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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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),...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
WAF? WTF?
Written by Thomas Stellmach
World Architecture Festival Barcelona Emap, a Business-to-Business media group (from their website), hosts the first World Architecture Festival in Barcelona. Architects are...
De Eenvoud – Simplicity
Written by Martin Sobota
This friday at 16:30 an interesting exhibition opens @ the Casla in Almere. It will feature the winning projects of the Eenvoud...
Get A Flag!
Written by Martin Sobota
June 11th the first Museum entirely dedicated to Graphic Design will be opened by our Queen Beatrix in Breda. For the opening...
Stasi Spaces @ FOAM, Amsterdam
Written by Darrel Ronald
© Daniel and Geo Fuchs; Source: FOAM Amsterdam’s finest photography museum, FOAM Fotografiemuseum, has what should be an excellent exhibition opening on...
Aaron Betsky to Curate the 11th Venice Architecture Biennale 2008
Written by Darrel Ronald
Arsenale Pavilion, Venice Architecture Biennale 2006 (photo: Darrel Ronald) Ahhh, the Venice Architecture Biennale is coming again in 2008! The exhibition runs...
DRL Ten _ AA School London
Written by Darrel Ronald
Model of the DRL TEN pavilion to be built in Bedford Square (All photos: Léa-Catherine Szacka). From 22nd February to 18th March...
Touw & Barayazarra Art Opening at the Duende
Written by Darrel Ronald
Exhibition Poster Dutch artist Liesbeth Touw and Spanish artist Zigor Barayazarra will exhibit their recent work at the Duende artist-run studios in...
Berlage Lecture Series
Written by Martin Sobota
The Cult of Celebrity: Superstar Architects in the Academy debate with George Baird, Thom Mayne and Mark Wigley, moderated by Vedran Mimica,...
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam
Written by Martin Sobota
Erection of the Euromast, designed by Huig Maaskant Since the fog is holding Rotterdam hostage since a few days (my wonderful theory...
‘Performance, Geometry and Materials’ Lecture Series
Written by Thomas Stellmach
TU Delft lecture series launched – CLICK the image for the full programme The Delft School of Design PhD series ‘Architectural Engineering...
Publiek: Take a piss here!
Written by Darrel Ronald
Don’t Miss A Sec, Monica Bonvicini (Photo: Darrel Ronald) Sculpture International Rotterdam has just opened this years public art installations, Publiek, showing...
Art @ Duende – Last Minute Notice
Written by Darrel Ronald
© Vicky Falconer The Duende (new website) artist-run studio in Rotterdam is one of the city’s finest initiatives. This Saturday, 22nd September,...
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...
Architectuur 2.0 – After the Party
Written by Darrel Ronald
It has been a while since Dutch architecture has needed a make-over. You can also read the autumn 2005 issue of OASE...
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...
Looking Back: Biennale Power Talk Lectures
Written by Thomas Stellmach
For those who have missed the Power talk lectures held during the Rotterdam Biennale of Architecture, the TV channel ‘Holland Doc’ has...
Kees Christiaanse appointed Curator of next Biennale
Written by Thomas Stellmach
Kees Christiaanse at my diploma presentation (photo: Robert Ostmann, 2003) The International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam announced today that Kees Christiaanse (KCAP) has...
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...
Upcoming Events
Written by Thomas Stellmach
abstract water (Philipp Geist, photoworks 2007) The august break is over, and we’re back at drinking beers in galleries and openings instead...
Dutch Design Port!
Written by Darrel Ronald
Atelier van Lieshout – AVL – Workskull, 2oo5 (photo+copyright Atelier Van Lieshout commissioned for Lensvelt) The Tent gallery has another promising exhibition...
Random internet clippings
Written by Thomas Stellmach
Boijmans van Beuningen Archive Extension (MVRDV) Rotterdam’s top museum Boijmans van Beuningen gets a archive extension by MVRDV. I especially like the...
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...
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...
Short Notice: Archydam + Raise It Up! @ NAi
Written by Darrel Ronald
Archydam Plan, source: Raise It Up This coming Saturday between 14.00 and 15.00, 14th July, will see the book launch of Archydam:...