With this work in the form of a book, Maria Lalou & Skafte Aymo-Boot present the phenomenon of a particular pending architecture mutely present all over Athens. The concrete skeletons of polykatoikia – multi-story apartment buildings – are emblematic of the development of modern Greece throughout the second half of the twentieth century.

The book deals with the politics of urban space by treating the unfinished buildings as study objects and tracing their individual histories. Through the...

Footprint #28 examines the relation between cybernetics and architecture by focusing on a problem they both share: the production, consumption and flow of information, or, in other terms, of meaning. Therefore, cyberneticisation can set the foundations for a relational account that examines how signs are communicated and how meaning is produced and experienced within systems. This third-order cybernetics extends beyond the original scope of living organisms and their environments in order to ...

An extensively revised and updated edition of a bestselling classic on modern architecture and its origins.

Printuitgave van het boek "Groep'32"

De geschiedenis van Groep '32 is interessant vanwege het streven van het genootschap om voort te gaan

op de weg van de Nieuwe Bouwers. De groep nam een kritisch standpunt in tegenover de toepassing van

de verworvenheden van het Nieuwe Bouwen van de jaren twintig, ze zagen deze niet als doel maar als

middel om architectuur te bereiken. Deze kritische houding werd aangescherpt door het uitblijven van

werk, en door de fusie met De 8, een meer radicaal functio...

In 2011 the RMIT-department of the Faculty of Architecture of TU

Delft formulated the ambition to be structurally involved in the

transformation of urban neighbourhoods in both research and education.

This was decided upon because of the complex social, spatial

and physical issues that many districts in large cities are facing

and the urge to react on these issues with research based design

within the awareness of the cultural significance of those threatened

areas.

The mentioned complexity f...

Amsterdamse Architectuur 2008 - 2009 Ned./EngelsAmsterdam Architecture 2008 - 2009 Dutch/EnglishRijk geillustreerde selectie van Amsterdamse architectuur uit 2008, met zowel grote wooncomplexen als particuliere woningen, kantoren en bedrijven, en voorzieningen voor onderwijs, ontspanning en cultuur. Werk van onder anderen de Architecten Cie., Atelier Kempe Thill, Claus en Kaan, DKV, Foster en Partners, HVDN, Moriko Kira, MVRDV en Marlies Rohmer, dat vanwege de architectonische kwaliteit werd ...

Every building project should start with a brief. A good brief clearly explains what the client wants while providing the design team with the information and inspiration they need to create a successful building. Beyond that, the brief functions as a framework for quality management during the project. To this end, experts Juriaan van Meel and Kjersti Bjørkeng Størdal assembled this practical guide for developing high-performance briefs. Using clear language, the book succinctly explains t...