Spring
/ Summer catalogue, 2005
Distibuted
Art Publishers launches a number of new Dutch architecture and
design titles in 2005
Among Others:
The
Furniture Collection: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
1850-2000 From Michael Thonet to Marcel Wanders
NAi Publishers
Hardcover, 9.5 x 12.25 inches
456 pages / 102 color and 800 duotone
ISBN 90-5662-194-7 $110
Exhibition: Amsterdam, Stedlijk Museum 5/04-9/04
Available now
A comprehensive
overview of the Stedelijk Museum’s furniture collection
from 1934 to 2000, including work by H.P. Berlage, K.P.C de
Bazel, Piet Kramer, Gerrit T. Rietveld, Martin Visser, Piet
Hein Eek, and Marcel Wanders, as well as international furniture
classics designed by Michael Thonet, Charlotte Perriand, Ludwig
Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, Joe Colombo, Arne Jacobsen,
Ettore Sottsass, Philippe Starck, and Ron Arad. Besides a complete
overview of the furniture collection, this annotated catalogue
includes an introduction to the history of the collection and
its exhibition activities. In addition, the volume explores
various themes, such as international and Dutch icons, and contrasts
and evolutions, in greater depth in a number of short essays.
Rooftop Architecture: Building on an Elevated Surface
NAi Publishers
Paperback, 6.5 x 9.5 inches
208 pages / 200 color
ISBN 90-5662-362-1 $45
Available in March, 2005
For Westerners,
there is a distinct cachet attached to living on a rooftop.
Maybe it’s the openness of the space--knowing that no
one else in the building is above you. Maybe it’s being
just that much higher than the rest of the building--the feeling
of standing in an open oasis, sometimes unencumbered by walls,
but frequently with an enviable view. However, in many large
Eastern cities, building on the rooftop is simply a way to capitalize
on a building's limited footprint, or dealing with the lack
of affordable real estate. Analyzed and described here are the
opportunities for realizing projects of this kind, as well as
the potential difficulties that may arise--using interesting
examples of construction on top of existing buildings in the
Netherlands and abroad. A work of resounding appeal, this publication
provides documentation through photographs and text of intensive
use of rooftop space in crowded cities, and fascinating examples
of novelty structures by internationally renowned architects.
Fear & Space: The View of Young Designers in the
Netherlands
NAi Publishers
Paperback, 6.5 x 9.5 inches
160 pages / 50 color and 50 b&w
ISBN 90-5662-422-9 $35
Available in March, 2005
Be afraid
. . . be very afraid! A natural disaster could strike at any
time, right now someone is being kidnapped, and your morning
cereal isn't as healthy as you think. Western society is being
terrorized by fear. Every form of risk is ever-present, contagious,
and needs to be accounted for or immediately eradicated. This
safety and security obsession is leaving behind ever-more-visible
traces, especially in public space--speed bumps, smoke-free
zones, surveillance cameras. This book gathers four groups of
young and talented designers around a central theme and, in
four chapters, explores the various aspects of fear and prevention
while considering their impact on contemporary urban space.
Text, photography, research, and design alternate in a thought-provoking
sequence and enlighten the role that architecture plays, or
could potentially play, in the culture of fear.
Jacq. De Brouwer
NAi Publishers
Hardcover, 8.75 x 9.5 inches
216 pages / 50 color and 150 b&w
ISBN 90-5662-361-3 $60
Available in March, 2005
Sensual
forms, complicated theories, and the use of innovative or trendy
materials can misguide the public into defining a building as
good, or at least compelling, architecture. Yet, looking at
the rare purity of architect Jacq. de Brouwer’s work,
it is clear that immensely powerful architecture can be created
with an economy of means. De Brouwer stands outside the main
currents of Dutch architecture in which there is an over-emphasis
on the production of seductive superficies. From the Dutch perspective,
his approach to architecture is remarkably unfashionable, perhaps
even old-fashioned and the abstraction in De Brouwer’s
work is interpreted as both unruly and intriguing. He cuts to
the fundamentals of design with determination and precision,
while banishing distractions of trends and fashions in the architectural
profession. This monograph provides a thorough chronological
overview of the most important works created by De Brouwer since
he founded his practice in the mid-1980s. Essay by Hans Ibelings.
Van Sambeek & Van Veen Architects: Freedom of Organization
NAi Publishers
Hardcover, 9.5 x 7.5 inches
368 pages / 340 color and 50 b&w
ISBN 90-5662-365-6 $60
Available in March, 2005
Neutrality,
exclusivity, family, seriality, position, interiority, time.
These are the seven organizational principles essential to the
design philosophy and methodology of Dutch architecture firm,
Van Sambeek & Van Veen. Naturally, these are the themes
by which this comprehensive volume of their projects--the only
monograph of their work to date--is organized. For each of their
designs, architects Erna van Sambeek and Rene van Veen ask how
the essence of the task can be reduced to a combination of two
or more of these themes. Each project therefore appears at least
twice in the book, but with images and text specifically tailored
to address the dominant theme of the particular chapter. Again
and again when looking through the firm’s more than 18
years of projects; some unbuilt, we are reminded of their design
philosophy: to seek the richness that architecture can gain
from a consistent concentration on the essentials, and a clear
separation of primary and secondary aspects.
Fresher Facts: The Best Buildings by Young Architects
in the Netherlands
NAi Publishers
Paperback, 6.5 x 9.25 inches
112 pages / 40 color and 40 b&w
ISBN 90-5662-410-5 $29.95
Available in March
In 2002
the Netherlands Architecture Institute awarded its first NAI
Prize to design firm MVRDV. Given in honor of the best building
by a Dutch architect under 40 years of age, this prize was again
awarded in 2004 under the title of the AM-NAI Prize. Fresher
Facts presents the four nominated projects through detailed
drawings and text, and explains the context in which they were
created. Contributions by various members of the jury--Herman
Hertzberger, Bernard Tschumi, and Aaron Betsky, to name just
a few--present a snapshot of the work of the youngest generation
of Dutch architects.
Contact:
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