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....