Is de wereld beter af met jouw gebouw? 'Nee' is het antwoord in 99,9% van de gevallen. Bijna elk gebouw vervuilt de lucht, water, bodem en schaadt de biodiversiteit. Wat als we dat omkeren en ons concentreren op positief bijdragen? Als gebouwen lucht, water en bodem zuiveren, biodiversiteit creëren en meer energie opwekken dan we gebruiken? Dan genezen we de wereld met onze gebouwen.

Wat Unilevers’ Paul Polman beschrijft voor bedrijven in het boek Net Positive beschrijft Vincent van der Me...

Architecture and design as a source of inspiration for album covers

Collection of the finest, strangest and most remarkable architecture covers

An endless delight for lovers of both music and architecture

‘Architecture is frozen music’, Wolfgang Goethe is quoted as saying. It turns out that architecture is a major source of inspiration for musicians and composers – from classic and modern composers via jazz and the blues to new wave bands and rappers who sing the praises of the big cit...

A unique insight into the making of the architectural world’s most influential event

Yaneva’s ethnographical approach offers a fresh perspective on the Biennale as an essential tool for architectural discourse

Launch at the finissage of the 2025 Biennale Architettura di Venezia

Biennales have occupied a central place in the discourse of architecture. Every two years, architects, educators and students from all over the world gather in Venice to celebrate the most influential event...

Where architecture meets reflection – How building in China reveals new ways of seeing our cities and ourselves

Learning from the biggest and greenest construction site in the world, focusing on projects like the Lucky Knot Bridge and the China Rose Museum

Sequel to You Can’t Change China, China Changes You

Architecture promises ideals: creating cities of the future, designing for a better world. But how do those ideals hold up in a time of fragmentation and friction?

For twenty y...

The Art of Urbanization reexamines a forgotten tradition in Belgian and European planning history, reconstructed through a longitudinal analysis of the Study Committee of the Antwerp Agglomeration (1907-1939). Against prevailing trends, Antwerp’s urban expansion was not the product of rational master planning, but evolved gradually through collective and pragmatic responses to emerging urban questions.

Drawing on a wide range of historical sources and richly illustrated, the book reconstruc...

Unieke inkijk in het persoonlijk archief van een Vlaams Bouwmeester.In dit erg persoonlijke werk geeft Marcel Smets, voorloper van de Belgische stedenbouw en voormalig Vlaams Bouwmeester, een overzicht van de vele projecten, ontmoetingen en bijdragen die zijn professionele leven hebben getekend. Uit zijn persoonlijke archief, dat hij onlangs schonk aan de universiteit van Leuven, maakte Smets een selectie van betekenisvolle stukken die de diverse aspecten van zijn loopbaan illustreren. Dit ri...

Architectural firms can be regarded as creative professional service firms. As such, architects need to navigate creative, professional and commercial goals, while simultaneously attempting to fulfil client, user and societal needs. This complex process is becoming increasingly difficult, as the historically established role of architects has become more blurred, contested and heterogeneous. While attempting to reclaim their role or to take on new roles in collaborations with other actors, ar...

This research seeks to provide insight into the energy performance progress, of the existing non-profit housing stock in the Netherlands, through the application of energy renovations. The non-profit housing stock comprises 30% of the housing market in the Netherlands and a large part of the policies towards a more efficient housing stock rely on the non-profit housing sector. To that end, we determine the energy renovation rate of the stock and the impact of the applied renovations on both t...