Herman Zeinstra : projects and methods / [texts by Christoph Grafe, Herman Zeinstra, Jaapjan Berg and Jan Peter Wingender] ; photography, Arjen Schmitz, Herman Zeinstra, Luuk Kramer, Jan Derwig.

Monograph on Amsterdam based architect and teacher Herman Zeinstra who is influential for a lifelong generation of Dutch architects and planners.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zeinstra, Herman (Author, Photographer), Grafe, Christoph, 1964- (Author), Berg, JaapJan (Author), Wingender, Jan Peter, 1965- (Author)
Corporate Author: Architectura & Natura
Other Authors: Schmitz, Arjen (Photographer), Kramer, Luuk, 1958- (Photographer), Derwig, Jan (Photographer)
Other title:Herman Zeinstra : A & NP.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Architectura & Natura, 2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • Material narratives: observations on craftsmanship, art, and making a city / Christoph Grafe
  • Interview with Herman Zeinstra / Jaapjan Berg and Jan Peter Wingender
  • Experiments 1975-2015 / Herman Zeinstra
  • The design method
  • Reason for existence and right to exist of the building
  • The desire for craftsmanship and inventiveness
  • Desires for unity, cohesion and individuality
  • Examples, samples and images
  • The desire for beauty, the necessity of beauty
  • The quality of the space is determined by the quality of its boundaries
  • Stand and steps
  • Material: potentials and limitations
  • Material and light
  • Architecture, an art of reality and image
  • Longing for architecture.
  • House Oude Schans 3
  • Residential building Bleekerwegje
  • 8 apartments Kort Spaarne
  • 2 Office buildings 'Noordpoort'-- 10 Homes 'Kruidveld'-- Funeral home
  • 99 single family homes Sporenburg
  • Crematorium
  • Residential building Timorplein and surroundings
  • 32 sheltered housing units
  • Telephone exchange 'KPN' Ijburg
  • Opera International competition
  • 29 houses and 53 apartments Blok 30 Ijburg
  • 141 houses and 16 apartments Blok 20 Ijburg
  • Great Egyptian Museum International competition
  • Museum for Realism
  • Residential building Delflandplein
  • Crematorium and cemetery
  • List of works
  • Collaborators
  • Awards.