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B. Beurs

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The New Social Fabric

An argument for contemporary social living environments

The New Social Fabric explores how architecture and public space can meaningfully contribute to community formation in contemporary social housing. Centered on the redevelopment of the Blikfabriek site in Hoboken, Antwerp, a transitional area between historically distinct urban f ...

Stadhuis & Muziektheater Stopera

The influence of architects, politics and the public on the design of Amsterdam’s controversial city hall

Public participation in building projects in The Netherlands is something which really evolved after the Second World War. Architects had a utopian vision for the city of the future, but the general population didn’t find modernist designs attractive and became sceptic of moderni ...