
Written by Thomas Stellmach
Bouwkunde burning today at (photo: Radio TV West) This morning the Faculty of Architecture of the Delft University of Technology caught fire....