The carefully argued text by William Mann, who served as supervising architect for Witherford Watson Mann Architects, is conceived as a meticulous historical reading of the Whitechapel complex. The text characterises the attitude of the designers, who clearly immersed themselves in the history of the construction and the institution in order to contribute a new layer with a full knowledge of the facts. T... Read more

The following text is part of a contribution to the catalogue of the 10th International Architecture Exhibition at the 2006 Venice Biennale of Architecture, titled Cities, Architecture and Society, and was written while the architects were working on several vast projects within historic city centres. The article was illustrated by project images of Leopold De Wael Square in Antwerp... Read more

Goede Avond Hilde en Paul, Dank dat jullie op onze uitnodiging zijn ingegaan, Geachte Academisch Secretaris, Dag Filip, dank voor de verwelkoming en introductie, Geachte vakgroepvoorzitter, dag Johan, dank dat ik hier nu vooraan mag staan, het is me een hele eer, Beste genodigden, collega’s van de faculteit ingenieurswetenschappen en architectuur, van de vakgroep architectuur en stedenbouw... Read more

The architecture programme of the ‘library’ seems old and dated. It is related to the materiality and the culture of the book, while everyone knows that the new information supports operate electronically. Moreover these new media store and disseminate not only current information and new pictures and texts. The entire old intellectual culture can – in principle – be transferred to new media... Read more