ALDO VAN EYCK The Shape Of Relativity

Description

Aldo van Eyck (1918-1998) is one of a small group of Dutch architect for whom writing was as important as designing. His work can be described as a thought expressed in images and in words. In historical overviews he is seen as having an important role in post-war architecture. The authors consider him to have made a significant contribution to architectural theory and a key resource person in Team.
Aldo van Eyck: the Shape of Relativity is the first monograph on an architect whose poetic vision has exerted a far-reaching influence on architectural thinking since the Second World War. It is the story of an eventful career and an intensive study of an oeuvre. Far from limiting itself to architecture, this book deals primarily with the architect’s ideas. It traces the roots of his thinking to early childhood, throwing light on his early passion for poetry, in turn related to the classical thinking of his father the poet P.N.van Eyck. It recounts his discovery of the twentieth-century avant-garde and of archaic cultures while in Zurich and Paris. It develops his role in Cobra movement and in ‘de 8 en Opbouw’, in international CIAM, and the dissident Team 10, and further in architectural education in Amsterdam and Delft.

680 pages, ills bw / 25 x 47 cm / English