#Almere

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Almere Station, the Netherlands. Design by Peter Kilsdonk, 1980.

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Almere

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Population: 214,715

The submitter commented, “It is the most populous municipality and the second smallest municipality in the province”

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The geometry of architecture in the photographs by Paul Brouns

“The music of architecture” is the motto of Dutch photographer Paul Brouns, but also what he has been capturing in his photographs for years.

Paul Brouns is a Dutch photographer, a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Tilburg and based in Almere, near Amsterdam, whose work focuses entirely on architecture.

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Floating Art Pavilion (2020-22) at the Floriade in Almere, the Netherlands, by Studio Ossidiana

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For the first time I felt compelled to smell a building; to actually go up and give it a good sniff. Hmphhhhh. A pleasing aroma of midsummer pollen filled my nostrils, but only briefly: a bee buzzed near my ear, so I ran away.  

I was at Floriade in the Netherlands, a once-in-a-decade horticulture expo that’s like the Chelsea Flower Show, only bigger, quirkier, and more solutions-focused. The theme this year is ‘growing green cities’ – organisers of the seven-month jamboree in Almere want to show the world how. With Europe sizzling in a heatwave, the timing is pertinent. 

The Dutch are uniquely disposed towards offering advice about constructing adaptable cities. They moved the sea to build theirs, using an elaborate system of dykes and pumps to keep the tide at bay – expertise that will be more valuable as sea levels rise. In fact, Floriade itself is located on what used to be the seabed, but is now one of the largest land reclamation projects in the world. A local saying immodestly sums up the achievement: “God made the world, but the Dutch made the Netherlands”.

Spread over sixty hectares – with a cable car shuttling visitors overhead – the site is carved into 192 plots, each one showcasing ideas and innovations that could help make our cities greener, more liveable. Or, at the very least, prettier. 

The building (main image) that made my nostrils twitch is one of the more eye-catching exhibits. Draped with violet bellflowers, white daisies and verdant foliage, the four-storey office is alive, aromatic and buzzing with pollinators. But inside, it looks like any other work place, with its ergonomic furniture and desktop computers – proof, perhaps, that building green cities doesn’t mean compromising on functionality. 

Read more, by Gavin Haines!

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Color Sequences An apartment complex in Almere (Netherlands) inspired me to further explore its musical qualities by repetition and seamless integration. I was drawn towards the building especially because of the striking colors of the window screens and the beautiful ceramic tile pattern that covers most of the walls. Therefore what you see is the original finish of the building transformed into an alternate, enlarged reality that heightens its rhythmic playfulness. I mixed up the order of colour sequences which adds some extra musical variation. This image is part of my current exhibition in Almere, The Netherlands, open until 9 April 2023. More information: kunstlinie.nl/de-mix-nederland/ by Paul Brouns

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Throwback- 2009

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Almere Bus station, designed by Sjoerd Soeters, circa 1987.

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The Shieldmaiden’s Honour – Map Reveal

The Shieldmaiden’s Honour is done and dusted, ready for release. I’ve moved it a week ahead, so it’ll be available for purchase a week from now. About time, then, to show off the map created for the book. It’s the coasts of the English Channel and the North Sea this time: the marshes of the Ikens, and the swamps of Frisia, beyond the Empire’s borders – Netherlands and Belgium, from the dunes of…

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The geometry of architecture in the photographs by Paul Brouns

“The music of architecture” is the motto of Dutch photographer Paul Brouns, but also what he has been capturing in his photographs for years.

Paul Brouns is a Dutch photographer, a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Tilburg and based in Almere, near Amsterdam, whose work focuses entirely on architecture.

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Fantasy banknotes / designs: ZOLO currency from ALMERE bank.

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3239 Stadstuin

Een neef van mij ligt de hele dag in zijn tuin. Niet alleen in de zomer, als het mooi weer is, nee, het hele jaar door speurt hij in zijn tuin naar beestjes. Grote beesten, kleine beestje, alles telt mee. Als er bij wijze van spreken een zeearend over zijn tuin vliegt dan telt die mee, maar voor het merendeel zijn het natuurlijk kleine beestjes die hij telt. Hij heeft in twee jaar al zo’n…