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The Amsterdam School
"The first years of this century witnessed the birth in Amsterdam of a movement which with its sculptural opulence of form would alter dramatically the appearance of that city. Under the leadership of architects like Wijdeveld, Kramer and De Klerk there evolved an expressionist visual language which under the name of Amsterdam School would create a stir on an international scale. Here, aided by almost 500 illustrations, is a comprehensive survey of many designs produced by the Amsterdam School, including such masterpieces as Van der Mey's Scheepvaarthuis, Berlage's plan for Amsterdam South, Kramer's bridges and De Klerk's De Dageraad and Eigen Haard housing estates. The work also deals with the carvings of Hildo Krop, street furniture, furniture designs and domestic interiors. The extensive bibliography and biographies of the most important architects make this an indispensable work of reference."--
Michel de Klerk
Michel De Klerk, who died young, was the leader of the Amsterdam School, the expressionist movement in Dutch architecture of the second and third decades of this century. In two essays and an extensive catalogue Sigrid Johannisse and Vladimir Stissi have analyzed De Klerk's designs and shed light on their genesis. In addition, they place De Klerk and his work in the context of the Amsterdam architecture of the first decades of the century, as well as the national and international one. Furthermore, they demonstrate De Klerk's contribution to the development of the task of public housing in the urgban space, with the famous blocks on the Spaarndammerplantsoen in Amsterdam as high point. In an introduction, Manfred Bock describes the complicated art historical reception of De Klerk's work and the interest in one of the most extraordinary Dutch architects of the twentieth century.
The Amsterdam School
Not only is this book the first in English to consider the formal and stylistic aspects of the Amsterdam School's work, it is also the first to relate the drawings and projects to the deeply-rooted social vision of the group, which sought to transform the world through architecture.
Gaudí and the Amsterdam School
The fantastic works of Antoni Gaudí and the Amsterdam School still appeal to the imagination. And although the architects never met each other, they were children of the same period. They looked for beauty and individuality in a world which was becoming increasingly functional and impersonal. At the heart of their designs are nature and its organic forms, craftsmanship and traditional materials. At the same time, though, they did not turn their backs on modernity, embracing new techniques and production processes. This publication gives insight to the similarities and differences between the work and philosophy of Gaudí and the Amsterdam School architects. Special contributions from Spanish and Dutch scientists are collected in this book.
Amsterdam in letters
Photographer Martin Helle presents here numerous images he has taken of the variety of letters, names and words he has found on the buildings of Amsterdam. He has concentrated on typography as part of the architecture.
Housing Design and Society in Amsterdam
Winner of the 1999 Spiro Kostof Book Award from the Society of Architectural Historians. During the early 1900s, Amsterdam developed an international reputation as an urban mecca when invigorating reforms gave rise to new residential neighborhoods encircling the city's dispirited nineteenth-century districts. This new housing, built primarily with government subsidy, not only was affordable but also met rigorous standards of urban planning and architectural design. Nancy Stieber explores the social and political developments that fostered this innovation in public housing. Drawing on government records, professional journals, and polemical writings, Stieber examines how government supported large-scale housing projects, how architects like Berlage redefined their role as architects in service to society, and how the housing occupants were affected by public debates about working-class life, the cultural value of housing, and the role of art in society. Stieber emphasizes the tensions involved in making architectural design a social practice while she demonstrates the success of this collective enterprise in bringing about effective social policy and aesthetic progress.
Living in the Amsterdam School
Het Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam toont komend voorjaar in een groot overzicht meubelen en andere ontwerpen van de Amsterdamse School. Na de beroemde architectuur staan nu voor het eerst de interieurontwerpen van deze invloedrijke stroming centraal. Met werk van onder meer Laurens en Willem Bogtman, Joseph Crouwel, De Nieuwe Honsel, Jaap Gidding, Dick Greiner, Michel de Klerk, Piet Kramer, Hildo Krop, Joan Melchior van der Mey, Gustaaf Adolf Roobol en H. Th. Wijdeveld. 0De Amsterdamse School (1910-1930) is een expressieve stroming in de vormgeving, met een rijkdom aan vormen die uniek was in Nederland en die niet alleen de bekende architectuur betrof, maar ook meubelen, lampen, klokken, keramiek, textiel en grafische toepassingen als behang. De omvangrijke en rijk geïllustreerde publicatie bevat een kritische analyse van de meubelvormgeving van de Amsterdamse School naast essays over de commerciële receptie, de internationale context en de hedendaagse invloed alsmede case-studies over onder meer Michel de Klerk, glas-in-loodbedrijven en restauratie van interieurs. Exhibition: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (09.04-28.08.2016).
Lessons for Students in Architecture
Bewerkte compilatie van de stof behandeld in de colleges van de architect aan de Technische Universiteit Delft.
