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- Biomaterials Archive debuts at Dutch Design Week 2019 Wed, 23 Oct 19, 1:30amDutch Design Week, the largest design event in Northern Europe, is back once again this October to show how pioneering designers around the globe are changing the world for the better...
- The world's first vertical forest for low-income housing is coming to the Netherlands Thu, 11 Jan 18, 6:56amStefano Boeri has designed and built vertical forests across the globe, but his latest project, slated for Eindhoven in The Netherlands, will be unlike anything that has been done before...
- Colorful Peoples Pavilion in Eindhoven is made from 100% borrowed materials Fri, 3 Nov 17, 10:52pmAll the materials needed to build this temporary pavilion in the Netherlands are borrowed. bureau SLA and Overtreders W built the People’s Pavilion – a centerpiece of the Dutch Design Week (DDW) taking place in Eindhoven...
- Eindhoven unveils plans for a solar-powered city block with living roofs and urban farms Sat, 15 Jul 17, 1:30amThe Dutch city of Eindhoven just selected MVRDV and SDK Vastgoed (VolkerWessels) to create Nieuw Bergen - a super green block of homes and businesses topped with living roofs and solar panels...
- Sustainable solar housing with urban farming to take root in Eindhoven Fri, 14 Jul 17, 7:30pmA sustainable green design is taking root in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. The city just selected MVRDV and SDK Vastgoed (VolkerWessels) as the winners for the redevelopment competition of the inner city area around Deken...
- These incredible lights look exactly like giant soap bubbles Tue, 28 Mar 17, 10:00pmDutch designers Martens & Visser created a collection of mesmerizing kinetic objects that rotate and reflect light and color like massive soap bubbles floating through the air...
- Solar Cabin: modular refugee housing with an energy-generating solar field Fri, 15 Jul 16, 9:30pmWith prefabricated gypsum walls and a western red cedar facade, Solar Cabin is an aesthetically-pleasing design that offers profound environmental and social benefits...
- A quirky split-level pavilion in the Netherlands built with fallen trees Tue, 9 Feb 16, 5:00amThe double gable-roofed pavilion is located right next to the bricked Zegenwerp Mansion, on a former isle at the River Dommel. It shelters two main areas, one for socializing and a smaller space for parking a car, storing...
- Hovenring: striking illuminated bike roundabout floats above Eindhoven’s traffic Thu, 31 Dec 15, 5:00amThe 'Hovenring' is situated above a busy highway intersection between Eindhoven, Veldhoven and Meerhoven and it's name means 'Ring of the Hovens' in Dutch. It was completed in the summer of 2012 to offer cyclists and...
- Twinkling kinetic installation inspired by fireflies reacts to the movement of visitors Tue, 29 Dec 15, 6:30amWe recently showed you how the Amsterdam Light Festival is setting the city aglow with brilliant light art pieces scattered around the city. One of those artworks is by Eindhoven-based Studio Toer and takes inspiration from...
- Eindhoven’s annual Glow Festival set the city aglow with hundreds of LED installations Tue, 8 Dec 15, 6:30amGlow shines annually on the second week of November in the southern city of Eindhoven, dubbed The City of Light because is where Philips was born. The festival is an opportunity for worldwide creatives to present light art...
- 14 inspiring designs from Eindhoven Sectie-C Tue, 1 Dec 15, 9:10amCilindrical Mine Kafon by Massoud Hassani One of Inhabitat's favourite inventors, Afgan Massoud Hassani settled for a studio at Sectie-C after graduating from the Design Academy four years ago...
- 12 quirky temporary structures made from mostly repurposed materials Fri, 27 Nov 15, 2:00amLandmark Tower by Morag Myerscough To design the festival's central point studio Morag Myerscough's asked themselves 'What if we build a landmark?' The result is a striking tower built from standard scaffolding with colorful...
- Two architectural teams redesign the fourth ugliest place in all of Holland Fri, 13 Nov 15, 2:12amRelated: + Maarten Bass + Van Aken Architecten Via Frame Web Photos by SDK Vastgoed Maarten Bass, Van Aken Architecten, architecture, Eindhoven, De Bakermat, the sketch, House Up, dutch architecture, Dutch Design Week 2015,...
- Amazing SUPERLOCAL hairdryer made of glass and cork Sat, 31 Oct 15, 2:21amAndrea de Chirico recently showcased the SUPERLOCAL Hairdryer 1.0 project as part of the Design Academy of Eindhoven’s exhibit at Dutch Design Week 2015. In an artist’s statement, Chirico states his belief “that the...