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West 8 Urban Design &

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3764374039 ISBN 13: 9783764374037

Publisher: Birkhäuser, 2008

Synopsis

Rotterdams West 8 is not only one of the largest, but also one of the best-known and most active design firms working in Europe today in the field of ""urban design and landscape architecture."" The phrase suggests the firms strongly interdisciplinary orientation between landscape architecture and town planning. Its projects are provocative, avant-garde in the typically Dutch manner, and not afraid of contact with popular culture. They were created in close collaboration with such architects as Richard Rogers, Steven Holl, Dominique Perrault, Rem Koolhaas, Renzo Piano, and many others. The founder and director of the firm and its most highly visible figure is Adriaan Geuze, who is the author of this book. Classics such as the Swiss Expo.02 park in Yverdon-les-Bains and Chiswick Park in London stand alongsidecurrent projects including Moscow Luxury Village, One North Park in Singapore, theJubilee Gardens in London and Madrid Rio, the spectacular design for the city centre of the Spanish capital.

About this title

Product Description:

West 8 in Rotterdam gehAren heute nicht nur zu den europaweit grAAten, sondern auch bekanntesten und aktivsten Gestaltern in "Urban Design & Landscape Architecture." Ihre Arbeitsweise zeigt eine starke interdisziplinAre Orientierung. Die Projekte sind provokant, typisch hollAndisch avantgardistisch und ohne Angst vor BerA1/4hrungen mit der Popkultur. Sie entstanden in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Architekten wie Richard Rogers, Steven Holl, Dominique Perrault, Rem Koolhaas und Renzo Piano. GrA1/4nder, Leiter und exponierte Figur des BA1/4ros ist Adriaan Geuze, Autor dieses Buches. Das Buch prAsentiert Klassiker wie den Expo.02 Park in Yverdon-les-Bains und den Chiswick Park in London, vor allem aber aktuelle Projekte wie das Moscow Luxury Village, den One North Park in Singapur, die Jubilee Gardens in London sowie Madrid Rio, die spektakulAre Umgestaltung der Innenstadt der spanischen Hauptstadt.

About the Author:

Adriaan Geuze is partner and founder of West 8.

About this edition

• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 3764374039
• ISBN 13: 9783764374037
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272