The first in a series by the Sikkens Foundation, this pocket-sized publication of the Mondrian Lecture given by Charles Jencks reprints his talk in full, along with various images. Jencks discusses the possibility that architecture and well-being can have a direct correlation, exploring how architecture can influence society, business productivity, profits and hospitals. He elaborates with examples of architectural determinism from both ancient and modern history, with a special focus on his ...

Jón Kristinsson (Reykjavik, 1936) is the godfather of sustainable building in the Netherlands and probably elsewhere in the world. Already in the 1970s and 1980s he invented and applied designs and technology that still to date are unequivocal in the built environment. With the completion of his masterpiece, Villa Flora (Venlo, 2012), Kristinsson again sets the benchmark for sustainable architecture. This abundantly illustrated book guides the reader through Jón Kristinsson's vision, theory...