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It is hard to overstate the importance of drawing for architectural practice. Ever since antiquity, architects have relied on drawings to conceptualize ideas, provide instructions for workers and construct their ideas into architecture. This involvement with drawing has always been mediated through different technologies; drawing is technology. The specific practices of drawing have changed over time, however, adapting to changing technologies. In doing so ...

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Where there are vacancies, there is room for new uses, such as housing and leisure and health-care facilities. This often results in surprising combinations, such as a school or a community centre in a factory complex, a shop in a church or a recreation area in a military zone.

Reuse, Redevelop and Design presents 20 inspiring redevelopment projects. The book addresses the story behind the success of redevelopment in essays on heritage policy, public-private ...

Dutch hofjes have been capturing the imagination for six centuries; their special architecture makes these small, hidden urban oases unabatedly topical. In every period architects have innovated the fourteenth-century archetype in response to changing societal needs. Residents and visitors always experience a special, urban intimacy in an atmosphere of collectivity.

Urban Oases unravels the sustainable manifestation of the hofje. It takes the reader into the alleyways of ancient cities and al...

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Architectuur in Nederland is al 35 jaar een onmisbaar overzichtswerk voor iedereen die zich voor de Nederlandse architectuur interesseert of er vakmatig bij betrokken is.

Elk jaar presenteert een driekoppige redactie in deze publicatie een selectie bijzondere projecten die in het voorbije jaar zijn opgeleverd en beschrijft in thema essays en projectteksten de belangrijkste ontwikkelingen die de Nederlandse architectuur beïnvloeden.

De redactie van het Jaarboe...

What does the author’s ’owning’ of a project mean? And does this sense of ownership still prevail in contemporary architecture culture? Is the concept of individual authorship not a cul-de-sac, preventing the processes of invention and innovative thinking often necessary for addressing a practice that is more collaborative than ever?

What, then, might be the essential argument for retaining the concept of authorship in architecture today? Perhaps the most resounding argument is this: au...

Ontdek de schoonheid van kapellen en kerken aan de rand van een stad of verscholen tussen de bomen, waar het zonlicht door het bladerdak valt en prachtige schaduwen werpt op het gebouw. Ze herbergen indrukwekkende kunstwerken van hedendaagse kunstenaars.

Kunst is universeel, of ze nu profaan of sacraal is. Het kruisbeeld van Germaine Richier was aanleiding tot polemiek, en wordt besproken in dit boek. Ook de interpretaties van het kruis door Paul Gauguin, Marc Chagall en Salvador Dali komen ...

The Scheepvaarthuis (the ‘Shipping House’), on Prins Hendrikkade in Amsterdam, diagonally opposite the central railway station, is one of the city’s iconic buildings. There were several phases of construction, starting in 1913. The architect Joan Melchior van der Meij (1878–1949) was commissioned to design the building, in part thanks to his research into brickwork construction during his Prix de Rome travels (1907–1910). He gave it an entirely unique style and appearance, with the ...

The use of outriggers in tall buildings is a common practice to reduce response under dynamic loading. Viscous dampers have been implemented between the outrigger and the perimeter columns, to reduce vibrations without increasing the stiffness of the structure. This damped outrigger concept has been implemented for reducing vibrations produced by strong winds. However, its behaviour under strong earthquakes has been not yet properly investigated. Strong earthquakes introduce larger amount of ...

In June 2018, professionals and scholars, from various fields dealing with public open spaces, put politics up for discussion. In the conference series x–LArch at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU/Vienna, issues are raised that are relevant for the profession of landscape architecture and have a direct impact on our environment, be it urban or rural. In the 2018 conference entitled ‘Park Politics’, practitioners and academics were invited to present findings an...