The American office GEO has been redefining landscape architecture for nearly 15 years. This exceptional book is focused on projects in their hometown Miami. Incorporated in 2005, and led by Laurinda Spear and Margarita Blanco, two women steeped in architecture, has elevated the conversation about the important role landscape architecture plays and the contributions it can make in the face of climate change and sea level rise. Surrounding nature, plants and landscapes are the starting points ...

The East Railway Line in London is a fascinating subject of study. It is rich in history and forms a surreal and fragmented physical presence between the City and the East End. A literary analysis of the chaotically ordered composition of this part of the metropolis involves spaces, places, voids and objects within the realm of this place of experience and imagination, with its visible elements and its ethereal body of histories and myths. The process of naming spaces and elements becomes a n...

Waking up to the idea of a post-growth society, Rotterdam Ripresa presents a city that aims to amend instead of renew, accepting not just the pleasant past, but also the impudent present. To find the new in the old may well be the most sustainable thing of all. Can a city change while remaining the same?

Rotterdam Ripresa adopts an alternative method towards the production of new visions for the city. An urbanism of fragmentary intervention as a cadavre exquis where authorship is deluded rath...

Formats for Living Amsterdam features 59 contemporary residential projects built between 2013 and 2023, with more than 250 detailed floor plans on a scale of 1:100. Immerse yourself in a wide range of designs, from micro lofts and innovative social housing to lavish apartments. This exceptionally by Ricky Rijkenberg designed large-format book contains a series of critical essays that places housing development in its societal dynamics. Editors: Marc Reniers and Jan Loerakker. Authors: Vincent...

In 2011, is de term 'sustainism' met Joost Elffers geïntroduceerd, waarbij cruciale kwesties in de wereld van cultureel erfgoed en vormgeving (architectuur, stedenbouw en landschapsarchitectuur). In dit 'woordenboekje voor de nieuwe tijd' verkent cultuuronderzoeker-adviseur Michiel Schwarz de relatie tussen ontwerp en erfgoed, gezien vanuit een sustainistisch perspectief. Dit boek komt voort uit de Sustainist Design Guide, van Michiel Schwarz en Diana Krabbendam (The Beach).

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Thanks to the activity of Stadsherstel Amsterdam, founded in 1956, the post-war wave of renovation not only preserved the historic center of Amsterdam, it became in the meantime a current vibrant metropolis, in cultural and social sense. A city whose rich history still can be seen and which is attractive in this way for living, working, studying, business, and cultural recreation. Meanwhile Stadsherstel increased their working area and advises also abroad. The Stadsherstel formula is successf...

Deze pocket bevat illustraties en beschrijvingen van 26 Amsterdamse architectonische hoogtepunten uit 2011. Een gevarieerde selectie, met zowel vrijstaande villa's als grote woongebouwen, voorbeelden van nieuwe typologieen en van opmerkelijke renovaties en venrieuwingen, maar ook bruggen, scholen en een jongerencentrum. Opmerkelijk zijn ook enkele voorbeelden van nieuwe vormen van opdrachtgeverschap, illustratief voor de verschuivende verhoudingen in de bouw.Met werk van vele bekende architec...