Amsterdam: Urban Architecture and Living Environments
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Author: Anneke Bokern, Sandra Hofmeister (eds.)
The book documents the most exciting pro- jects in Amsterdam's current architectural scene, including floating houses, hotels in former bridge keepers’ cottages, and carefully renovated cultural monuments such as the Felix Meritis, or a bicycle garage under a har- bour basin. The built showcase projects provide an insight into Amsterdam's urban resilience and innovative approaches to hous- ing. Supplementary essays and interviews with the protagonists of architecture take a look behind the scenes of their ideas work-shop. They focus, for example, on new forms of housing, adaptive architectural concepts, and the rediscovery of the former port and commercial areas on the banks of the IJ.The contributions complete the picture of a vibrant and forward-looking architectural culture.
ISBN 9783955536541. Birkhauser Verlag. pb. 312 pages. fully illustrated. 25 x 19.5 cm.
not yet published
The book documents the most exciting pro- jects in Amsterdam's current architectural scene, including floating houses, hotels in former bridge keepers’ cottages, and carefully renovated cultural monuments such as the Felix Meritis, or a bicycle garage under a har- bour basin. The built showcase projects provide an insight into Amsterdam's urban resilience and innovative approaches to hous- ing. Supplementary essays and interviews with the protagonists of architecture take a look behind the scenes of their ideas work-shop. They focus, for example, on new forms of housing, adaptive architectural concepts, and the rediscovery of the former port and commercial areas on the banks of the IJ.The contributions complete the picture of a vibrant and forward-looking architectural culture.
ISBN 9783955536541. Birkhauser Verlag. pb. 312 pages. fully illustrated. 25 x 19.5 cm.
not yet published