The main issue of the design competition was the reuse of a historic military engineers barrack, the “Genieloods”, on the premises of the fort. The competition was won by a joint venture of the architects Office Jarrik Ouburg, Paulien Bremmer Architects and CC Studio. The Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen Foundation wishes to actually realise their winning [...]
Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen is a center for contemporary art, and is part of the “Stelling van Amsterdam”. This historical line of defence around the Dutch capital, dating from the late 19th century, is declared a UNESCO world heritage monument for its unique character. Besides exhibition rooms, the Fort houses a restaurant with meeting rooms, as [...]
Yesterday, 21 April, it was 50 years ago that the new capital of Brazil, Brasília, was inaugurated. Construction took 6 years. In 1987, only 27 years later, the entire plan was pronounced Unesco World Heritage. In 1960 president Juscelino Kubitschek formally opened the Plano Piloto, the central area of the city with its monumental axis [...]
