Frederick RickmannColour in Washington DCGrand avenues of imposing marble and stone buildings form the normal international image of Washington DC. Yet within the fabric of the...
Frederick RickmannLille in France is Blessed with Streets on a Human ScaleTourists flock to Lille in the north of France, not because of any grandiose masterpiece of architecture or theme park. They come because...
Frederick RickmannMoray Place in EdinburghThere are few cities in the world that have managed to create such an incredibly well functioning and harmonic city environment. All...
Frederick RickmannHow many new towns have that?This is not Hallstadt am See in Austria. It is Hallstadt See, the Chinese rip off of the Austrian village. A true copy in southern China...
Frederick RickmannGamla Stan, StockholmYou walk down the street. It's a cloudless day. The air is crisp. The sky is so blue that it is bordering on indigo. Then you get that...
Frederick RickmannColour in TaipeiLiberty Square in Taipei is quintessentially oriental. Also quintessentially euphemistic. The monumental Democracy Stairway on the right...
Frederick RickmannThis used to be one of the main streets in Bangkok.A bit too heavy-handed for a light transport system. Today we have a generation of architects that have seen their own work torn down...