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Propelled by the popular success of Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architecture is basking in critical and commercial success across the globe. This phone-book sized collection features all of the key players in Dutch architecture, presenting their work through detailed drawings and stunning photography. Super Dutch is graphic proof why this small handful of practitoners is shaping the future direction of architecture.

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Library Journal Review

This volume documents the work of 12 young Dutch architects and their studios. Lootsma (architecture, Berlage Inst., Amsterdam) introduces "the Second Modernity of Dutch Architecture" and then provides concise critical essays about each group's work, complemented by a total of 200 color and 100 black-and-white images. Wiel Arets, UN Studio, Erick van Egeraat, Atelier Van Lieshout, Mecanoo, MVRDV, Neutelings Riedijk, NOX, OMA, Oosterhuis.NL, Koen van Velsen, and West 8 are discussed in detail, followed by brief mention of four newly established Dutch architects in a final chapter. While the stark modernity of this architectural style may not please all tastes, its influence is becoming more widespread. Increasingly, these firms are winning international commissions, and their principals are taking positions as visiting or permanent professors at elite architecture schools like Columbia and Harvard. Recommended for all large architecture and design collections. Jay Schafer, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Bart Lootsma is an architecture critic and a professor at the Berlage Institute in Amsterdam and a regular contributor to international design publications.