The design story of Marker Wadden is unique. This man-made group of uninhabited islands in the Markermeer mainly comprises marshes and shallow waters, which makes them perfect bird habitats. Only the main island is accessible to the public.

This newest piece of the Netherlands – its landscape, the urban design of the settlement and the architecture – has been designed with care and attention. An impressive approach that leaves the shaping of the landscape largely to nature. By realizing M...

Japanische Jazz-Kneipen und -Cafés sind insulare Welten, in denen die Zeit stillsteht, fernab von Hektik und Chaos moderner Stadtlandschaften. Tokyo Jazz Joints ist eine visuelle Chronik dieser einzigartigen Kultur und hält die vergängliche Schönheit ihrer Schauplätze fest.

Begonnen 2015, um Tokios Myriaden sogenannter »Jazu Kissaten« zu dokumentieren, hat sich das Projekt inzwischen auf ganz Japan ausgeweitet. Doch allmählich verschwinden diese speziellen Orte zum Anhören von Jazzpl...

Mikko Takkunens atemberaubende Fotos und Geoff Dyers Essay lassen uns in die faszinierende Welt Hongkongs eintauchen.

Mit seinem ersten Fotobuch "Hong Kong" hat Mikko Takkunen, Fotoredakteur der New York Times, eine der größten Metropolen der Welt in einer Zeit der politischen Unsicherheit und der Pandemie eingefangen. Inspiriert von Meistern der New York School wie Louis Faurer, Louis Stettner und Saul Leiter, wirft der finnische Fotograf einen frischen, innovativen Blick auf Hongkong; er ...

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How to Build an Indian House focuses on one of Mumbai’s and India’s perennial and most daunting questions: mass housing. It documents, analyses and represents robust examples of different housing types in the city. Along with the documentary drawings and photographs, Sameep Padora developed a series of analytical models in order to understand spatial organization and infrastructure in residential building typologies.

This documentation is particularly perti...

Whoever you are and wherever you come from: if you come to Rotterdam and want to know more about the bustling port city on the River Meuse, then this book is for you. METRO 010 is about the major historical events that shaped city, and shows ways to imagine its future, too.

The story begins in a distant past, when Rotterdam was no more than a village of fishermen. It ends in 2050 - the future of the city. A city that was not created at one moment, by one person, but made over the centuries, b...

Since 1890, the Royal Museum of FIne Arts in Antwerp has been home to a rich collection spanning over seven centuries of art history; from the Flemish Primitives to Expressionists. More recently, the Museum has been enriched by another treasure by the Dutch architectural firm KAAN Architecten. Their restoration work and new design combine a contemporary allure with the glorious but somewhat neglected beauty of the 19th-century landmark. Completely conceiled within the existing museum, the new...

Reflections tells the story of the renovation of the largest seventeenth-century palace of the House of Orange and the new underground extension. Spectacular photography and captivating texts showcase KAAN Architecten’ ingenious design for the project, the history of the palace, the convergence of old and new and the palace's current role as an museum.

The underground extension is inextricably linked to the historical building even while leaving the facade and the interior of the palace unt...

Grootse fabriekshallen, smerige overalls, draaiende tandwielen en rokende schoorstenen: Factory Photobooks is het definitieve overzicht van een buitengewoon genre fotoboek. Fabrieksfotoboeken werden gemaakt in opdracht van bedrijven, die er hun kwaliteit, innovatie en vooruitstrevendheid mee wilden etaleren. De boeken gingen de wereld in als relatiegeschenken voor klanten, investeerders, lokale prominenten en werknemers. De ambitie om de firma op een unieke manier weer te geven, leidde vaak t...