Celebrating Public Architecture. Buildings from the Open Call in Flanders 2000–21
Celebrating Public Architecture. Buildings from the Open Call in Flanders 2000–21
The Open Call in Flanders is more than just another architecture competition: any governmental agency or public institution can choose to work with an Open Call for any given construction project. Since its invention by the first Flemish Government Architect bOb Van Reeth in 2000, more than 700 assignments have been published in this procedure, resulting in almost 350 completed public architectural and infrastructural projects so far.
This volume compiles 70 projects, from all over Flanders—from its west coast to the Dutch border in the east—to illustrate the astounding quality of these projects. They prove that public architecture can be daring, thought-provoking, cooperative, and well-done at the same time.
The book takes an extensive look at how this procedure works, how it is received by architects, politicians, and clients—and ultimately, at the outstanding public architecture in Flanders as an example for other countries to study closely.
Including buildings by 51N4E, Bovenbouw Architectuur, Dierendonckblancke, Zaha Hadid, KAAN, Maxwan, Hideyuki Nakayama, Ney & Partner, noAarchitecten, OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen, RCR Arquitectes, Robbrecht en Daem, Sergison Bates, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Xaveer de Geyter, among others
- PUBLISHER:
Jovis
- CO-PUBLISHERS:
Team Vlaams Bouwmeester and Flanders Architecture Institute
- FORMAT:
170 x 240 mm
- EDITION:
Paperback with flaps
- NUMBER OF PAGES:
256
- LANGUAGE:
EN
- YEAR OF PUBLICATION:
2021
- ISBN:
9783868596922
- PRICE:
€36
