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DEXIA TOWER

Der Rogier Tower, früher unter dem Namen Dexia Tower bekannt, befindet sich im Quartier Nord, dem zentralen Geschäftsviertel der belgischen Hauptstadt und ist leicht an seiner Turmspitze zu erkennen, die sich aus drei auf unterschiedlicher Höhe geneigten Dachelementen bildet.  Da die Dexia Bank in Folge der…

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BEHIND THE WALL

The “artist quarter” Dafen lies hidden behind a monotonous development and turns out to be a labyrinth full of workshops, studios and galleries. Here every square meter is dedicated to the art or the production…

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Opa

“Opa” (grandpa) is a popular term in the German Belt Area. It stands for the German virtues: hard working, always being in time and tidiness. You can rely on “Opa”. At the Wurstfest you will…

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Stadt I Natur

At least ideally, the closeness to nature is not in contrast to the way massively new construction projects change urban space. It is the everyday places where this paradoxical closeness becomes visible.

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MAPPING SHENZHEN Arrived at the train station Darfen I go in search of the famous “artist village”. But first, I am led past a seemingly infinite arrangement of identical entrances. Only in detail, the facades…

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Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit

Skewered sausages, huge turkey legs and of course lots of beer are available at the Wurstfest in New Braunfels – the largest German Volksfest in America. Here one celebrates the German culture quite traditionally in…

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PENSION TOWER

The Tour du Midi, built in the 1960s, is the headquarters of the Federal Pension Service of Belgium. The tower is the highest building in Belgium with its 41 storeys, 150 meters high and eleven…

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German Belt

In Germany people noticed nearly nothing about the starting difficulties. So the Texas fever continued. Soon, more settlement area was needed. The successor to Prince Solms, John O. Mäusebach, set out in search of it….

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Being against Metrics

In Zagreb, the mayor passed a motion that pays parents who stay at home to take after their children. It all sounds very progressive, but it often ends up being the mother who stays at…

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