Archi­tec­ture Books

Archi­tec­tur­al Guide Rotterdam

DOM Pub­lish­ers, 2021

This archi­tec­ture guide, writ­ten by Anneke Bokern, presents more than 150 selec­ted build­ings in Rot­ter­dam, ran­ging from the few remain­ing from the Golden Age to mod­ern clas­sics and con­tem­por­ary pro­jects. It cov­ers fam­ous high­lights, but also less­er-known inter­ven­tions, such as small infill and self-build pro­jects. The build­ings are arranged in six tours through dif­fer­ent areas of the city – ideal for dis­cov­er­ing by bike.

 

In addi­tion to an intro­duc­tion to the his­tor­ic­al devel­op­ment of the city, the guide also includes a chapter on the most moment­ous event in the his­tory of Rot­ter­dam: the bomb­ing of the city centre dur­ing the Second World War and its ­sub­sequent recon­struc­tion. An inter­view with renowned Rot­ter­dam-based ­archi­tect Kees Chris­ti­aanse provides an insider’s view on recent developments.

 

Edit­or: Anneke Bokern


13,5 x 24,5 cm
264 pages, 400 images
Soft­cov­er
ISBN 978–3‑86922–600‑2
Price: 38 Euro

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Ams­ter­dam — Urb­an Archi­tec­ture and Liv­ing Environments

Edi­tion DETAIL, 2025

The book doc­u­ments the most excit­ing pro­jects 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 har­bour basin. The built show­case pro­jects provide an insight into Amsterdam‘s urb­an resi­li­ence and innov­at­ive approaches to housing.

 

Sup­ple­ment­ary essays and inter­views with the prot­ag­on­ists of archi­tec­ture take a look behind the scenes of their ideas work­shop. The con­tri­bu­tions com­plete the pic­ture of a vibrant and for­ward-look­ing archi­tec­tur­al culture.

 

Edit­ors: Anneke Bokern and Sandra Hofmeister
with con­tri­bu­tions by Michelle Gulickx, Kirsten Han­nema and Jakob Schoof

 

19,5 × 25 cm
Numer­ous illus­tra­tions and pho­tos
Soft­cov­er
ISBN 978–3‑95553–654‑1
Price: 59,90 Euro

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