Aldo van Eyck (1918-1998) belongs to the small group of architects where writing is as important as designing. In the postwar period Aldo van Eyck was an import... » 

Aldo van Eyck (1918-1998) belongs to the small group of architects where writing is as important as designing. In the postwar period Aldo van Eyck was an important architect and delivered a substantial contribution to the theory of architecture and Team X.

Part 1 of this publication, titled The Child, The City and the Artist, is written based on the lectures that Van Eyck gave in 1960 at the University of Pennsylvania. The book was never before published an is an essential document for those who want to understand the thinking on architecture between 1950 and 1970.

In the second part Van Eycks writings between 1947-1998 were brought together. Not only architecture but also art is part of these writings; he writes about artists and architects like Carel Visser, Joost van Rooijen, Jaap Bakema, Jan Rietveld. «