Clear, expressive concepts mark the architecture of Dick van Gameren and Bjarne Mastenbroek. The prime objective in their designs is to interpret the brief and the setting. Consequently the work of Van Gameren and Mastenbroek has little affinity with rendering ideas literally. The two architects prefer to speak of 'prototype' - representing the essence of the building - and 'experiment' - finding ways to express that prototype. This copiously illustrated book, presented in magazine format, holds eight recent projects up to scrutiny. It kicks off with a trio of designs for extensions: the architects' own office in Amsterdam, the addition to a school in North Amsterdam and the conversion and extension of a cultural-educational centre in Den Helder. Other projects presented are a tea pavilion in the Veluwe National Park and the new premises of a housing association in Steenwijk. Finally, the book looks at three very different residential projects: housing on the Amsterdam island of Borneo, a villa in Apeldoorn and seven dwellings in a former concrete sewage treatment tank in Amsterdam
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