Christoph Grafe
Building StudyMVRDV’s Amsterdam housing block: a bridge over troubled water
Can MVRDV’s “see-through” housing transform Amsterdam West?
OpinionShould sustainable housing look to Haussmann rather than Thoreau?
The German tabloid Bild, known for its unstinting support of tough enforcement of law and order, and an obsessive opposition to the country’s former red-green government, has recently made a habit of opening with alarmist headlines about climate change, imminent floods and storms, and the extinction of animal species.
Building StudyDouble Dutch
The evolution of the restaurant, and its essentially ephemeral character, is encapsulated at Puck and Pip in The Hague, says Christoph Grafe. Pictures by Hélène Binet
Building StudySoul searching
Christhope Grafe finds the perfect internal peace of Sanaa’s arts centre in Almere outside Amsterdam leaves the building somehow lifeless.
