Think Dutch! does not make any fundamental distinction between design and architecture. The book groups together the work of the young creative generation into 16 chapters with titles such as "Build on Water", "Celebrate Food", "Don't Create for Eternity" or "Get Educated". It poses thought-provoking questions such as: "Does this design yield new insight?", "When does it make sense to use bio-degradable materials in architecture?" and "How can we establish self-sufficient food chains?" It is this critical approach to creative work that has become integral to Dutch architecture and design in recent decades. This book presents 476 diverse architectural and design projects and products, devised by some of the most creative contemporary minds in this field; all provide positive proof of cutting-edge thinking, and investment in sustainable futures, exciting ideas that are inspirational, leading the way towards a brighter future. Text in English and German.

Think Dutch!: Conceptual Architecture and Design in the Netherlands

Literature & Fiction

Junte, Jeroen

Keuning, David

History & Criticism

DAAB

Skins For Buildings: The Architect's Materials Sample Book

Arts & Photography

Melet, Ed

Kruit, Caroline

Peterse, Kees

Vollaard, Piet

de Vries, Tom

Zijlstra, Els

Architecture

Bis Pub

Float! Building on Water to Combat Urban Congestion and Climate Change proposes a new way of building: on water instead of on land. Although the concept may seem revolutionary, it is an obvious solution to overcrowded metropolises. Most world cities are situated on the water and have too little space where it's most needed: in the city center. Building on water allows inner-city areas to expand.
Floating buildings have many advantages. They are both flexible and mobile. A buoyant structure can be moved to make space for a new building, decreasing the need for the demolition of a development that still has a productive economic future. Floating buildings outwit changing water levels by rising and falling with the tide and, in so doing, promote a more responsible water management. They leave no scars on their sites, permitting planners to actively meet the demands of the moment.
Floating buildings are not new. People of nearly every creed and culture have lived on houseboats since time immemorial. Using modern technologies borrowed from the offshore and shipping industries, architects and engineers can adapt existing construction methods for use in erecting large building complexes on water.
It's up to the architects of the climate-change generation to respond to the world's spatial needs with smart, sustainable proposals. Float! will help them to do just that.
Koen Olthuis is an architect at Waterstudio.NL.
David Keuning is on the editorial staff of Mark: Another Architecture, a bimonthly journal on architecture. His website is davidkeuning.com

Float!: Building on Water to Combat Urban Congestion and Climate Change

Science & Math

Olthuis, Koen

Earth Sciences

Frame Publishers

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