Land reclamation and prizes | Monocle

The Urbanist

Land reclamation and prizes

15

15

00:00 / 00:00

/

Cover art for The Urbanist

17 August 2017

Episode 305

30 minutes


Photo: Flickr

What are the logistical aspects of creating land? We discover the Netherlands’ approach to land reclamation and examine the rise and fall of London’s Garden Bridge. Plus: in Austria even terrible, awful, unplanned architecture gets rewarded.

17 August 2017

Share episode

Download

Chapter 1

7 minutes


Photo: Flickr

15

15

/

Chapter 1

Austria: Planlos award

Cover art for The Urbanist

We name and shame buildings often but it’s rare that they get a prize for bad architecture. But in Vienna, an independent group of architects has been drawing attention to “planless” projects since 2011.

7 minutes

Share chapter 1

Austria: Planlos award

Chapter 2

10 minutes


Photo: Flickr

15

15

/

Chapter 2

The Netherlands: land reclamation

Cover art for The Urbanist

The hardest part of land reclamation isn’t getting the land but holding it – and preventing the waters from clawing it back. The Netherlands has been doing this for almost 1,000 years and is now taking advantage of its expertise to not just shore up its own reclaimed land but also sell that knowledge to others.

10 minutes

Share chapter 2

The Netherlands: land reclamation

Chapter 3

12 minutes


Photo: Flickr

15

15

/

Chapter 3

London: Garden Bridge

Cover art for The Urbanist

The Garden Bridge was to do exactly what its name suggests. The planted bridge was to straddle the Thames but, £37m later, the project has been cancelled, as the city’s former chief planning officer, Peter Rees, explains.

12 minutes

Share chapter 3

London: Garden Bridge

/

sign in to monocle

new to monocle?

Subscriptions start from £120.

Subscribe now

Loading...

/

15

15

Live
Monocle Radio

00:0001:00

  • Monocle on Culture678