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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Mole’s View

Written by Thomas Stellmach

Advertisement clip for Madrid’s metro. Via my favourite daily blog and source of beauty, monoscope.

International Design Salaries

Written by Darrel Ronald

© Coroflot There are countless conversations among architects about pay, and how architecture is (apparently) poorly paid. Now there’s some good proof....

Al Manakh – A First Look

Written by Darrel Ronald

Cover, photo: Darrel Ronald Since first seeing the AMO Gulf Cities study presented at the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale, most of us...

We ♥ Rankings

Written by Thomas Stellmach

The German architecture portal baunetz.de has published their quarterly ranking of offices. Their rankings are based on the number of publications in...

Diamonds never lie

Written by Thomas Stellmach

Plot outlines and highway (for maxwan a&u, artist: Harm te Velde) “Diamonds never lie” Shirley Bassey sang in the opening track of...

MIPIM Developers Conference… Suits, Alcohol, Yachts & some terrible other things

Written by Darrel Ronald

This past week I was at the MIPIM Developers Conference in Cannes, France representing a client. With my suit on, business cards...

Instant City: The Rise of Dubai

Written by Thomas Stellmach

On March 14 (2007) the Berlage Institute (Rotterdam) hosted two lectures with the title “Instant City: The Rise of Dubai”. Kees Christiaanse...

Nissan Qashqai skates in the Spaanse Polder

Written by Darrel Ronald

The new Nissan Qashqai marketing campaign has been skating through the streets – and now landed on a temp skatepark along the...