The Guardian critic used Florian Heilmeyer’s new book, Celebrating Public Architecture: Buildings from the Open Call in Flanders 2000–2021, as a means of introduction to the system that was first enacted in 2000. Heilmeyer’s aim is to advance the notion that it “prove[s] that.
Once derided as ‘the ugliest country in the world’, Belgium now has some of the greatest public architecture on Earth, from sculptural water silos to bombastic port HQs. What happened?
At the end of December 2021, when this latest block of offices for the German parliament was handed over to its users, there was amazement and relief all
A three-story boat in Rotterdam is the largest floating office worldwide. Fully self-sufficient, it may be a blueprint for building in flood-prone cities.