Barcelona Smart City
Barcelona was officially recognized as a smart city in 2014 by the European Commission, taking the very first European Capital of Innovation prize for…
Amsterdam Smart City
The Amsterdam Smart City initiative began in 2009 and currently counts with more than 5,480 innovators and over 280 projects collaboratively developed by…
A Conversation with Tom van Arman on Amsterdam Smart City
Founder of Tapp, an award winning agency that since 2010 works with public and private partners to generate prototype solutions to solve urgent city…
The Dutch Urban Space: 3 Special Concepts
In the following, a route linking some of the main Dutch cities, Eindhoven, Amsterdam and Rotterdam (but not only) illustrates three of the remarkable…
Pattern Paintings by Sydney Cash
During 2017, American artist Sydney Cash created a series of Pattern Paintings. These oil paintings on paper are bonded onto sheet aluminum, making the…
Photography and the City
Because sometimes architecture is the image itself, we start the year with a generous issue of IGLOO, more than ever under visual sight and hedonism. The…
Illustrating Architecture | Marsalada Design
One of the most intensively used software for architecture, AutoCAD, is being given a poetical dimension in the drawings of Marsalada Design.
Extinderi de spațiu public pietonal | Barcelona: o nouă diagonală verde
La Sagrera / Camí Comtal va fi, în chiar inima Barcelonei secolului XXI, o nouă zonă de promenadă pentru pietoni şi biciclişti – simbol al unei noi ere a unei metropole mai verzi şi sustenabile, precum şi legătură între mediul construit şi spectaculoasa natură înconjurătoare a Capitalei catalane.
Public Space Extensions | Barcelona | a New Green Diagonal
A new green diagonal axis extends into the very heart of XXI century Barcelona. It is a natural path for pedestrians and bicycles as protagonists of a…