The Glass Farm : biography of a building / Gerard Buenen ; MVRDV.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Buenen, Gerard, 1948- author.

Contributor:

• Maas, Winy, 1959-
• MVRDV (Firm)

Language:

• Dutch
• English

Subjects (All):

• Architecture--Netherlands--Schijndel.
• Architecture.
• City planning.
• Farmhouses.
• Glass construction.
• Netherlands--Schijndel.
• Architecture, Modern--21st century.
• Architecture, Modern.
• Glass construction--Netherlands--Schijndel.
• Farmhouses--Netherlands.
• City planning--Netherlands--Schijndel.
• Buildings--Netherlands--Schijndel.
• Buildings.
• Maas, Winy, 1959-.
• Netherlands.

Physical Description:

392 pages : illustrations (some in color), maps ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : nai010 ; New York : Available in North, South and Central America through Artbook/D.A.P., [©2014].

Summary:

The Glass Farm makes for an arresting sight on the market square in the Dutch town of Schijndel. Just as fascinating is the history of how the building came into being. This book tells the story of Winy Maas, who at age 18 asked the mayor to do something with the empty space that had been left in Schijndel's market square since Operation Market Garden bombing in 1944. It took 33 years for the building to be erected. The chronicle of the Glass Farm is a history that reads like a novel.

Notes:

• Chiefly texts by Gerard Buenen, Winy Maas, and MVRDV, et al., and photographs by Niels Stomps.
• Translation from the original Dutch under the title: Translation of De glazen boerderij: biografie van een gebouw, published by nai010 in 2013.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-165)

ISBN:

• 9789462080881
• 9462080887

OCLC:

856580505