The Plantage, which was created in the northeastern corner of Amsterdam in 1682, may be considered an early allotment garden complex. However, this overlooks the fact that the botanical garden which formed part of the project performed an important public function. The unusual location of the complex within the city walls and the careful, detailed design by municipal engineer Jacob Bosch are additional reasons to view the project in a different light. Besides the gardens and wood storage areas (which were available for rent), the design included public functions and finely planted avenues. If, rather than focus on the private gardens, we also look at the public features of the design, we will see just how remarkable the project was for its ...
Buildings of historical and artistic value to a great extent derive their cultural-historical value ...
In 1745 the first House of Buitenzorg was founded in the Dutch East Indies, situated at the present ...
De constante transformaties van de stad en de daarbijbehorende architectonische vraagstukken zijn ee...
The Plantage, which was created in the northeastern corner of Amsterdam in 1682, may be considered a...
During the Dutch Golden Age, Amsterdam grew from a modest little town on the river Amstel into a pow...
Traditionally, large-scale and systematic building are the qualities attributed to the urban extensi...
The question whether urban-planning considerations played a part in the planning process around the ...
Waag on Nieuwmarkt was built as a city gate and later transformed into a weigh house. The numerous d...
In the eighteenth century European 'Grand Tourists', young men from well-to do families who made a c...
From the 1990s the Oostelijk Havengebied (Eastern Dock Area) in Amsterdam was developed into a resid...
In 1921 the rapidly growing city of Amsterdam took over Watergraafsmeer polder, hitherto an independ...
The article is the result of a practical-training research executed within the framework of the scie...
In 1905 the Amsterdam municipal council outlined a city extension plan for the Binnendijksche Buiten...
We have great pleasure in presenting a new issue of OverHolland. It has taken a while, but following...
In the seventeenth century a new fashion developed among the welltodo citizens of the Dutch Republic...
Buildings of historical and artistic value to a great extent derive their cultural-historical value ...
In 1745 the first House of Buitenzorg was founded in the Dutch East Indies, situated at the present ...
De constante transformaties van de stad en de daarbijbehorende architectonische vraagstukken zijn ee...
The Plantage, which was created in the northeastern corner of Amsterdam in 1682, may be considered a...
During the Dutch Golden Age, Amsterdam grew from a modest little town on the river Amstel into a pow...
Traditionally, large-scale and systematic building are the qualities attributed to the urban extensi...
The question whether urban-planning considerations played a part in the planning process around the ...
Waag on Nieuwmarkt was built as a city gate and later transformed into a weigh house. The numerous d...
In the eighteenth century European 'Grand Tourists', young men from well-to do families who made a c...
From the 1990s the Oostelijk Havengebied (Eastern Dock Area) in Amsterdam was developed into a resid...
In 1921 the rapidly growing city of Amsterdam took over Watergraafsmeer polder, hitherto an independ...
The article is the result of a practical-training research executed within the framework of the scie...
In 1905 the Amsterdam municipal council outlined a city extension plan for the Binnendijksche Buiten...
We have great pleasure in presenting a new issue of OverHolland. It has taken a while, but following...
In the seventeenth century a new fashion developed among the welltodo citizens of the Dutch Republic...
Buildings of historical and artistic value to a great extent derive their cultural-historical value ...
In 1745 the first House of Buitenzorg was founded in the Dutch East Indies, situated at the present ...
De constante transformaties van de stad en de daarbijbehorende architectonische vraagstukken zijn ee...