Henry van de Velde's La Nouvelle Maison : the restoration : history and rebirth of a milestone of modern architecture /
Guido Stegen
Bok · Engelsk · 2025
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| Omfang | 143 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Utgave | 1st edition
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| Opplysninger | Preface / Thomas Rabe -- Preface / Peter De Wilde -- Henry van de Velde and his return to Belgium as a country-less pusher of boundaries Thomas Föhl -- "The making" and "the maker" / Guido Stegen -- The house after completion -- Biography. - "Henry van de Velde's creations evolved to become increasingly resistant to interpretation through contemporary trends. La Nouvelle Maison is certainly a prime example of this. Its design is, to a degree, aligned with modernism due to its straightforwardness and the period in which it was conceived, yet it lacks the typical stylistic features associated with that movement. Van de Velde's unwavering commitment to functional and rational design consistently results in creations that appear organic, where the individual parts are subordinate to the whole. La Nouvelle Maison is an icon of modernism. The book describes the history of the building and its restoration"--
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| Emner | |
| ISBN | 978-3-7913-7898-5
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