内容简介
Thisisthelong-awaitedoverviewoftherecentworksofarchitectStephaneBeel.AsproductiveandversatileanarchitectasStephaneBeelis,architecturalcriticismandreceptionofhisworkareneverfarbehind-newworksarefollowedalmostimmediatelybynewwords.ThiscombinationofworkandwordhasmadeStephaneBeelintooneofthemostsuccessfulBelgianarchitectsofthelatetwentiethandearlytwenty-firstcenturies.Fromhisoeuvre,eighteenprojectshavebeenselectedthathaveneverbeforebeenelucidatedindetailinabook.Eachisdescribedandcommentedonbyoneofthecontributingauthors.Thebookbeginswithanextensiveintroductoryinterviewwiththearchitecthimself,inwhich-ineightthematicsections-thebasicfeaturesofBeel'sapproacharediscussed.Theinterviewisentitled'AnIntenseOrder',whichatoncereflectsthestructureandtheconceptofthisbook:withoutputtingforwardasingle,all-embracinginterpretativesystem,itsystematicallyendeavourstoofferavarietyofopportunitiesforcapturingthesparkthatinvariablylightsuptheworkofStephaneBeel.