In the history of Modern Architecture, Dr. Hendrik P. Berlage is considered a monumental figure. The Amsterdam Exchange is his masterwork, a building admired by purists for its radical simplicity. When the American architect Daniel Castor first visited the Exchange, he was immediately captivated. But to Castor’s eye, Berlage’s reduction of ornament was only the beginning of the story. From this had emerged an elegance of proportion, a refinement of detail, and a complexity of space that would have been impossible to achieve in a more traditional design. This, somehow, Castor wanted to draw. This book records his attempt to capture, in two dimensions, the hidden life of Berlage’s Exchange.
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Castor has simply invented a genre all his own, in which walls slowly disappear... -- Russ Spencer, L. A. Times
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As the light of dawn seeps through another overcast sky, and the first few bicycles creak past the last few junkies, a cleaning-woman scrubs blood off the doorstep to the Beurs. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
trough vaults, long vestibule, continuous elevation, inner facade, office galleries, lateral entries, corner element, entry portal, service stair, entry porch Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Grain Exchange, Chamber of Commerce, Produce Exchange, Amsterdam Exchange, Central Station, Kenneth Frampton, Stock Exchange New!
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As the light of dawn seeps through another overcast sky, and the first few bicycles creak past the last few junkies, a cleaning-woman scrubs blood off the doorstep to the Beurs. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
trough vaults, long vestibule, continuous elevation, inner facade, office galleries, lateral entries, corner element, entry portal, service stair, entry porch Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Grain Exchange, Chamber of Commerce, Produce Exchange, Amsterdam Exchange, Central Station, Kenneth Frampton, Stock Exchange New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Theory and Design in the First Machine Age by Reyner Banham on page 17, and Back Matter
- Modern Architecture: A Critical History (World of Art) by Kenneth Frampton in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Ornament and Crime: Selected Essays. (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought. Translation Series) by Adolf Loos on page 16, and Back Matter
- Perspective as Symbolic Form by Erwin Panofsky in Back Matter
- Hendrik Petrus Berlage by Sergio Polano in Back Matter
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