feb 1st, 2011 | Architectuur, Artikelen, Publicaties
Dutch designer Trude Hooykaas discovered an old shipbuilding pier that was about to be demolished. She saved it and built a glass office box on top. I wrote about it for Architectural Record. The building is named ‘Kraanspoor’, which translates as ‘crane track’: the structure was built to elevate cranes to the height needed to build a ship. The striking building is now an icon of Amsterdam’s redeveloping harbor in the north of the city. Read my article here: Arch Record Kraanspoor
apr 1st, 2004 | Architectuur, Artikelen, Publicaties, Stad, Uncategorized
Gabriela Seifert and Götz Stöckmann convinced the town of Gelnhausen to let them build a home and studio in the medieval center. A section of the facade rolls out like a drawer to form a balcony.
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okt 1st, 1992 | Architectuur, Artikelen, Publicaties
With their factory and distribution center for medical products in the Bavarian town of Melsungen, Stirling and Wilford have reinvented the building type.
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mei 1st, 1988 | Architectuur, Artikelen, Publicaties
The Dutch fashion brand Mexx chose Robert A.M. Stern as the architect of its headquarters and its flagship store in Amsterdam. ,,Postmodernism is the contemporary architectural style best suited to getting our lifestyle message across.” Read my article for Architectural Record: [embeddoc url=”http://www.tracymetz.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/arch-record-mexx-by-robert-stern-br-mirror-of-fashion.pdf” download=”alluser”]
