Is the world better off with your building? In 99.9% of cases the answer is 'No'. Almost every building pollutes the air, water, soil and damages biodiversity. What if we turned that around and focused on making a positive contribution? If buildings purify the air, water and soil, create biodiversity and generate more energy than we use? Then we will heal the world with our buildings.

What Unilever's Paul Polman describes for companies in the book Net Positive, Vincent van der Meulen describ...

The story of the designing Marker Wadden is unique. In only a couple of years, a completely new group of artificial islands has been created in the Markermeer. This archipelago is composed mainly of marshes and shallow waters, and is designed a perfect habitat for bird colonies. Only the main island is accessible for visitors.The story of the designing Marker Wadden is unique. In only a couple of years, a completely new group of artificial islands has been created in the Markermeer. This arch...

De rol van architecten gaat verder dan alleen het ontwerpen van gebouwen. Architectuur en ruimte zijn altijd gerelateerd aan maatschappelijke opgaven en uitdagingen. Architecten lijken daarom goed gepositioneerd om bijdragen te leveren aan het maatschappelijke debat over uitdagingen als klimaatverandering, mobiliteit, de wooncrisis, zorg en migratie. Veelal worden de gebouwde omgeving en maatschappelijke vraagstukken met elkaar verbonden door sociaalgeografen en sociologen, journalisten en pl...

Dutch Waterworks Worldwide documents the story of architecture and landscape photographer Luuk Kramer’s journey documenting waterworks built by Dutch engineers around the world, from the sixteenth century to the present day, from polders in Poland to dikes and dams in Japan, from canals in Brazil to a small lock in Surinam.

The Dutch brought knowledge gleaned from centuries of experiences with living in a delta, including land reclamation efforts, droughts and catastrophic floods. They wer...