Heeft het dorp nog betekenis als model in tijden van algemene verstedelijking? Dorpen zijn in de geschiedschrijving van architectuur en stedenbouw onderbelicht gebleven. Dit geldt ook voor het hedendaagse architectuurdebat, waarin avant-gardes, stedelijkheid, institutionele gebouwtype en herbestemmingen uit de stad nog de boventoon voeren. Toch komt er de laatste tijd meer aandacht voor het dorp, mede door de vraag naar ruimtelijke verdichting, klimaatuitdagingen en biodiversiteit. Er is beho...

> The 100 best buildings of Amsterdam

> Including maps and the best things to do

> Over 10,000 copies sold of the previously published Rotterdam edition

From the world-famous seventeenth-century Canal District to the striking new buildings of the Zuidas: Amsterdam is home to many architectural treasures, dating from the Middle Ages to the present day. This guide shows the 100 must-see highlights, including the Royal Palace, Rijksmuseum, the Anne Frank house, Artis Zoo, the Amsterdam School ho...

In Nederland is de wooncoöperatie in opkomst! Deze woonvorm wordt gezien als een mogelijke weg uit de huidige woningcrisis door de herwaardering van gemeenschappelijk eigendom en collectieve bouw.

Voor het vergroten van de bekendheid en de vraag naar coöperatief wonen zijn goede voorbeelden onmisbaar. De architectuur van wooncoöperaties legt succesvolle voorbeelden uit Duitsland, waar deze woonvorm een lange traditie kent, naast recentere Nederlandse projecten. Het boek toont hoe wooncoöp...

Examines the resurgence of the architect's role as a repairer of buildings

What if the reusability of every element of a building was examined before it was used?

In the crisis following the First World War (1929 - 1940), the Modern Movement of the 1920s supported a programme of social reform. This included the rationalization and industrialization of building processes, while efficient forms of construction were also an important source of architectural form.

Nowadays, the need for ...

"Nikos Salingaros is a mathematician who's also a brilliant thinker about architecture and urbanism. 'Solid' doesn't begin to hint at his virtues and talents, but isn't it nice when you encounter 'solid' in the world of the arts? Salingaros has worked closely with Christopher Alexander, and has become a major architecture theorist in his own right." -- Ray Sawhill.

"This is an interesting compilation of some of the important roots and evolutions of modernism and its latest development, the De...

Since the economic shifts of the 1990s, New Towns have become an increasingly popular approach to urban development across the African continent. While New Towns are not a new development model, their contemporary materialisation often targets middle- and high-income buyers, leaving no space for low-income residents. Strict regulations in these exclusive developments often impede spatial appropriations by the informal sector such as fresh markets, unregulated housing, street kiosks and ‘pub...

Recently, Chinese Public Rental Housing (PRH) provision has witnessed a shift from ‘government’ to ‘governance’: policy making shifted from government steering to mixed forms involving government, market and civic actors to pursue effective and fair policies. In the meantime, this new-era PRH governance is credited with mixed results. However, the existing studies fail to describe the mechanisms underlying this new-era governance of PRH with the rising involvement of market actors and...