For its publications Bovenbouw Architectuur. Living the Exotic Everyday and Léon Stynen. A Life of Architecture 1899-1990, the Flanders Architecture Institute receives the prestigious DAM Architectural Book Award.
The book provides a look inside the variety of projects and the rich world of references of the eponymous architecture office from Antwerp. It is published on the occasion of the exhibitionThe House of the Explorer, organized by the Flanders Architecture Institute at deSingel international arts campus in the spring of 2019.
Read more and order onlineThe origins for this publication lie in the exceptionally rich archive of Stynen and his partner Paul De Meyer, which was donated to the Province of Antwerp in 1988. Today, 30 years later, it is considered one of the most important in the collection of the Flanders Architecture Institute. The oeuvre is introduced by a comprehensive biography, photographed in its current condition by Filip Dujardin and read from mutliple perspectives in 9 essays.
The presentation of the DAM Architectural Book Award 2019 took place during the Frankfurt Book Fair from 16 to 20 October in Frankfurt.
