On June 27th, 2013, ‘ANIMAL ESTATES 9.0: PORT OF ROTTERDAM’ SIGNS…
…were installed today along the perimeter bike path of the ‘new land’ of the massive port addition known as Maasvlakte 2, and this Saturday is the opening for…
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On May 21st, 2013, A VISIT TO THE NEW BEACH…
…at the Port of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2 this afternoon – to inspect sites (with press in tow) for the 30 Animal Estates traffic signs that will be permanently…
On May 20th, 2013, AN ANIMAL ESTATES 9.0 MAP…
…by frequent design collaborator Benjamin Reichen of Åbäke is in the works and today in Rotterdam we look at the new version, which tells the stories of 24…
On May 19th, 2013, IN AMSTERDAM EDITING VIDEO…
…footage from a winter visit to the ‘new land’ of the Port of Rotterdam for Animal Estates 9.0 – opening June 29th – and the weather here today…
On February 15th, 2012, ROTTERDAM PORT PONDS FOR TOADS…
…(endangered Natterjack Toads) were created by some sensitive folks from the Port of Rotterdam and the Bureau Stadsnatuur Rotterdam to provide a place for these little creatures to…
On February 14th, 2012, CHICKENS AT THE PORT…
…accommodated in a cute little red wood house next to a half buried tiny car in a fenced-in pen surrounded by a vast post-human industrial landscape was a…
On March 28th, 2011, ROTTERDAM’S HOLLAND AMERIKA LIJN…
…shipping headquarters and migrant housing for the thousands of Dutch headed to New York’s Ellis Island used to occupy this stately 1901 building, which survived wartime bombing, at…
On January 12th, 2011, THE NETHERLANDS ARCHITECTURE INSTITUTE…
…in Rotterdam is mostly closed for renovations (at least their bookstore is still open in the form of a trailer out front) with the vast reflecting pool now…
On January 11th, 2011, ROTTERDAM’S KUBUSWONINGEN…
…(or Cube Houses) especially the inviting central courtyards (featuring small retail spaces occupied by nail, massage, hair, and waxing salons) which I think were meant to feel like…
On October 6th, 2010, NEW LAND FOR THE NETHERLANDS…
…is being created in the North Sea to extend the Port of Rotterdam, and today I had a tour of the mind-blowing vastness of this operation – not…