Hugh Maaskant : architect of progress / Michelle Provoost ; [photo-essay: Iwan Baan ; translation: InOtherWords (Pierre Bouvier, D'Laine Camp, Andrew May and Donna de Vries-Hermansader)].

Main entry:

Provoost, Michelle.

Title & Author:

Hugh Maaskant : architect of progress / Michelle Provoost ; [photo-essay: Iwan Baan ; translation: InOtherWords (Pierre Bouvier, D'Laine Camp, Andrew May and Donna de Vries-Hermansader)].

Publication:

Description:

447 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
"This publication is the international edition of the Ph. D. dissertation 'Hugh Maaskant. Architect van de vooruitgang', first published in Dutch in 2003 by 010 Publishers, Rotterdam, the Netherlands"--Page 446.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Photo-essay / Iwan Baan -- Rediscovery of form: Agatha House and Kralingse Plaslaan Building 1936-1939 -- With compliments from Le Corbusier: city hall competition 1936 -- Between Berlage and brutalism: National Aeronautical Laboratory 1938-1941 -- Building a network: emergency shops and Hofplein Competition 1940-1941 -- Architecture of genius and bureaucracy: multi-tenant buildings 1939-1960 -- Factories: industrialization of the Netherlands and the Port of Rotterdam 1941-1973 -- 15,000 standard homes and 50 standard schools: architecture as a consumer product 1952-1967 -- Faith in technology: Tomado house 1958-1962 -- Roadside tourism: Euromast and Scheveningen Pier 1954-1960 -- Factory and dream machine: Hilton Hotels in Amsterdam and Rotterdam 1956-1962 -- Building for growth: Technikon and Akragon 1955-1971 -- Roadside corporate sculptures: Johnson Wax, Rivierstaete, Adriaan Volker House 1962-1974 -- The monumentalization of everyday life: KNVB Sport Complex and Tilburg Academy of Art 1960-1972 -- Monumentality and representation: Provinciehuis 1952-1971.
Trunslated from Dutch.

Summary:

Monograph of the Rotterdam architect (1907-1977), with a discussion of fifteen buildings that each symbolize an aspect of his career.

ISBN:

9789056628031 (hardcover)
9056628038 (hardcover)

Subject:

Maaskant, H. A. (Huig Aart), 1907-1977 Criticism and interpretation.
Maaskant, H. A. Criticism and interpretation.
Maaskant, H. A. (Huig Aart), 1907-1977
Architecture Netherlands History 20th century.
Architecture Pays-Bas Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
Netherlands

Form/genre:

Theses.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

Added entries:

Baan, Iwan, 1975-
Bouvier, Pierre (Translator), translator.
In Other Words (Agency)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285738
Call No.: BIB 225618
Status: Available

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