Hans Ibelings
20th Century Urban Design in the Netherlands
Publisher: NAi Publishers
Paperback, 176 pages, illustrated (colour and b/w), text in English,
ISBN 90-5662-085-1, NLG 79.50
Also available in Dutch edition, ISBN 90-5662-082-7, NLG 79.50
This publication introduces a theme that is largely uncharted territory for the uninitiated to an even greater extent than architecture. The author offers a popular and attractive account of the main developments in one century of Dutch urban planning. Without losing sight of the invisible part of urban planning -ideas, memos, processes, legislation and rules and regulations- the emphasis is on what you see: photographs of implemented plans, scale replicas and easy to follow (perspective) drawings, which present an attractive picture. The book is a follow-up to the author's successful publication 20th Century Architecture in the Netherlands. The formula is the same.
Ten chapters, each covering a span of ten years, present the main aspects of urban planning in a short text with around twenty illustrations for each chapter, many of them in colour. Contents:
1900-1910 City architecture
1910-1920 Garden city and urban block
1920-1930 The regional city
1930-1940 The functional city
1940-1950 Post-war reconstruction
1950-1960 Open city
1960-1970 Megastructure
1970-1980 Pedestrian priority and urban renewal
1980-1990 Rediscovering the city
1990-2000 New expansions
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