Fun Maps: What Does Your City Look Like in 4×4 Pixels?
Condensing cities like Barcelona, Amsterdam and Brussels down into 4×4 pixel color swatches, a project by Kasper Gerroms for the gaming website La Mosca.
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Houses Made of Legos, Gingerbread, Books, Bottles, 3D Printed Plastic, Shipping Containers
Fabulous architecture made out of materials like books, bottles, Lego, shipping containers, and gingerbread, some at a small scale and others at a livable scale.
MoreDîner en Blanc Netherlands: 1800 Flash Mob Diners Take Over Grounds of Royal Dutch Navy in Amsterdam
The Netherlands’ answer to the Dîner en Blanc in Paris at the normally off-limits harbor front grounds of the Royal Dutch Navy in Amsterdam.
More8-Bit City’s Pixelated Video Game Maps of New York, Paris, and Other Cities
8-Bit City maps look like 80’s video game maps: blocky, pixelated, and uniformly colored. But that’s totally the point, says creator Brett Camper.
MoreSound Walks by Gonzo in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Belgium
Sound walks are a recent addition to the world of urban exploration and travel. Gonzo has sound walks for urban exploration throughout the Netherlands and Belgium.
MoreAmsterdam: A (3D Printed!) House of One’s Own
Source: KamerMaker
With a six-meter-tall machine and some ambitious architects, the world’s first printed 3D house is in the works. Using a giant special printer called KamerMaker (“roommaker” in Dutch) the Dutch firm DUS Architects is attempting to construct a life-size house from parts of biodegradable printed plastic along the Buiksloter canal in Amsterdam.
MorePost-Apocalyptic Opera in Amsterdam’s Futuristic Favela
Welcome to Freezing Favela, a temporary “city” housed in an industrial park in the Oostenburg neighborhood of Amsterdam.
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Innovative and Inexpensive: Holland’s Experimental Music Scene
While experimental performance is typically thought to evoke a niche audience, its presence is more ubiquitous than you may think. Believe it or not, the experimental music scene is alive and well across the western region of the Netherlands; otherwise known as Holland. Not to be overlooked as a trendsetter in how music interacts with …
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(Art)chitecture by Charlotte Vallance: The Nemo, Amsterdam
The Nemo Amsterdam is an eye-catching example of the city’s amazing architecture. Although the name suggests aquarium, the Nemo is home to Amsterdam’s Science Center with exhibitions on four floors.
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(Art)chitecture by Charlotte Vallance: The Stedelijk Museum
The ‘Stedelijk Museum’ in Amsterdam aka ‘The Bath Tub’
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(Art)chitecture by Charlotte Vallance: Water Living in Amsterdam
Living on the water in Amsterdam – an alternative sort of house/building.
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Amsterdam’s Adorable Bakkerswinkel
De Bakkerswinkel is a not-to-be-missed bakery serving up brunch, pastries & even high tea in Amsterdam’s Red Light District.
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