Sea of Land: The Polder as an Experimental Atlas of Dutch Landscape

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Arts & Photography

Architectura & Natura

Peter Magyar's architectonic drawings seek to discover basic forms and laws by a process which progresses from the direction of unchangeable constraints towards an ocean of options. His aim is to reveal the reordering processes of particular cases so that others can make some generally applicable observations as well.

Thought Palaces

Magyar, Peter

Peter Magyar

Aldo van Eyck: the Shape of Relativity is the first monograph on an architect whose poetic vision has exerted a far-reaching influence on architectural thinking since the Second World War. It is the story of an eventful career and an intensive study of an oeuvre. Far from limiting itself to architecture, this book deals primarily with the architect's ideas. It traces the roots of his thinking to early childhood, throwing light on his early passion for poetry, in turn related to the classical thinking of his father the poet P.N.van Eyck. It recounts his discovery of the twentieth-century avant-garde and of archaic cultures while in Zurich and Paris. It develops his role in Cobra movement and in 'de 8 en Opbouw', in international CIAM, and the dissident Team 10, and further in architectural education in Amsterdam and Delft. The book pays considerable attention to the concept of relativity, which Van Eyck regards as the foundation of the culture of the twentieth century. And, of course, the book includes a detailed examination of his projects and buildings, ranging from the children's playgrounds of Amsterdam and the Municipal Orphanage, from the introverted Sonsbeek Pavilion to the exuberant Auditor's Office in The Hague. The English edition of this indispensable study of the most eminent postwar architect of the Netherlands will be published on the 80th birthday of Aldo van Eyck. The book contains more than 600 illustrations, of which 100 are in colour, a bibliography of writings by Aldo van Eyck, a selected bibliography of literature about Aldo van Eyck and a list of designs and completed works. Francis Strauven is professor at the Academy of Art and Science in Brussels. From 1971 to 1992, he was editor of the magazines Wonen TABK and Archis, in which he wrote articles on Art Nouveau, Functionalism and contemporary developments. His publications include Bouwen in België (1945-1970), L.H. de Koninck (1980), L' Architecture en Belgique 1970-1980 (1981), Renaat Braem (1983), Aldo van Eyck's Orphanage, a modern monument (1987) and Jos Bascourt, art nouveau in Antwerp (1993).

Aldo van Eyck: The Shape of Relativity

Aldo Van Eyck

Strauven, Francis

Individual Artists

Ruimte en getal: Het plastische getal en het gulden snedegetal : wiskunde in de bouwkunde--bouwkunde in de wiskunde (Dutch Edition)

Reference

Kruijtzer, Godfried

Foreign Language Study & Reference

The architecture of Dom Hans van der Laan distinguishes itself by strong simplicity and cannot be seen separate from the historical examples in the catholic-church building policy. This book gives an original architectonic insight in his work.

Dom Hans van der Laan

Architecture

Since the late 19th century, astronomers have been exploring the limits of human perception by way of photography. Those limits were surpassed once and for all with the arrival of space travel and the satellite. In photographs, the seemingly infinite size of the universe is reduced to human proportions, yet it remains an elusive idea. Partly for that reason astronomy has had a long history of popularizing research. Exhibition catalogue comprising of first/time combinations of unique historical astronomy photographers from Dutch collections, and present-day images made by famous telescopes and space probes such as ESO, Hubble and Cassini.

First Light - Photography & Astrono

Saskia Asser

Photography & Video

This volume comprises an extremely accurate case study of Mariavall, a Benedictine abbey in Tomelilla, Sweden, wherein monk, architect and theorist Dom Hans van der Laan examines the building, unravelling the design process in a step-by-step, detailed analysis, the likes of which have never before been published. Prior to his death, Van der Laan garnered worldwide acclaim for his comprehensive architectural theory, which has been translated into several languages and presents a doctrine of connections in the design of architectonic space.

Dom Hans Van Der Laan - Tomelilla

Caroline Voet

Works and Words , gives a structured overview of the entire body of life and work of the Dutch architect, theorist and designer Dom Hans van der Laan (1904-1991). His buildings like the Votive Chapel in Helmond, St. Benedict's Abbey in Vaals, the Naalden House in Best and other of his famous religious buildings are discussed and illustrated with original drawings, designs and new photos. This publication gives also much attention to design of furniture, liturgical objects and vestments by Van der Laan. Added are further his theoretical publications Architectonic Space , Liturgy and Architecture and Instruments of Order .

Dom Hans Van Der Laan

A. Ferlenga & P Verde

Handbook on brick typology with many drawings and photos on recent examples of brick architecture in the Netherlands since 1990 and texts by specialists. Graphic Design by Joost Grootens.

Brick. An Exacting Material

Jan Peter Wingender

Gerritsen (1948-2008) started designing the Dutch Priona gardens in 1978. He is internationally well-known as the writer of the first Piet Oudolf books and as a designer of gardens in several countries. One of his best known projects was a complete renovation of the organic gardens at Waltham Place, near London. Essay on Gardening however is not a game between well-matched opponents. Nature is much more powerful than man. Thinking ahead is not sufficient; nature is an unpredictable opponent, who may come forward with moves that no man could have foreseen. With a foreword by Piet Oudolf, and in this reprint colour photographs.

Henk Gerritsen - Essay On Gardening Hb

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Henk Gerritsen

Gardening & Landscape Design

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