Provoost, Michelle,

Hugh Maaskant : architect of progress. / txt Michelle Provoost. - International edition. - 447 p. ill. ; plans ; 30 cm book

"This publication is the international edition of the PhD dissertation 'Hugh Maaskant. Architect van de vooruitgang', first published in Dutch in 2003 by 010 Publishers, Rotterdam, the Netherlands"--Page 446. Include Index.

Preface 3 --
Introduction 9 --
Photo essay 21 Iwan Baan --
1 Rediscovery of Form 55 Agatha House and Kralingse Plaslaan Building 1936 –1939 --
2 With Compliments from Le Corbusier 67 City Hall Competition 1936 --
3 Between Berlage and Brutalism 75 National Aeronautical Laboratory 1938 –1941 --
4 Building a Network 89 Emergency Shops and Hofplein Competition 1940 – 1945 --
5 Architecture of Genius and Bureaucracy 99 Multi-Tenant Buildings 1939 – 1960 --
6 Factories 129 Industrialization of the Netherlands and the Port of Rotterdam 1941 – 1973 --
7 15,000 Standard Homes and 50 Standard Schools 185 Architecture as a Consumer Product 1952 – 1967 --
8 Villas 217 One Offs as By Products 1955 – 1964 --
9 Faith in Technology 241 Tomado House 1958 – 1962 --
10 Roadside Tourism 259 Euromast and Scheveningen Pier 1954 – 1960 --
11 Factory and Dream Machine 277 Hilton Hotels in Amsterdam and Rotterdam 1956 – 1962 --
12 Building for Growth 305 Technikon and Akragon 1955 – 1971 --
13 Roadside Corporate Sculptures 327 Johnson Wax, Rivierstaete, Adriaan Volker House 1962 – 1974 --
14 The Monumentalization of Everyday Life 363 KNVB Sport Complex and Tilburg Academy of Art 1960 – 1972 --
15 Monumentality and Representation 383 Provinciehuis 1952 –1971 --
Biography, List of Employees 420 --
Bibliography 421 --
Works 425 --
Index 442 --
Archives, Interviews, Illustration Credits 445 --
Acknowledgments, Credits 446 --



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Maaskant, H. A. 1907-1977 --Criticism and interpretation.


Architecture--History--Netherlands--20th century.

NA1153.M3 / P613 2013