The housing stock in Vietnam has boomed in the last few decades, especially in urbanised areas. However, the increasing number of housing units did not go along with housing quality, a healthy living environment or a sustainable building stock. Recent legislation only applies to public buildings but not the private housing sector, which accounts for the majority of the building stock. Therefore, this research aimed to contribute to a more sustainable building stock in Vietnam by improving the...

Water management and cultural heritage in the Netherlands are inextricably linked. This edition of ‘OverHolland’ looks at the area known as the Randstad, where the water system is almost entirely below sea level. It is regarded as the main driver of the Dutch economy, being the most urbanised and most densely populated part of the country. A comprehensive map published by Willem Hendricus Hoekwater in 1901 was an important source of inspiration for the joint study of the genesis of the Ra...

Numerous actors have been involved in the planning of the port and city of Naples. National and local authorities—namely central government, the Region, the Municipality of Naples, and the Port Authority—act upon the port at different scales, according to diverging interest and by using different planning tools. Each entity has different spatial claims and contrastive views on what port city integration can be. Their diverse goals have led port and city to develop into separate entities, ...

How must design studies be structured in order to not only keep pace with the changes in the economy and society but also to shape them? How much artificial intelligence and coding must be conveyed during studies? This book documents five years of international research on these questions, which 250 designers participated in worldwide. Text in English and German.

De westerse architectuur van David Watkin is inmiddels een veel gebruikt handboek voor opleidingen en een naslagwerk voor geïnteresseerden. Deze nieuwe editie is grondig herzien en uitgebreid. Door het hele boek heen zijn plattegronden, doorsnedes en stedenbouwkundige situaties toegevoegd, waardoor de bruikbaarheid voor het onderwijs is verhoogd.

‘Watkins meeslepende beschrijvingen en zorgvuldig uitgekozen beeldmateriaal maken De westerse architectuur tot een van de meest leesbare en boeie...

In de monumentale stadskern van Leeuwarden ligt de Prinsentuin, een van de groene parels die de Friese hoofdstad rijk is. Halverwege de zeventiende eeuw werd de tuin als lusthof aangelegd door Stadhouder Willem Frederik van Nassau. Deze lusthof kennen we nu als de Prinsentuin en bevat een schat aan bijzondere verhalen uit verschillende perioden in de geschiedenis van de stad.

Nadat in 1819 koning Willem I de hoftuin teruggaf aan de bewoners van de stad, schreef het stadsbestuur een opdracht u...

More than 70 percent of the world’s population will be living in urban areas by 2050. Cities in Africa, Latin America and Asia in particular are growing like never before. Photographer Yvonne Brandwijk and journalist Stephanie Bakker travelled to five of the fastest-growing cities in the world. Not to Mumbai or Shanghai, but to the up-and-coming cultural, creative and economic hubs of tomorrow: Kinshasa, Lima, Yangon, Medellín and Addis Ababa. 


In this book, they share five years of tra...