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This used to be one of the main streets in Bangkok.
A bit too heavy-handed for a light transport system. Today we have a generation of architects that have seen their own work torn down...
Frederick Rickmann


CREATING TOMORROW'S URBAN SPACES THROUGH CULTURE AND ART
Date: April 17, 2015 Rethinking urban spaces has been the focus of UrbanLab - an urban development initiative undertaken by 8 Danish...
Frederick Rickmann


BLUE is the way to GREEN
"BLUE and other shapes 2" is a book that really makes you think about how we live in cities. As the title implies, the book is the...
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Modern patterns yet ancient details in Kyoto
#ModernPatterns #AncientDetails #Kyoto #Japan #CultureAndDesign #TheGreenGoodDesignAward #iFDesignAward #SDGTechAward #SkiftIDEAAward...
Frederick Rickmann


ARCHITECTURAL PARADOX
Throughout Europe, the 60's and the 70's saw a rapid expansion of residential building. In Scandinavia as in most other countries, some...
Frederick Rickmann


THE FAILURE OF CITY PLANNING
This desert of rubble was photographed in 2014. It’s the place where I grew up, lived with my family, played with the kids in the...
Frederick Rickmann


Champagne Flowing
It's an old tradition we have that goes way back. Everytime we get a significant design award, we crack open a bottle of bubbly. This...
Frederick Rickmann


Support the Circular Economy - buy a square loudspeaker.
If we are to achieve or even come close to the climate targets our governments have set, then the Circular Economy in some form is going...
Frederick Rickmann

If you are in lock-down you aren't going to like this blog
A few years ago, my CO2 footprint was an environmental catastrophe. Not on the earth mind you, but in the air. Where it matters. I...
Frederick Rickmann


A man you have never heard of has changed your life!
Lou Ottens is the man. His work has certainly changed your life and that of your parents. He died at the age of 94 on the 6th March in...
Frederick Rickmann


Be lazy with ACTION
One of the many interesting aspects to come out of the present pandemic is that there is now a lot of scientific data about what happens...
Frederick Rickmann


Listening is the new together trend
In a world turned upside down it is refreshing to see that some of the things that bring us together are in fact some of the more...
Frederick Rickmann
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