Wiel Arets : works, projects, writings / edited by Xavier Costa ; photographs by Hélène Binet.

By:

Arets, W. M. J

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York , N.Y. : Princeton Architectural Press, c2002.Description: 326 p. : ill. (some col.), plans, port. ; 29 cmISBN:

1568983352

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DDC classification:

720.92 22 WIE- 2002 875060

Review: "Wiel Arets, one of the most influential architects practicing today, is renowned for the transparent clarity and rigid geometry of his work. Austere but humane, his buildings evince a forceful presence yet retain a remarkable sensitivity to their urban context.Summary: Reputed for such diverse designs as the Academy of Art and Architecture in Maastricht, a skyscraping Amsterdam apartment tower, the corporate headquarters for the AZL Pension Fund, police stations in Boxtel and Vaals, and a series of spiritually rich residences (including his own), Arets is a rising star on the international scene and is revered in his native Holland as a modern master in the tradition of Louis I. Kahn.".Summary: "The first full-length monograph on his work, Wiel Arets features hundreds of stunning photographs by the acclaimed architectural photographer Helene Binet. It contains critical essays by architect and writer Xavier Costa; Anthony Vidler, dean of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union in New York; New York-based architects and theorists Greg Lynn and Stan Allen; and Bart Lootsma, architectural critic and author of SuperDutch: New Architecture in the Netherlands."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Reference	Lahore School of Architecture Library Shelf No. 46, LBS	720.92 WIE- 2002 875060 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan (Restricted Access)		875060

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"Wiel Arets, one of the most influential architects practicing today, is renowned for the transparent clarity and rigid geometry of his work. Austere but humane, his buildings evince a forceful presence yet retain a remarkable sensitivity to their urban context.

Reputed for such diverse designs as the Academy of Art and Architecture in Maastricht, a skyscraping Amsterdam apartment tower, the corporate headquarters for the AZL Pension Fund, police stations in Boxtel and Vaals, and a series of spiritually rich residences (including his own), Arets is a rising star on the international scene and is revered in his native Holland as a modern master in the tradition of Louis I. Kahn.".

"The first full-length monograph on his work, Wiel Arets features hundreds of stunning photographs by the acclaimed architectural photographer Helene Binet. It contains critical essays by architect and writer Xavier Costa; Anthony Vidler, dean of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union in New York; New York-based architects and theorists Greg Lynn and Stan Allen; and Bart Lootsma, architectural critic and author of SuperDutch: New Architecture in the Netherlands."--BOOK JACKET.

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