Geert Goiris at Galerie Catherine Bastide
From the publisher (sorry, dutch only):
„Fotografe Jardena Gil (1970) wil met haar foto’s laten zien wat alom aanwezig is, maar niet gezien wordt. In het fotoboek Jardena Gil wordt de toeschouwer gedwongen om stil te staan bij gebouwen. Anonieme gebouwen die anders niet gezien worden. Om zo hun doorleefdheid en bezieling, hun verborgen geschiedenis, hun essentie, hun gelaagdheid, maar bovenal hun schoonheid te laten zien.”
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Journal de Nîmes Nº 4
Available somewhere in february from Thames&Hudson (or SUN Publishers in dutch):
„For over two decades, Belgian architect Vincent van Duysen has created a body of work that is at once sublime and rich, minimal yet tactile. This is the complete monograph of Van Duysens work, including his domestic architecture, office and commercial spaces, as well as furniture and decorative objects for such leading international manufacturers as B&B Italia, Poliform and Swarovski. Over thirty projects are presented in detail, each with a project profile, many accompanied by specially commissioned photographs taken by Alberto Piovano, along with a complete project chronology.Van Duysens architecture is for connoisseurs, and this comprehensive publication reveals to the full why he has become such a celebrated figure in international architecture and design.”
„This book brings together intimate portraits of five great cities: Istanbul, Beirut, Amman, Cairo and Dubai. Through its pages we discover quietly beautiful, yet meticulously constructed images; unexpected views of cities which take us beyond the clichés. These images constitute architectural research and visual poetry at the same time. The publication is the result of a unique collaboration between leading academics and urban researchers based in the five cities and the Dutch artist Bas Princen.”
I don’t know if it’s the amazing photography by Bas Princen that makes this book special or the fact that it was delivered at 11pm on my doorstep. On a saturdaynight.
Anyway, you can order the book yourself at SUN Architecture.
Text by Sandra Hofmeister — Photography by Edward Beierle.
Het parlement van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest is aan uitbreiding toe. Het Waalse architectenbureau COOPARCH mocht hiervoor het ontwerp tekenen, en weldra zal bovenstaande kubus verrijzen in de Lombaardenstraat. Ik kan mij echter niet van de indruk ontdoen dat ik dit ontwerp al eens eerder heb gezien. Watercube iemand?
Het Nederlandse design magazine Items heeft Studio Dumbar ingeruild voor Thonik. Daarmee verdween ook meteen de heerlijke broodletter: Collis.
Imagine a highly industrialized landscape, only consisting of concrete, steel and asphalt. Small strips of grass have to compensate for the pollution caused by dense traffic and exhaust pipes. Now imagine a slightly eccentric pigeon, whose fight for survival could be only interpreted by humans as a work of art.
In February 1997, an iron pigeon nest was discovered by workers at the Esso oil refinery, Rotterdam. Dutch biologist extraordinaire Kees Moeliker was called to the case and had to conclude that this iron nest was indeed built by a pigeon, using steel wire and feces.
Columba livia domestica - source:NMR
Happy 200th birthday, Charles Darwin.
Ontwerp door Johan Vandebosch
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