Archined RSS Feed http://www.archined.nl/ Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:35:53 GMT A personal victory, a much-discussed building, and a heated debate. The Glass Farm by MVRDV opened its doors in mid-January. It took many years and plenty of words before the building was completed in the village of Schijndel in Brabant, birthplace of the architect Winy Maas. How the process... recensies Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:35:53 GMT http://www.archined.nl/recensies/2013/engels/conflict-and-context-in-schijndel-the-glass-farm-by-mvrdv/ Tien dagen voor zijn 105ste verjaardag overleed de Braziliaanse architect Oscar Niemeyer. Naar aanleiding van zijn honderdste verjaardag schreef Stijntje Blankendaal een artikel over Niemeyer. Lees ook het artikel dat zij schreef over de Copan in São Paulo, de recensie van Dirk van der Heuvels over... kort nieuws Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:11:24 GMT http://www.archined.nl/kort-nieuws/2012/december/oscar-niemeyer-1907-2012-het-leven-is-een-zucht-weet-je-waarin-je-moet-lachen-en-huilen/ Donderdag 22 november vanaf 18.30 Live Stream lezing José Oubrerie, een van de laatste levende medewerkers van Le Corbusier. Eerste in een reeks van Berlage Sessions, dit keer ingebed in de workshop Architecture in a Time of Uncertainty. kort nieuws Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.archined.nl/kort-nieuws/2012/november/architv-live-stream-lecture-jose-oubrerie/ reportage Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.archined.nl/nieuws/2012/engels/architv-the-berlage-studios-2011-12-the-second-year/ Today it is twenty years ago that the Rotterdam Kunsthal opened its doors to the public. Without a doubt a key project in the work of OMA / Rem Koolhaas. But what can be said about the building after twenty years? Allard Jolles and Piet Vollaard, both ex-editors of the yearbook Architecture in the... nieuws Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.archined.nl/nieuws/2012/engels/kunsthal-after-20-years/ Yona Friedman (1923) is one of the most visionary architects of the 20th century. His ideas on Villes Spatiale and Raft Building and his tireless propaganda for self reliance and participation still sound through in the present-day debates and practices. In this episode of ArchiTV Yona Friedman... interview Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.archined.nl/nieuws/2012/engels/architv-yona-friedman-you-are-obliged-to-stay-mainstream/ kort nieuws Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.archined.nl/kort-nieuws/2012/oktober/every-issue-of-de-stijl-1917-1920-online-as-a-pdf-archive/ Students of the Faculty of Architecture of Delft University offer their video-vision on the Future of Architecture. How do they follow up on their teachers? What went wrong is the last couple of years? Why look-at-me architecture took over from rational architecture. In short; the ideals, promises... opinie Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.archined.nl/nieuws/2012/engels/architv-statement-the-future-of-architecture/ reportage Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.archined.nl/nieuws/2012/engels/architv-lecture-michael-sorkin/ nieuws Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.archined.nl/nieuws/2012/engels/architv-building-in-china-1-guangzhou-tv-tower/ The renovation of the Rijkmuseum has provoked plenty of grumbling in recent years. It’s taken too long, it’s cost too much money, and the bike lane beneath the building must stay open. Don’t close off the bike lane. Keep that bike lane open! But at long last the hour has come: construction is... recensies Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:00:52 GMT http://www.archined.nl/recensies/2012/engels/continue-with-cuypers-the-revamped-rijksmuseum/ kort nieuws Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:14:44 GMT http://www.archined.nl/kort-nieuws/2012/september/maxwan-wint-prijs-in-south-harbour-helsinki-competition/ recensies Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:43:08 GMT http://www.archined.nl/recensies/2012/engels/designs-for-tahrir-square/ The deSingel in Antwerp recently hosted the closing event of ‘How do we make Europe II’, a lecture series organised by the Flemish Architecture Institute (VAi), Antwerp Architects, Stroom and Artesis Hogeschool. The honour of concluding the series fell to architect, critic, researcher and novelist... nieuws Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:15:47 GMT http://www.archined.nl/nieuws/2012/engels/europa-zonder-europese-architectuur/ Atelier Kempe Thill has recently won an invited competition for 55 apartments, a dentist’s surgery, a mother child centre and a parking garage at the 18th arrondissement in Paris. kort nieuws Wed, 16 May 2012 07:37:09 GMT http://www.archined.nl/kort-nieuws/2012/mei/atelier-kempe-thill-wins-rue-binet-66-housing-paris-france/ The Berlage Institute will cease to exist on 1 August 2012. At precisely the same moment a new institute, called The Berlage Center for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design (‘The Berlage’ in short) will open its doors within the faculty of architecture at Delft University of... interview Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.archined.nl/interviews/engels/changing-times-for-the-berlage-institute/ A good urban design is only really good if it works at all scales. The way it is inserted into its surroundings, the relation between public space and built space, the clarity, legibility and design of traffic routes, height differences: everything has to be right. The Inverdan plan, the new centre... recensies Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:25:08 GMT http://www.archined.nl/recensies/2012/engels/zaandam-inverdan-unbridled-power-of-design/ You Can’t Change China, China Changes You in one sitting.]]