Does our knowledge about city and urban planning have solid ground? Can historical research promote creative thinking? How can we theorise about urban design and architecture in our age of the media?

These questions have guided the creation of this multi-layered, richly documented and illustrated triptych, in which the Dutch architectural theorist Wim Nijenhuis pursues a creative goal: to stimulate new ways of thinking in architectural culture.

Each part of the triptych treats distinctive i...

In de Westelijke Tuinsteden in Amsterdam is een onwaarschijnlijke vernieuwingsoperatie uitgevoerd. Tussen 2000 en 2021 zijn meer dan 25.000 woningen nieuwgebouwd, gerenoveerd of getransformeerd.

Dat is vergelijkbaar met wat in dezelfde periode in Leidsche Rijn in Utrecht gebouwd is – de grootste vinex-locatie van Nederland. Nieuwe scholen, broedplaatsen, hotels, winkels en horeca maakten de tuinsteden bovendien tot een completere, gemengde stad. Dat zie je ook in de superdiverse bevolking ...

Berlijn is niet direct de mooiste stad van Europa. Het is een stad met littekens en onopgehelderde kwesties. Planoloog Luuk Oost reist dwars door Berlijn en volgt de voetstappen van de verhalen. De anekdotes ontdekkend die meesttijds gekoppeld zijn aan plekken in de stad. Berlijn kent historische hoogtepunten maar toch ook momenten dat het minder ging. Verhalen leiden ons naar bijzondere plekken in Berlijn. De architectuur van de stadsrand ten tijde van de Weimarrepubliek komt aan de orde. De...

Following Best Buildings – Belgium, Luster brings a second title in the new Best Buildings series: Best Buildings – Holland. The concept is the same: this book presents over 90 buildings completed after 1900 in the Netherlands, with a photo and a short text in English and Dutch. The selection is based on the top ten lists of renowned Dutch architects and architecture critics, which are also included in the book. Best Buildings – Holland features a surprising mix of bold contemporary arc...

This book documents the most recent realizations of urban factory facilities in Flanders designed by the upcoming architecture studio TRANS. In Flanders three recently built factory facilities showcase the potential of bringing manufacturing back to the city. Nina Rappaport (Yale University) and Job Floris (Monadnock architects) put these projects designed by Ghent-based architects TRANS into context.

Interviews with CEOs and policymakers give a 'behind the scenes' insight on the co-productio...

Writingplace Journal for Architecture and Literature is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal focusing on architecture and literature.

This journal is a vehicle for the Writingplace platform to continue its exploration of the relationship between architecture and literature, which has already resulted in the publication of Writingplace: Investigations in Architecture and Literature in 2016.

Each issue of the journal will focus on themes central to the fruitful relationship betw...

Architectural training seems to be more difficult to organize than ever before. After May 1968, education was radically democratized, or at least that was the intention. However, the 1999 Bologna Declaration radically changed the structure of architecture schools as well. Is there any tradition left to hand down to students? What skills do they need before they can enter the job market? And how about the kind of knowledge that may not be practical, but is nevertheless necessary to fully under...