Superdutch: New Architecture in the NetherlandsPropelled into the limelight by the success of Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architecture is achieving popularity and influence across the globe. Fostered by a cultural interest in architecture (and a government willing to support it), the Netherlands is producing a generation of architects whose work is characterized by inventiveness, whimsy, creative use of materials, and dynamic formal experimentation. Koolhaas and a subsequent generation of Dutch designers routinely get the most sought-after commissions and are among the most widely published in the world. This small yet extremely influential handful of practitioners is shaping the future direction of architecture. A phone-book-size collection, "SuperDutch features all of the key figures in Dutch architecture today. Their work is presented through detailed drawings and stunning photography. |
Contents
WIEL ARETS | 26 |
Police Station Cuijck | 46 |
REMU 5010 kV Distribution Substation | 54 |
Museum Het Valkof Nijmegen | 66 |
Nature Museum Rotterdam | 78 |
ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT | 86 |
The Good The Bad and The Ugly | 99 |
Houben House and Studio Rotterdam | 110 |
Offtheroad 5speed housing Eindhoven | 172 |
Library Jussieu Paris | 180 |
Eurolille Masterplan and Congrexpo Lille France | 189 |
Villa Bordeaux France | 197 |
Public Toilet Groningen | 203 |
paraSITE Rotterdam | 212 |
Academy of Arts Rijksakademie Amsterdam | 220 |
WEST 8 ADRIAAN GEUZE | 230 |
NEUTELINGS RIEDIJK | 144 |
Veenman Printers | 153 |
Fire Station Maastricht | 159 |
Interpolis Gardens Tilburg | 240 |
Library University of Technology Delft 248 AMNESTY FOR THE REAL WORLD | 261 |
Common terms and phrases
Academy activities Adriaan Geuze Amsterdam architects architecture Arets artist Arts Atelier van Lieshout become Berkel born building built called centre changing collaboration collective completed construction contains continually create culture Delft Detail Dutch Economics Egeraat elevation entrance example exhibition existing EXPO extension Exterior façade Faculty firm floor forces garden gives hall ideas important individual Institute interest interior land landscape lectured light Lille Maastricht Management materials means Museum MVRDV nature Netherlands Neutelings organized park Pavilion period political possible practice produced proposed Rem Koolhaas result roof rooms Rotterdam side significant situation society space square Station structure studio surrounding Town tradition University University of Technology urban Utrecht Villa VPRO wall West York
Bibliographic information
| Title | Superdutch: New Architecture in the Netherlands |
| Author | Bart Lootsma |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Princeton Architectural Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1568982399, 9781568982397 |
| Length | 264 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |