After-sprawl : Xaveer de Geyter architects research for the contemporary city / [texts by Geert Bekaert, Lieven De Boeck and Xaveer De Geyter Architects].

Title & Author:

After-sprawl : Xaveer de Geyter architects research for the contemporary city / [texts by Geert Bekaert, Lieven De Boeck and Xaveer De Geyter Architects].

Publication:

Rotterdam : NAi, 2002.

Description:

255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the deSingel International Arts Centre in Antwerp, May 1-June 9, 2002.

Summary:

Increasing urban sprawl throughout Western Europe is living rise to more and more areas characterized by a diffuse urbanization or urban network. In After Sprawl, the Brussels-based firm of Xaveer de Geyter Architects examines this phenomenon by focusing on six such areas: London, England; Randstad, Holland; Brussels-Antwerp-Ghent, Belgium; the Ruhr area, Germany; Zurich-Basle, Switzerland; and the Veneto region, Italy. Their research distills a method for analysing the spatial hallmarks of today's city, replacing old urban strategies with new methodologies appropriate to the new questions being raised by these new types of cities. With a modest batch of projects to their name, Xaveer de Geyter Architects have amassed an international reputation for unpretentious architecture and urban design born of a discerning and radical strategy. De Geyter himself is noted for his longterm practice with OMA, the office of Rem Koolhaas.

ISBN:

905662265X (English edition ; pbk.)
9789056622657 (English edition ; pbk.)

Subject:

Xaveer de Geyter Architecten.
Belgian architectural Firms.
Urban sprawl Europe.
Urban planning Europe.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
Writings.

Added entries:

Bekaert, Geert, 1928-2016.
Boeck, Lieven de.
Kunstcentrum deSingel (Antwerp, Belgium)
Xaveer de Geyter Architecten.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 223520
Call No.: NA44.G397.A35 2002
Status: Available

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