Winy Maas discusses the plan: “We dream of making green cities. City that is literally green as well as ecological. A city that produces food and energy, cleans its own water, recycles waste and holds ...

Dutch architects MVRDV have proposed extending the city of Almere into a lake by building a square-shaped artificial peninsula covered in gardens (+ slideshow). The 45 hectare extension is part of the ...

With a hotchpotch of neighbourhoods focused on innovative architecture, sustainability and social enrichment, can Almere give us a glimpse of what living in cities could be like in years to come? A ...

A Dutch community encourages residents to design their own houses, and much more. Almere Oosterwold, east of Amsterdam, has about 1,000 completed houses. It is the first of four planned “garden cities ...

For custom-build and self-build housing to take off in Britain, we should look to our European neighbours for inspiration While custom-build and self-build housing cannot single-handedly solve the ...

Chip equipment maker ASM International (ASMI) is to invest hundreds of millions of euros in a new location in Almere, the company has announced. The new campus, partly located on the former Floriade ...

The international horticultural exhibition Floriade Expo 2022 opened to the public yesterday on the site of MVRDV's arboretum masterplan in Almere. The concept features an alphabetical library of ...