HUGH MAASKANT - ARCHITECT OF PROGRESSToday considered the godfather and forerunner of a generation that
includes Adriaan Geuze, Rem Koolhas, Winy Maas and Willem Jan
Neutelings, Hugh Maaskant (1907-1977) was underappreciated for many
years. Maaskant led the postwar reconstruction of Rotterdam, designing
revolutionary, complex, large-scale buildings, such as the
Groothandelsgebouw and Euromast, as well as the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel
and the Scheveningen Pier in The Hague. In Hugh Maaskant: Architect of Progress,
historian and Maaskant scholar Michelle Provoost orients the architect
in an international as well as historical perspective, recounting his
work in the context of the optimistic reconstruction of the postwar
period as well as the exciting developments of the 1960s and Holland's
increasing prosperity throughout that decade. The book features both
historical and recent photographs, including a series taken especially
for this edition by internationally renowned architectural photographer
Iwan Baan. |
