This fully illustrated publication is a magnificent pictorial survey of the great architectural monuments of Iran.

Wanneer W.C. Mulder zich op 23-jarige leeftijd als zelfstandig architect vestigt, ontwikkelt hij zich in korte tijd tot een man met veel maatschappelijke functies, met een goed gevulde opdrachtenportefeuille en binnen enkele decennia behoort hij tot de rijkste bovenlaag van Leiden. Hij is actief in besturen van woningbouwcorporaties, onderwijsinstellingen, kerkelijke organisaties en verbanden als de Vrijmetselarij en de Nederlandse Handelsmaatschappij. Mulder is gedreven, betrokken en beschik...

Difficult problems do not always require far-fetched solutions, but in order to arrive at the solution a change of perspective may be in order. The City as a System advocates such a change of perspective in the study of the urban environment. It posits that designers who wish to truly improve the functioning of the city and solve tricky urban problems cannot afford to only focus on the spatial manifestation of the city, but should also conduct thorough research into the underlying system, int...

After years of experience in education, research, design and policy, Professor Marcel Smets, former Flemish Government Architect, compiles his insights on the city and urban design in a personal booklet.

In his search for the foundations of urban design, Marcel Smets puts forward thirty complementary pairs of concepts. He starts from archetypal settlement forms (ribbon and cluster, ladder and star), typifies morphological categories (street and road, island and archipelago) and highlights ch...

Residential architecture and landscape design projects in the USA desert states, highlighting unique design challenges and opportunities.

Catalogue of the "TECHNOSCAPE" exhibition, focusing on the relationship between artistic and scientific disciplines, nowadays closer than ever, and the consequent contacts between technique, creativity and social awareness.

Waking up to the idea of a post-growth society, Rotterdam Ripresa presents a city that aims to amend instead of renew, accepting not just the pleasant past, but also the impudent present. To find the new in the old may well be the most sustainable thing of all. Can a city change while remaining the same?

Rotterdam Ripresa adopts an alternative method towards the production of new visions for the city. An urbanism of fragmentary intervention as a cadavre exquis where authorship is deluded rath...

The theme of the Prix de Rome Architecture 2022 is Healing Sites. At a time when labour inequality and climate issues have resulted in a demand for change, this edition of the Prix de Rome Architecture calls to rethink and redesign spatial practices. Architecture has been complicit in establishing the ecocidal legacies of capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism. How can architects, urbanists, and landscape architects reflect upon and rearticulate their working methods in order to undo these ...

In 1804 verrees aan de Lange Haven in Schiedam een monumentaal woonhuis met een deftige voorgevel en een dubbele hardstenen bordestrap uitgevoerd in neoclassicistische stijl. De opdracht tot de bouw was afkomstig van Cornelis Nolet, telg uit het bekende Schiedamse brandersgeslacht.

Architect Jan Giudici tekende voor het ontwerp, passend in de Hollandse traditie: ingetogen en sober aan de buitenzijde en rijk vanbinnen. Achter de fraaie geprofileerde voordeur op de bel-etage ligt een monumenta...