Liesbeth van der Pol / with essays by Eelco Beukers and Geert Bekaert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pol, Liesbeth van der, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pol, Liesbeth van der, 1959---Catalogs.

Pol, Liesbeth van der.

Pol, Liesbeth van der, 1959-.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

240 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : NAi, [2002]

Summary:

Liesbeth van der Pol is one of the most wayward architects in the Netherlands. She designs buildings with strong characters; buildings that are not 'ashamed of themselves', such as the striking Red Daredevils on the edge of Almere, the depot of the Netherlands Maritime Museum in Amsterdam, and Aquartis on the Entrepotdok in Amsterdam. This monograph throws light on twelve of Liesbeth van der Pol's most noteworthy projects with a number of photographs, ground plans and sketches. The illustrations give a good impression of how remarkably multifacted her oeuvre is, making it very hard to fit into the well-known architectural schools or building traditions. That is why the essays by Eelco Beukers and Geert Bekaert seek constants in her work -- constants that lie not so much in the external appearance of the buildings, as in her way of looking, her approach, and her deeply rooted ideas about the relation between people and buildings. The watercolour sketches by Liesbeth van der Pol occupy a special place in the book. That is where the architect reveals how her ideas take on form. The sketch is therefore the logical starting-point of this book. Book jacket.

Contents:

I Watercolours 7

II Essays

Eelco Beukers Characters 45

Geert Bekaert Hollands Diep 65

III 12 Buildings

Photography 76

Documentation 193

IV Projects 1989-2002 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-237).

ISBN:

9056622862

OCLC:

51223310