Main entry:

Roorda, Ruurd, author.

Title & Author:

Vital architecture : tools for durability = Vitale architectuur : gereedschap voor levensduur / Ruurd Roorda, Bas Kegge ; photography, Roel Backaert.

Publication:

Rotterdam : Nai010 Publishers, [2016]
©2016

Description:

215 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Edwin Oostmeijer -- Vitality -- Matrix -- Change : School of Architecture, Nantes ; Grote Kerk, Veere ; Lingotto, Turin ; Bartolotti House, Amsterdam ; Palazzo Vecchio, Florence ; Haus Nideröst, Schwyz ; Amphitheatre, Arles ; Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh -- Solidification : Central Library, Seattle ; Burgerweeshuis, Amsterdam ; Casa Malaparte, Capri ; Townhall/Royal Palace, Amsterdam ; 101 Spring Street, New York ; Zollverein School, Essen ; Pantheon, Rome ; Care/Musée d'Orsay, Paris ; Ca d'Oro, Venice -- Economy : 'Het Aepgen', Amsterdam ; Textile factory, Winterswijk ; Larkin Building, Buffalo -- Challenges.
In Dutch and English.

Summary:

"From the Pantheon in Rome to the Zollverein in Essen, "vital architecture" describes buildings with a future value, buildings whose architecture determines and guarantees their lifespan. The spatial quality of such buildings is the core of their value and sustainability, even--or especially--when their use changes. Vital Architecture focuses on the clients, users, architects and designers of such buildings. Written by Ruurd Roorda and Bas Kegge, the book documents and interprets 20 of these vital buildings with plans, sections, diagrams and photographs by Roel Backaert. Offering a spatial analysis of both instantly recognizable architectural icons and common, everyday existing buildings drawn from a period ranging from the beginning of the Christian era to the present, Vital Architecture develops a methodology to account for the lifespan of buildings, and offers inspiration for creating something for the future"--Distributor's website

ISBN:

9789462082830 (paperback)
9462082839 (paperback)

Subject:

Historic buildings Designs and plans.
Sustainable construction Designs and plans.
Historic buildings Remodeling for other use Designs and plans.
Construction durable Dessins et plans.
Monuments historiques Reconversion Dessins et plans.
Historic buildings Remodeling for other use.
Historic buildings.
Sustainable construction.

Form/genre:

architectural drawings (visual works)
Architectural drawings.
Dessins d'architecture.

Added entries:

Kegge, Bas, 1973- author.

Vitale architectuur

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315215
Call No.: 315215
Status: Available