Strauven, Francis, 1942- author.

Pastoor van Ars Church, The Hague : a timeless sacral space by Aldo van Eyck / Francis Strauven ; translation from Dutch, Patrick Lennon.

Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2022.
©2022

223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans, portraits ; 25 cm

"The Pastoor van Ars Church that was built in 1969 by Aldo van Eyck in The Hague is one of the few signifcant church buildings to emerge from the second half of the twentieth century. This book sheds light on the unique architectural and spatial qualities of the building. Although not a Catholic believer himself, Van Eyck made every effort to build an authentic and0contemporary Catholic place of worship. To this end, he harked back to the original typology of the early Christian basilica, whose components he incorporated into the new conception of space put forward by the twentieth-century avant-garde, in particular the dynamic order of Mondrian and the archetypes of Brancusi. The author, who previously wrote an extensive monograph on the ideas and work of the Dutch architect, pays particular attention to the intensive design process, which he has reconstructed using more than a hundred design sketches from the Van Eyck archive"-- Provided by publisher, page 4 of cover.

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Eyck, Aldo van, 1918-1999. Pastoor van Ars-kerk (Hague, Netherlands)
Eyck, Aldo van, 1918-1999 Criticism and interpretation.
Eyck, Aldo van, 1918-1999
Pastoor van Ars-kerk (Hague, Netherlands) Design.
Catholic church buildings Netherlands Hague History 20th century.
Catholic church buildings Netherlands Hague Designs and plans.
Églises catholiques Pays-Bas La Haye Histoire 20e siècle.
Églises catholiques Pays-Bas La Haye Dessins et plans.
Catholic church buildings
Netherlands Hague

History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Eyck, Aldo van, 1918-1999.
Lennon, Patrick (Translator), translator.

Timeless sacral space by Aldo van Eyck

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