life finds a way

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joel, remember when we went here?

dudok. so jazzy.

nErD aLeRt

UNStudio's arnhem station is opening after 19 years of construction and it's already dated.

i like it tho. reminds me of the saarinen TWA terminal.

ooohhhhhh yes.

the KYICK at 0:48. (via)

NeRd aLeRt!!

usually i am a big fan of any design that comes from the netherlands, but this redesign of the delegates lounge at the united nation seems like a wasted opportunity. there are two beautiful hand crafted window treatments by Hella Jongerius on either end, then they just piled in an array of dutch furniture in between. all this for 3.5 million dollars. not good enough.

more pictures and a description of the design process here

NeRd aLeRt!

check out this bookstore installed within an existing 13th century Dominican cathedral in Maastricht.

nerd alert

The Moses Bridge, as its name suggests, is pedestrian bridge that creates the illusion of walking through water — in this case, the West-Brabant waterline near Fort de Roovere in the Netherlands. Designed by RO & AD Architects, the bridge was built using Accoya wood, a type of modified wood that offers the enhanced durability necessary to sustain a sunken bridge. via

the dutch do it again

such a playful pragmatism. and orange.
this is from a train station in utrecht.

library porn!

The Old Library, Handelingenkamer Tweede Kamer Der Staten-Generaal Den Hague, Netherlands

The official reporters of the Parliamentary Reporting Office record the proceedings and debates in parliament verbatim. Volumes of these verbatim reports (Handelingen) are stored in this library. When it was built at the end of the 19th century, there was no electricity—combustible substances, such as candles and gas lamps, had to be kept away from the more than 100,000 volumes. The roof was constructed as a leaded glass dome to allow as much light in as possible. (via)

nErD aLeRt!

reference desk made of books, architecture library at delft university of technology. in the netherlands, of course.

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A unified theory of New York biking

linked from the article, "Why Do New Yorkers Hate Cyclists." Basically, the idea is that bikes should generally behave more like cars, and pedestrians should be far more aware of bikes on the road.

It is clear that it is possible for bikes, cars, pedestrians, and other modes of transportation to coexist, and it is kind of sick that there aren't better American examples. Why can't we all be a little more Dutch?

worldcupdate

holland 0 - spain 1

celebratory BJs!

this dutch porn star promised to give all of her twitter followers a you-know-what if the netherlands wins the world cup. right now, she's at 42,000 followers.

thoughts?

good job, dutchmen.

well, they've done it again. the dutch beat u r gay 3-2, and wesley snipes tied spain's david villa for most goals in this world cup at 5.

joel and i are going to watch the final at museumplein in amsterdam on sunday. y'all comin'?

go vols!

more like uruGAY!!

am i right?

pretty boys

HUP HOLLAND HUP!

after coming back from 0-1 with 2 goals from wesley snipes, they won! brazil's out!

c2e.

told y'all i'd be back on top. guess joel and i will have to give the prizes to ourselves.

go big oranje!!

in a couple of hours, my fave soccer team, the netherlands, plays stupid brazil, who has the best chance of putting them out of the tournament. some trivia: the oranje are on a 23-game winning streak, and last time they faced brazil in the world cup, they lost in the semis in a shootout!! need a win today, guys! you can DO it!! right, melissa?

gosh, they look great.

great job, orange dutch soccer vols.

i like your outfits. 2-1 over poor slovakia.  

just leave me alone, ok?

so i read this crazy story on gawker yesterday, and i can't stop thinking about it.

it all takes place in a small village of 1800 people in the northern region of the netherlands known as friesland. anyone who knows anything knows that that's where the dutch keep their crazies. so it was no surprise that this happened there. anyway, so this old guy was living with his 4 old siblings (their ages ranging from 50 to 75), and he got his feelings hurt or something one day four years ago, and told them all that he was going to his room, and to leave him alone.

four years passed, and three days ago, while renovating their home, they needed to get in there to do some work. yep, you guessed it. there the old man was. well, there his corpse was. just laying in bed. for four years! or something.

anyway, that's all the info that was available, and i just couldn't make heads nor tails of any of it. some theories included that 1) dutch people are stereotypically literal, or 2) that he had a bad temper, and no one wanted to p him o by bothering him.

today, there's some new info. like that the family was real religious, and never left the house anyway. contact with outsiders was discouraged. they have really good rules, like: if god wants you to be sick, you just have to deal with it. no doctors!

other than that, no one knows anything. hopefully, the rest of the story will find its way out.