29.5.11

re-cover nr.115

The Golden Age of Dutch Painting in Historical Perspective - Henk van Veen & Frans Grijzenhout

This picture was taken in Amsterdam, in 2010.

The Golden Age of Dutch Painting in Historical Perspective was first published in 1992 with the Dutch title "De Gouden Eeuw in perspectif: Het beeld van de Nederlandse zevendiende-eeuwse schilderkunst in later tijd", and translated to English in 1999.
Henk van Veen and Frans Grijzenhout are two Dutch art historians, scholars and authors.

4.3.11

re-cover nr.114

La Ville Radieuse - Le Corbusier

This picture was taken in front of the ARCAM building, in Amsterdam, 2004.

Le Corbusier was a Swiss architect, designer and urbanist.
La Ville Radieuse (English title - The Radiant City) was first published in 1935.

"Space and light and order."

5.2.11

re-cover nr.113

Modulor - Le Corbusier

This picture was taken in Paris, 2008, at the Cité Internationale Universitaire. The featured Brazil House was a collaboration by Le Corbusier and Lucio Costa, and it was inaugurated in 1959.

Le Corbusier was a Swiss architect, designer and urbanist.
Modulor was first published in 1948.

"Une maison est une machine à habiter."

8.1.11

re-cover nr.112

Garden Cities of To-morrow - Ebenezer Howard

This picture was taken in the UNLIMITED URBAN WOODS Pavilion by DUS Architects, Amsterdam 2010.

Ebenezer Howard was a British urban planner.
Garden Cities of To-morrow was first published in 1898 under the title To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform.

"Whatever may have been the causes which have operated in the past, and are operating now, to draw the people into the cities, those causes may all be summed up as 'attractions'(...)"