> recensies Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:54:15 GMT http://www.archined.nl/recensies/2012/engels/de-kracht-van-verbazing/ Each year the Bakema Foundation awards a fellowship for research that ‘can offer a new perspective on the design, use and perception of the built environment’. On 15 December last Elena Cabrera Vacas, the fifth fellow, presented the findings of her study ‘Beni-YORK versus Marbella-BEACH’ on the... nieuws Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:45:49 GMT http://www.archined.nl/nieuws/2012/engels/shocking-images/ kort nieuws Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:04:26 GMT http://www.archined.nl/kort-nieuws/2011/december/riba-gold-medal-voor-herman-hertzberger/ How do you see yourself? How do you want others to see you? And how do others see you? In a packed Barbican Theatre Chris Dercon interviewed six of the seven OMA partners about OMA. Everyone on the stage, including the interviewer, did all they could to take the edge off the idea that OMA equals... nieuws Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.archined.nl/nieuws/2011/engels/omaparadox-ii/ recensies Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:52:34 GMT http://www.archined.nl/recensies/2011/engels/omaparadox-i/ deSingel in Antwerp is presenting the work of Architects De Vylder Vinck Taillieu. This powerful exhibition oscillates between Wunderkammer and declaration of intent. Instead of displaying, the exhibition questions construction: essential viewing therefore for architects, and a fascinating pinball... recensies Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:24:36 GMT http://www.archined.nl/recensies/2011/engels/driehoeksverhoudingen-met-pit/ The Great Indoors Award is an international, biennial, interior design award and tonight the winners in the 2011 edition were announced in four categories, with a total prize money of 20.000 EUR. kort nieuws Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:05:53 GMT http://www.archined.nl/kort-nieuws/2011/november/winners-of-the-great-indoors-award-2011/ Built in the future Designed by Erick van Egeraat won the Russian Best Building Award for his Chess-club building in Khanty, Mansiysk.]]> kort nieuws Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:22:38 GMT http://www.archined.nl/kort-nieuws/2011/oktober/designed-by-erick-van-egeraat-wins-a-russian-best-building-award-2011/ In a follow-up to the 2009 lecture series of the same name from the Faculty of Architecture at Delft University of Technology, the compilation Architecture as a Craft edited by Professor of Public Building Michiel Riedijk was recently published. A review. recensies Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:24:48 GMT http://www.archined.nl/recensies/2011/engels/architecture-as-a-craft/ Freiham Nord will be the last substantial development to take place in Munich (Germany) and will accommodate about 10.000 inhabitants. West 8’s winning entry is about a friendly green housing and neighbourhood center. kort nieuws Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:54:56 GMT http://www.archined.nl/kort-nieuws/2011/oktober/west-8-and-ortner-ortner-winners-of-freiham-nord-urban-and-landscape-planning-competition-munich/ The MVRDV and COBE scheme for the transformation of a former concrete factory into a multifunctional creative hub was chosen winner of an international design competition. The masterplan proposes an informal transformation of the 45.000m2 site into a dense neighborhood, incl. 8.000m2 existing... kort nieuws Mon, 03 Oct 2011 08:39:44 GMT http://www.archined.nl/kort-nieuws/2011/oktober/mvrdv-and-cobe-win-danish-rock-museum-competition-in-roskilde/ recensies Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:43:17 GMT http://www.archined.nl/recensies/2011/engels/struggle-for-self-development/ The International Committee of Architectural Critics (CICA) presents the winners of the 2011 Book, Exhibition Catalogue and Journalism Awards, as they were announced at the CICA Symposium held within the UIA World Congress Tokyo 2011 on September 28th in the Tokyo International Forum. kort nieuws Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:42:32 GMT http://www.archined.nl/kort-nieuws/2011/september/architectural-critics-prizes-for-oase-and-rietvelds-universe/ Today sees the launch by ArchiNed and 010 Publishers of architectureguide.nl and architectuurgids.nl. These websites give access to every item ever featured in the architectural guides issued in book form by 010 Publishers. The website will also be added to the ArchiNed menubar. kort nieuws Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:43:05 GMT http://www.archined.nl/kort-nieuws/2011/engels/lancering-architectuurgidsnl-en-architectureguidenl/ The exhibition ‘Double or Nothing’ in Bozar (Brussels) presents the work of Belgian office 51N4E. In his opening lecture Peter Swinnen offered the architectural public insight into the business ethics of this successful design firm. recensies Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:03:31 GMT http://www.archined.nl/recensies/2011/engels/architecture-or-your-life/ kort nieuws Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:59:48 GMT http://www.archined.nl/kort-nieuws/2011/augustus/dutch-success-in-basel/ Rotterdam, 18xx. A man standing on the northern margin of the river Maas spots another person strolling along the southern bank. He cups his hands to his mouth and yells: “Hey, how do I cross to the other side?”