Urban Megaprojects – here referred to as Grands Projets – are increasing in number all over the world. They have become major drivers for urban intensification and oftentimes set out to take a city’s expansion to the next level. As such, Grands Projets can be read as manifestations of the larger economic and political agenda of their city and they offer a productive moment to investigate current urban trends in a globally connected form of concentrated urbanization.

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Narrative Architecture reveals a stream of remarkable architectural and urban visions in the twentieth century that culminated in the construction of one of the most powerful, misunderstood and underutilized weapons of architectural and urban critique, thinking and representation.

This historical genealogy in three parts weaves inseparable modern architecture and narrative critique through never before seen images of half a century of utopian, heroic, commerc...

Building with Nature is een bewezen, innovatieve aanpak om watergerelateerde Nature-based Solutions te realiseren voor maatschappelijke problemen. Deze aanpak benut de krachten van de natuur en versterkt de kansen voor natuurontwikkeling, waardoor meerwaarde ontstaat voor omgeving,economie en maatschappij. EcoShape is een unieke samenwerking tussen wetenschappers, ingenieurs, bouwers, ontwerpers en NGO’s.

In het afgelopen decennium heeft EcoShape verschillende Building with Nature projecten...

The energy transition is in full swing. Worldwide, windmills and solar panels are taking over from fossil fuels. The construction of these new energy landscapes is often met with resistance. What if this is not about energy technologies, but about the drastic change of our immediate living environment, the places where we live, work and recreate?

The Power of Landscape examines various energy landscapes in Europe and the US in the present, past and future, based on the qualitative and emotion...

The city is not only the habitat of people, but also of plants and animals. Building Urban Nature is a plea for nature-inclusive, bioreceptive architecture that inspires designers to give nature a place in their work.

Through the presentation of realized projects, the book shows how the values of nature can be incorporated into our buildings. It discusses the conditions under which flora and fauna settle on and around our buildings, and the design methods, strategies and techniques that can h...

Revised edition of the highly successful publication

Including the latest case studies, methods and technologies

The ideal reference work and source of inspiration for all engaged in creating a liveable city

Ten years after its well-received publication, Weather in the City is more relevant than ever. Prolonged heat waves are a source of many heat stress related problems, especially in our cities, which tend to exacerbate already high temperatures. At the same time, there is a growing aware...

Examines narratives as rigorous drivers of design rather than mere storytelling devices

Provides detailed insight into three KAAN Architecten projects that reflect changing architectural practice in the Netherlands and beyond

Connects to ongoing research from the "Activating Design" initiative at Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture

Building Narratives proposes design as a communications engine and enabler of collaboration, as opposed to the traditional understandin...

Architects, researchers and poets share their approaches to place

Stimulating explorations of architecture, poetry and place

Featuring interviews with Anna West, Erik Linder and Ted Landrum

Architects and poets alike experiment with writing as a spatial act, using verse and reflection to navigate landscapes both real and imagined. But how does poetry emerge from place, and what knowledge of place can poetry reveal— for architects, designers, and spatial practitioners?

This inaugural...

The second edition of Circular Communities, now featuring new, inspiring community-led circular practices from across the globe

An alternative perspective on the relationship between resources, nature and human beings

Provides a design method to facilitate an alternative economic and cultural model: what do we value and how do we organize ourselves in relation to one other and to nature?

Building on the first edition of Circular Communities (2022), this sequel explores culturally dive...