Keeling House reflected in the hood of a Ferrari.
The clever arrangement by sir Denis Lasdun of 4 sixteen storey slender tower-blocks around a service core was converted into luxury apartments around the year 2000. The units are maisonettes featuring stunning concrete canopies. Brutal but popular.
Apparently sometimes there is a prosperous future for Modernism… What about Kleiburg?
Next to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam we’ve discovered a remarkable little sign: Listed Building! Bikes will be removed.
If this really is a law – could it be?- it will potentially have huge impact on logistics: basically the entire center is listed and on a population of 790.044 there are 881.000 bikes…
The architecture of OMA‘s Kunsthal in Rotterdam has been criticised following the theft of seven major paintings by artists including Picasso, Matisse and Monet.
The heist, which took place in the early hours of Tuesday 16 October, saw thieves break in through the doors of the gallery and escape with millions of pounds worth of paintings.
Security expert Ton Cremers has said that some of the fault lies with the architecture and that this is a recurring problem in Dutch museums. Speaking to Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant, he said: ”Once inside the building, thieves could easily walk through the entire museum. There were no extra compartments built for the expensive pieces.” As seen on Dezeen.
In the early days the Kunsthal was heavily criticized too. The main objection, that it was virtually impossible to find the entrance, now has been proven unjustified….
Qube: a new project for G & S Vastgoed, please check clip!
If the renovation of Het Stedelijk would have taken just a little bit longer, half the population would have been over 60.
The Scootmobiel would have become the new modality. (Only one man still standing… HH!)
Currently in Cityscapes Gallery_GM8, Paper Architecture: a sketch model of Crossoverzaal in Het Muziekpaleis
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Together with WHAT_architecture, we are involved in a competition for two residential towers in Hackney, London. The jury was supposed to announce the winner last Friday… but: no word as yet. And we thought we made it so easy… Ah!
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