Villa Nieuw Oosteinde in Aalsmeer, Netherlands, by Engel Architecten, 2012. Nieuw Oosteinde (New East End) is a new neighborhood in Aalsmeer, a town fairly close to Amsterdam. A quick glance at the website for the area reveals a mix of primarily ...Read More
Architecture in the Netherlands: Yearbook 2011-12 edited by Samir Bantal, JaapJan Berg, Kees van der Hoeven, Anne Luijten NAi Publishers, 2012 Paperback, 272 pages The annual Architecture in the Netherlands Yearbook started in 1987/88, making the most recent one the 25th installment. Accordingly ...Read More
Viewing Tower in Reusel, the Netherlands by Ateliereen architecten, 2009. Six asymmetrically stacked boxes define this viewing platform that marks the entrance to a recreational area near the small town of Reusel in the Netherlands. About 50 such spots are marked ...Read More
Shou Sugi Ban in Maarn, Netherlands by BYTR Architects, 2010. The monicker of this small house addition in Maarn, Netherlands, a town in the province of Utrecht, is a traditional Japanese method of burning cedar boards for a house's siding. Shou-sugi-ban, ...Read More
Netherlands Institute for Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) in Wageningen, Netherlands by Claus en Kaan Architecten, 2011. In the influential book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, William McDonough and Michael Braungart argue that recycling is in effect "downcycling," since the ...Read More
Steigereiland Kavel 114 in Amsterdam, Netherlands by Architoop, 2007. Steigereiland is an infill island in the eastern district of Lake IJsselmeer. It has been developed as a low-scale, mixed-use neighborhood comprised of small lots (6m x 25m; 20' x 80') ...Read More
Hermit's House in Deventer, Netherlands by The Cloud Collective, 2010. Like many young firms today, The Cloud Collective eschews the traditional model and appearance of the sole architect-genius presiding over a design, an impression born of the media more than the ...Read More
City Library Helmond in Helmond, Netherlands by BOLLES+WILSON, 2010. See also this week's book review, BOLLES+WILSON: A Handful of Productive Paradigms. The Dutch city Helmond is transforming its central shopping area, per a master plan by Professor Joan Busquests. Falling within that ...Read More
Spuimarkt in The Hague, Netherlands by BOLLES+WILSON, 2008. Located on a prominent site in the center of The Hague in The Netherlands, the Spuimarkt ...Read More
Too Blessed To Be Depressed: Crimson Architectural Historians, 1994-2002 edited by Ewout Dorman, Ernst van ...Read More
