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.

The book looks into ...

Parliaments of the European Union van de Nederlandse fotograaf Nico Bick (1964) biedt een unieke fotografische kijk op de ruimten voor plenaire vergaderingen waarin de Europese democratie daadwerkelijk wordt gerealiseerd. Het boek bevat foto's van de ruimten waar de parlementen van de 28 lidstaten van de Europese Unie en de twee Europese parlementen in Brussel en Straatsburg hun voltallige vergaderingen houden. Elk van deze ruimten is in drie of vier foto's gefotografeerd vanuit een enkel sta...

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Met ‘permanente tijdelijkheid’ stellen Elma van Boxel en Kristian Koreman met hun bureau ZUS een radicaal nieuwe manier van stad-maken voor. Het is een strategie die vertrekt vanuit een stedelijke realiteit van waarden, materie en mensen; een filosofie die geënt is op het verleden en is gericht op de toekomst. City of Permanent Temporality is een handboek voor stad-maken waarbij tijdelijke interventies zijn gekoppeld aan langetermijndenken.

Aan de hand van de inter...

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Since its reopening, 380 years to the day from its original completion, Museum de Lakenhal in Leiden has been hailed as a landmark project, both for its radical and meticulous approach to weaving 21st century architecture into a centuries old fabric, as well as for its fully integrated vision of what a present day museum experience can be.

Young Dutch architecture bureau Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven Architects teamed up with internationally renowned restaurat...

The new Schiphol opened its doors in 1967. Everything had been thought out, from the runway system to the details of its interior and its now world-famous signage and lettering. The designers had carefully studied the latest developments in aviation and combined them uncompromisingly. They turned Schiphol into a textbook example of a modern airport. Schiphol is a well-oiled machine that flawlessly channels immense flows of people, planes and packages. Every effort is made to put travellers at...

Thanks to his great technical know-how and boundless craftmanship, the Dutch ceramicist Geert Lap (1951-2017) left an oeuvre that is cherished around the world in many museums and private collections.

This book is the result of a unique photo project. Erik and Petra Hesmerg spent years travelling the world to document Geert Lap’s work. They were granted exclusive access to the homes of private collectors and their photographs bear witness to the diverse and sometimes astonishing combinatio...