. To which his southern neighbour responds: “I don’t know. I was born here”. Although... recensies Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:23:53 GMT http://www.archined.nl/recensies/2011/engels/in-praise-of-emphatic-pragmatism/ Sustainability currently shares many qualities with God; supreme concept, omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient; creator and judge, protector, and (...) saviour of the universe and the humanity. And, like God, it has millions of believers. opinie Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.archined.nl/opinie/2011/o-mighty-green/ The New York City based WORK Architecture Company (WORKac) is the winner of the competition to select a master planning consultant for the future development of New Holland Island in St Petersburg, Russia. kort nieuws Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:52:22 GMT http://www.archined.nl/kort-nieuws/2011/augustus/workac-wins-the-new-holland-island-competition/ To have a glimpse is to have a peek. In the case of the exhibition ‘Glimpses 2040: New York/ Amsterdam’ currently on display at ARCAM in Amsterdam and simultaneously in the AIA Centre for Architecture in New York City, a glimpse is well defined as a vision for the future. recensies Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.archined.nl/recensies/2011/engels/visualising-the-future-new-york-city-meets-amsterdam/ Reconstructing a building with new materials is at odds with one of the most important principles of modern western building conservation, namely the preservation of a physical object in its original materials as a historical source. That is why reconstruction is so controversial within heritage... nieuws Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.archined.nl/nieuws/2011/engels/reconstructie-waarom-niet/ European Architecture since 1890 by Hans Ibelings. He was impressed by the overview of architecture in Europe offered by Ibelings but questions his view of architectural history.]]> recensies Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:39:00 GMT http://www.archined.nl/recensies/2011/engels/universal-language-of-forms/ The Rotterdam based office of Maxwan Architects + Urbanists in collaboration with the Brussels based 1010 architecture urbanism win the open call for Machelen-Diegem masterplan (Belgium). kort nieuws Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:14:14 GMT http://www.archined.nl/kort-nieuws/2011/juni/maxwan-with-1010-architecture-urbanism-win-machelen-diegem-masterplan/ The chairman of the jury, Yung Ho Chang announced the winners during the Award ceremony in New York in a packed Guggenheim with more than 450 guest on June 9th 2011. nieuws Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.archined.nl/nieuws/2011/juni/the-winners-of-the-archiprix-international-hunter-douglas-awards-are/ MOKUM, A guide to Amsterdam is an almost 200-page-thick guide that does everything your average travel guide tries to avoid. A traditional guide assists the traveller in negotiating a safe passage through the limitless choices that present themselves. MOKUM, by contrast, is decidedly...]]> recensies Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:02:21 GMT http://www.archined.nl/recensies/2011/engels/mokum-alternatieve-gids-voor-amsterdam/ It seems like centuries since a brand-new museum was built in a Flemish city, but this spring sees the opening, after a twenty-year process, of the Museum Aan de Stroom in Antwerp. Designed by Neutelings Riedijk Architects (NRA), the building is an extremely clear, lucid and self-conscious... recensies Tue, 31 May 2011 09:26:25 GMT http://www.archined.nl/recensies/2011/engels/the-challenge-of-the-mas/ It doesn’t often happen that architecture, including the process of design, construction and use, is given a fundamental overhaul. In his recently published book Towards a New Kind of Building, however, Kas Oosterhuis makes a convincing attempt to do just that. In it he returns to the basics, or... recensies Wed, 25 May 2011 13:38:44 GMT http://www.archined.nl/recensies/2011/engels/forward-to-basics/ kort nieuws Tue, 24 May 2011 13:10:16 GMT http://www.archined.nl/kort-nieuws/2011/mei/kcapfaktonramboll-win-masterplan-fredericiac-denmark/ This spring various generations of architects from all over the world met one another in Selinunte, Sicily. Among them were budding talents who have just completed their first projects in their native regions, and architects from firms that operate globally. The nice thing about the gathering was... nieuws Wed, 11 May 2011 09:03:11 GMT http://www.archined.nl/nieuws/2011/engels/architecten-ontmoeten-elkaar-in-selinunte-visies-voor-de-onmiddellijke-toekomst/ The restoration of the Open-Air School by Jan Duiker in Amsterdam was completed last year. This adds another icon of Dutch Functionalism to the list of structures — Zonnestraal sanatorium, the Van Nelle Factory and the Glass Palace department store — that have been spruced up and prepared for the... reportage Mon, 09 May 2011 09:03:18 GMT http://www.archined.nl/reportages/first-open-air-school-for-the-healthy-child/ kort nieuws Mon, 09 May 2011 08:29:37 GMT http://www.archined.nl/kort-nieuws/2011/mei/kcap-wins-competition-for-regeneration-in-china/ Forced by the economic slump, architects as well as urban designers are searching for new approaches. With the publication of The Spontaneous City the office Urhahn Urban Design wants to offer a manual to redefine the profession. A book is not a city, but all the same this pleasant collection of... recensies Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:48:34 GMT http://www.archined.nl/recensies/2011/engels/the-spontaneous-city/ The very first pictures of the earth taken from outer space changed the way I look and think forever. The earth is our spacecraft, our mother, and home to all of us. (Luc Deleu, 2011)]]> nieuws Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:50:41 GMT http://www.archined.nl/nieuws/2011/engels/over-een-bureau-dat-niet-wil-bouwen/