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For over 30 years Architecture in the Netherlands has provided an indispensable overview of Dutch architecture for everyone with a professional or more general interest in the subject.

The Yearbook is the international showcase for Dutch architecture. The three editors select special projects that have been completed in the preceding year and describe the most important developments that influence Dutch architecture.

The Yearbook editors are Kirsten Hannema...

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The German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) once stated that spatial thinking is 'political' thinking, as it is concerned about the world and its inhabitants. We certainly can understand spatial thinking here as architectural thinking: the ‘world’ for Arendt meant the ways in which we make the globe habitable for people: how we build houses and cities, infrastructures and other networks, and furnish spaces with tables, chairs, paintings and...

Research and development in building envelope design have promoted the convergence of two system types, Thermo-Active Building Systems and Adaptive Building Envelopes, that re-conceptualize the envelope as a distributed energy transfer function that captures, transforms, stores, and even re-distributes energy resources.

The widespread deployment of Thermo-Active Building Systems as a building envelope will depend on several factors. These factors include the value of the design attributes tha...

This dissertation focuses on Industrial Heritage Reuse practice in Europe, with special emphasis on the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain and Greece. This vastly complex yet fascinating topic has not been studied holistically under the circumstances of the contemporary era. In the 21st century, Industrial Heritage Reuse is required to be more responsive, more sustainable, more inclusive and more value-driven than before. An enhanced approach for the transformation of industrial relics is...

Herbestemming van erfgoed is niet langer voorbehouden aan restauratiespecialisten, maar behoort tegenwoordig tot de dagelijkse praktijk van menig architectenbureau. Waar het in die praktijk aan ontbreekt, is een werkbare methodiek. Hoe breng je de vakinhoudelijke invalshoek (cultuur- en bouwhistorie) en de operationele aanpak (bouwprogramma en gebiedsontwikkeling) samen? Hoe zorg je dat de kernkwaliteiten van een pand en de beoogde functie elkaar aanvullen en versterken – en knelpunten inte...

Minitopia gaat over de vrijheid om je eigen woonwens te realiseren en laat zien hoe nieuwe woonvormen in de praktijk tot stand komen. Met woonvormen die compact, flexibel, kant en klaar of modulair zijn. Ontworpen met een app en zelf gebouwd, met natuurlijke bouwstoffen of slim hergebruik van bestaande materialen. De ambachtelijke en innovatieve bouwmethoden in dit boek bieden tal van inspirerende ideeën voor het bouwen van je eigen duurzame woning.

Dit boek komt voort uit het project Minito...

Despite the odds, manufacturing is not in terminal decay in western cities. On the contrary, it is at the opening of a new chapter. Urban manufacturing can help cities to be more innovative, circular, inclusive and resilient.

Since the 1970s, cities world-wide have been witness to radical de-industrialisation. Manufacturing was considered incompatible with urban life and was actively pushed out. As economies have grown, public officials and developers have instinctively shifted their priori...