Introduction
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MAKING THE HOUSE 17
Caroline Voet
THE BOSSCHE SCHOOL 31
An architectural collective with a particular design culture
Caroline Voet
THE HOUSE BUILT BY NUMBERS 67
Caroline Voet
SPATIAL COMPREHENSION IN ARCHITECTURE 95
Hans W. van der Laan
DOM HANS VAN DER LAAN'S
DESIGN FOR A LOGO 99
Hans W. van der Laan
LEARNING FROM THE ROMAN HOUSE 105
Dom Hans van der Laan: Experience-spaces and constructional analogies
Nicola Panzini
I. THE FUNDAMENTAL HOUSE 129
1. The Embryo House: Rector's House, Roosenberg Abbey, 134
Waasmunster, Belgium, architect Dom Hans van der Laan, 1978
2. The Roman Model House: Aula of Graveyard Duynhaeghe, 156
Drunen, architect Jan de Jong, 1985
3. The House Built around a Patio: House Vladar, 168
architect Nico van der Laan, 1974
4. The House like a Small Cloister: House Naalden, Best, 178
architect Dom Hans van der Laan, 1980
The Intangible Substances of Architecture 202
Elizabeth Bonde Hatz
II. THE HOUSE ROUND A TABLE 213
5. The House with the Garden Gallery: Double House Frans Ruijs, 1966 218
6. The Elemental House around the Table: House Jan Peterse, 1968 236
7. The House around the Wooden Stairwell: House Van Lierop, 1967 252
8. The Monumental House: House Jan de Jong, 1967 266
9. The Elemental Family House: House Vaessen, Nico van der Laan, 1968 284
The Universal House and Home 294
Theo Malschaert
III. THE HOUSE AND ITS GARDEN 303
10.The House with the Walled Garden: House Tom Senders, 314
Wijnen and Senders, 1979
11. The House around Outdoor Garden Rooms: House Pieter Buys, 322
Gerard Wijnen, 1970
12.The House that Sits like a Buddha in the Forest: House Swaak, 342
Gerard Wijnen, 1976
13. The House that Towers the Flat Land: House Van de Kerkhof, 358
Gerard Wijnen, 1983
14. The House that Folds around a Forecourt: House Wester, 372
Hans W. van der Laan, 1974
15. The House with the Split-Level: House Wolters-Schweitzer, 386
Joop Brugman, 1973
16. The House of Three Nesting Volumes: House Schure, 394
Fons Vermeulen, 1974
A CRITICAL DESCRIPTION OF ARCHITECTURE 409
Dom Hans van der Laan's lecture on his book
Architectonic Space
Architect Biographies 416
Authors 418
