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In 2003, the ambitious renovation of one of the world’s greatest museums began. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, was supposed to reopen its doors in 2008 after five years of construction. But from the start...
Two out of every three Dutch people already live below sea level. Now, with climatologists predicting sea levels will rise a further 0.8 metres, the Netherlands is rolling out a radical new action plan that...
This selection of programmes from the first series of EXTREME ENGINEERING unveils some of the most ambitious architectural plans of our times. Some are theoretical, others are in the works. Computer...
Shows the work of members of the Amsterdam School, for which Holland was famous in the first half of the 20th century, including de Klerk, Kramer and van der Mey. Also shows Duiker, van Eyck and Rietveld,...
12: Profiles Belgium, whose success lies in its iron and steel industry, geographical position and arms trade, and also its Eurocrats.
The Schröderhaus in Utrecht is a much analysed and celebrated example of modern architecture, constructed in an age passionate about technical innovation and the artistic movements of constructivism,...
Deals with fish smoking in Monnickendam, a small town near Amsterdam. Using archival footage, interviewing old fishermen, and contrasting the traditional and the modern industrial way to smoke fish, the film...
The Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger builds formal frameworks for informal daily use. His work is about the reciprocity of human life and habitat rather than about fashion or style. Among his schools,...
Contains 7000 illustrations from manuscripts and printed books from the early Middle ages to th 16th century. There are 2 kinds of pictures: 1) handpainted miniatures, used as decorations and/or...
Shows how the hydrosere succession has been ‘managed’ in the Dutch polders to produce a variety of habitats and land types. Following exclosure from the sea, the shallow freshwater lakes and marshes that...
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