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Smart Architecture - Ecology can be an inspiration for playful architecture. A dedication to smart solutions in architecture and urbanism.
Remaking NL - An exhibition on architecture in Holland at World Expo 2000 in Hannover.
ArchiNed - The architecture site of the Netherlands. News, jobs, agenda and hundreds of links. English and Dutch versions.
Castles and Castle Ruins in the Netherlands - Enthusiast Marko Tjemmes supplies clear histories of castles close to his home in Rotterdam, illustrated with photographs, earlier images and ground plans. Bibliography.
Netherlands Architecture Institute - Exhibitions include 'Two Centuries of Architecture in the Netherlands'. Collection of drawings and photographs: the work of virtually every important Dutch architect since 1800 is represented.
The Books of Groningen - A series of modern boundary markers around the city, each designed by a different artist or architect, co-ordinated by Daniel Libeskind. Images and description.
H2olland: Architecture with Wet Feet - Exhibition from the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects showing how the combination of architecture and water can stimulate creative processes and new insights.
Dutch Castles, Stately Homes and Palaces - Photographs and drawings by Caroline Raat.
Dutch Architects - Architecture database showing hundreds of buildings, landscape and urban planning projects. Also has links to offices and job vacancies.
Arhur Wortmann - Architecture critic and editor. Sample articles and links.
The Dutch Windmill - Mill expert Frederick Stokhuyzen explains the history, workings, uses and conservation of windmills in the Netherlands. Illustrated with paintings, drawings and photographs.
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But we need more of it. -- Anonymous Chinese Student, during protests in Tianamen Square, Beijing, 1989 Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life. -- Oscar Wilde "Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man's?" (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Architecture "Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the being." (George Eliot) If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue. -- Samuel Butler Sex is the mathematics urge sublimated. -- M. C. Reed Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. -- Friedrich Nietzsche Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before. -- Rita Rudner Architecture Marriage is like a bank account. 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