Kees Christiaanse, Hans Ibelings a.o.

STRIP
One Mile of Urban Housing in The Hague

Photography: Hans Werlemann
Design: Irma Boom
Illustrated (colour and b/w), paperback, specially bound, 504 pages, size: 17.5 x 14 cm
text in English, ISBN 90-5662-263-3 / OUT OF PRINT
Also available in a Dutch edition, ISBN 90-5662-239-0, OUT OF PRINT

On the occasion of the construction of the 200.000th flat in The Hague an international housing festival was initiated in 1988. A competition was issued and architects were commissioned for designs of 45 building lots on a mile long strip along the Dedemsvaartweg in The Hague.

This book gives a thorough and richly illustrated overview of the realised projects of which the last has been completed in 2003. The urban development plan for the Dedemsvaartweg was designed by Kees Christiaanse and Art Zaaijer. The strip contains housing projects, dwellings and villas by a.o. Kas Oosterhuis, OMA, Kees Christiaanse and Art Zaaijer, Mecanoo, J.L. Mateo, Geurts & Schulze, Frits van Dongen, MVRDV, Hariri & Hariri, Atelier Ciriani, Wiel Arets, Steven Holl, Neutelings Riedijk. The fact that well-known graphic designer Irma Boom designs the publication, guarantees this will be a spectacular and special book. With essays by Kees Christiaanse, Gerard van Otterloo and Hans Ibelings.