Aldo van Eyck / Robert McCarter.

Author
McCarter, Robert, 1955- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New Haven, CT ; London : Yale University Press, [2015]
  • ©2015
Description
xiii, 247 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 28 cm

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    "Aldo van Eyck (1918-1999) was a Dutch architect, writer, and teacher who helped redefine Modern architecture in the second half of the 20th century. As an advocate for architecture's engagement with history, culture, climate, and the lived human experience of buildings and urban spaces, he created designs that privileged place and the daily rituals in the lives of its inhabitants over universal ideals. In this volume, enlivened by 300 illustrations from the Aldo van Eyck Archive, Robert McCarter provides the first comprehensive study of Van Eyck's 50-year career since his death, guiding readers through the architect's buildings and unrealized projects, with a focus on the interior spatial experience and on the design and construction processes ..."--Front jacket flap.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242) and index.
    Contents
    • Foreword : The mechanism of the twentieth century and the architecture of Aldo van Eyck / by Herman Hertzberger
    • Introduction : "Space in the image of man is place, and time in the image of man is occasion"
    • "The vernacular of the heart"
    • "The constant and constantly changing"
    • "The aesthetics of number"
    • "A house is like a small city"
    • "The shape of the in-between"
    • "Labryrinthian clarity"
    • "Architecture as built homecoming"
    • Conclusion : "If society has no form, how can architects build the counterform?"
    ISBN
    • 0300153961 ((hbk.))
    • 9780300153965 ((hbk.))
    LCCN
    2014943636
    OCLC
    893708696
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