De eerste Rotterdamse stadsgids met gebouwen door vrouwen

Gebouwen door vrouwen: Rotterdam neemt je mee langs 50 projecten van vrouwelijke architecten en laat je de stad zien vanuit een nieuw perspectief: door de ogen en handen van vrouwen die Rotterdam mee vormgaven. Van iconen als De Rotterdam, de Erasmusbrug en de RVS-flat (‘de hunkerbunker’) tot verrassende, minder bekende parels — deze gids viert het werk van vrouwelijke ontwerpers en maakt hun bijdrage op een toegankelijke en ...

Een pleidooi voor de herwaardering van fotokopieën en reproducties in architectuurcollecties wereldwijd

Een visueel spektakel van blauwdrukken, witdrukken, kleurrijke plakfolies, wrijfletters en -symbolen en zips

Nog nooit eerder gepubliceerde ontwerpen uit de Rijkscollectie voor Nederlandse Architectuur en Stedenbouw van het Nieuwe Instituut

Originele kopieën rekent radicaal af met het idee dat reproducties minderwaardig zijn aan het authentieke origineel. Het introduceert de kopie...

Indispensable account of the last fifty years of urban development in Amsterdam

Year-by-year record of regeneration and growth

With all the groundbreaking ideas and plans for living and working in the city, new public amenities and street and square design

In Amsterdam Urban Development 1975–2025 urban designer Maurits de Hoog describes how the city has changed over the past fifty years, from a port and industrial city in decline into a fast-growing metropolis. Old districts have been rege...

A plea for the reassessment of photocopies and reproductions in architectural collections worldwide

A visual spectacle of blueprints, whiteprints, colourful adhesive films, rub-down letters and symbols and zips

Never-before-published designs from the National Collection for Dutch Architecture and Urban Planning at the Nieuwe Instituut

Original Copies radically discards the idea that reproductions are inferior to the ‘authentic original’. It introduces the copy as a driver of new c...

Revised edition of the highly successful publication

Including the latest case studies, methods and technologies

The ideal reference work and source of inspiration for all engaged in creating a liveable city

Ten years after its well-received publication, Weather in the City is more relevant than ever. Prolonged heat waves are a source of many heat stress related problems, especially in our cities, which tend to exacerbate already high temperatures. At the same time, there is a growing aware...

Examines narratives as rigorous drivers of design rather than mere storytelling devices

Provides detailed insight into three KAAN Architecten projects that reflect changing architectural practice in the Netherlands and beyond

Connects to ongoing research from the "Activating Design" initiative at Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture

Building Narratives proposes design as a communications engine and enabler of collaboration, as opposed to the traditional understandin...

Architects, researchers and poets share their approaches to place

Stimulating explorations of architecture, poetry and place

Featuring interviews with Anna West, Erik Linder and Ted Landrum

Architects and poets alike experiment with writing as a spatial act, using verse and reflection to navigate landscapes both real and imagined. But how does poetry emerge from place, and what knowledge of place can poetry reveal— for architects, designers, and spatial practitioners?

This inaugural...

Iconic UNESCO World Heritage site in Rotterdam

Actualized edition of the useful guide of the Van Nellefabriek

Accessible introduction to a Rotterdam icon

The iconic Van Nellefabriek is inextricably linked to Rotterdam’s dynamic world port. This modernist masterpiece on the Schie canal was originally built for the processing and packaging of coffee, tea and tobacco. The neon sign on the roof still testifies to this past.

After careful adaptive re-use, the Van Nellefabriek is now used...