Danube, Rhône, Bow, Mississippi, Chao Phraya, Buffalo Bayou, Tagus, Meuse, North Sea. Follow the River shows how designers who cherish the river are creating beautiful projects in many places. Projects in which the river is approached with care, love, knowledge, and creativity, whether far upstream or at the very end, at the mouth. In which the river and its natural environment are given space again, while people can enjoy it in park-like environments.

We have collected twelve such projects...

In Steden op slik beschrijft Han Meyer de controversiële maar ook inspirerende geschiedenissen van Venetië, Rotterdam en New Orleans: hoe deze havensteden omgingen met het dynamische karakter van de delta en de lagune. Voor het mogelijk maken van de economische en stedelijke ontwikkeling in deze kustlandschappen is steeds weer geprobeerd met technische ingrepen het natuurlijke proces van dichtslibben tegen te gaan. Dat leidde tot het verlies van veel ecologische en landschappelijke kwalitei...

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...