2nd revised editionThe work of Herman Hertzberger is the subject of wide international esteem. 1991 first saw publication of Hertzberger’s Lessons for Students in Architecture, an elaborated version of lectures he had given since 1973 at Delft University of Technology. This immensely successful book has gone through many reprints and has also been published in Japanese, German, Italian, Portuguese, Taiwanese, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Iranian, Korean and Chinese. Space and the Architect is the s...

For English see belowHerman Hertzbergers Lessons for Students in Architecture, nu in de zevende druk, is sinds de eerste uitgave in 1991 een klassieker geworden voor studenten overal ter wereld. In dit immens succesvolle boek brengt de architect zelf de fundamenten van het vak en de ideeën die aan zijn eigen werk ten grondslag liggen onder woorden. Het bevat een breed gamma van onderwerpen en ontwerpen, waarbij praktijkervaring en evaluatie van het gebruik van deze gebouwen als leidraad dien...

Jaap Bakema and the Open Society is the first extensive publication on the Dutch architect and the remarkable production of his office Van den Broek and Bakema. His ideas on the open society are extremely relevant to the current debates about how to involve citizens in city building and creating alternative systems to crumbling welfare states. This historical document will highlight both his most relevant and less known work through texts, archival materials and photography. The book contains...