Since the mid-1980s Roberto Meyer and Jeroen van Schooten have designed projects ranging from housing to bridges, from reconstructions of historic monuments to big international headquarters. This monograph presents the very first comprehensive overview of this work, from the earliest private houses to the headquarters of ING Group currently under construction in Amsterdam.
The architecture of Meyer and Van Schooten differs from the norm in the Netherlands. The inventive and often innovative detailing in their work is remarkable, though it is never a sterile objective in itself, but always subservient to
the architectonic whole. Alongside its extraordinary application of technology, this architecture stands out for its formal elegance and its fearless use of bold gestures. Meyer and Van Schooten seem able to seamlessly integrate programme, form and technology into a dynamic architecture that appeals directly to the senses.publiarq.com
The book includes a foreword by Aaron Betsky and a detailed essay in word and image, in which Hans Ibelings considers the design concepts and strategies of Meyer and Van Schooten and traces the lines of development in their work. The second section consists of an overview of fourteen works, including the orthodontic surgery in Almere and the complex for Kema in Arnhem, as well as dwellings in the Vespuccistraat, the Pakhuis Amsterdam warehouse redevelopment, and the headquarters of ING Group, all in Amsterdam.publiarq.com
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