feb 1st, 2015 | Architectuur, Artikelen, Publicaties
Toward the end of the last century, the Mauritshuis’ popularity grew rapidly and quarters became cramped, expansion was needed. The museum was able to rent space across the street at Plein 26, a brick Art Deco addition to a private club, but connecting the two builiding in the dense historic centre of the Hague, was not an easy slam dunk. Read my article for Architectural Record on how a design team digged down to artfully connect a historic museum to a building across the way. Read the article…
okt 3rd, 2014 | Architectuur, Artikelen, Publicaties
A new generation of architects considers ornament to be an integral part of their architecture practice. For Architectural Record, I reviewed the book Building as Ornament. In ten interviews Michiel van Raaij researches how the attitude to ornament has developed and changed. Read the article…
sep 3rd, 2014 | Architectuur, Artikelen, Design, Publicaties
i29 Interior Architects uses decorative wall panels and an optical trick to create a vanishing kitchen inside a Paris apartment.
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sep 4th, 2013 | Architectuur, Artikelen, Publicaties
Belgian architect Nick Ceulemans pushed the envelope in designing an apartment for a young man with a handicap. In no way shape or form does it refer to disability, yet it still conforms to the building code. The result: a cool, subtle and very convenient apartment where anyone would want to live. Read my article for Architectural Record’s annual Interiors issue.
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mrt 4th, 2013 | Architectuur, Artikelen, Publicaties
On the site of a former soap factory, the Savonnerie Heymans, the Brussels-based firm MDW has constructed 42 social housing apartments whole still retaining the industrial flavor. Project architect Gilles Debrun calls it “a village” that offers protected space for interaction in an otherwise cramped urban setting. Read the article…
