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Architect en aannemer. De opkomst van de bouwmarkt in de Nederlanden 1350-1530,
Nijmegen, Vantilt, 2013 softcover, rijk geillustreerd in kleur, 16x24 cm, 480 pagina's. ISBN 9789460041532.
In de Late Middeleeuwen maakte de bouwwereld in de Nederlanden een uitzonderlijke ontwikkeling door. Grote publieke bouwwerken als kerken en stadhuizen kwamen, in tegenstelling tot elders in Noord-Europa, niet in eigen beheer tot stand, maar werden steeds vaker openbaar aanbesteed. Aannemers konden verschillende producten aanbieden, varierend van prefab bouwpakketten in natuursteen tot oplevering van een compleet gebouw. Deze nieuwe manier van werken vergde een andere rol van de architect dan voorheen. De architect was niet meer de voorman op de bouwplaats, maar een adviseur van de opdrachtgever die zich specialiseerde in het ontwerp en de coordinatie van het bouwproces. Architect en aannemer toont voor het eerst nauwgezet hoe in de vijftiende eeuw de basis werd gelegd voor onze huidige architectenpraktijk en bouweconomie. Door de vele illustraties en uitgebreide achtergrondinformatie van nog altijd beroemde gebouwen als de Grote Kerk in Antwerpen, de Sint-Jan in ?s-Hertogenbosch, het stadhuis in Brussel en de Oude Kerk in Amsterdam is het boek niet alleen relevant voor architecten en bouwhistorici, maar is het ook aantrekkelijk voor iedereen die zich interesseert voor middeleeuwse bouwkunst.
Building the Presence of the Prince. The Institutions Responsible for the Construction and Management of the Buildings of European Courts (14th-17th centuries)
, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2025 Paperback, Pages: 344 pages; Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:28 b/w, 73 col., 25 tables b/w. Language :English.* new. ISBN 9782503593364.
By the late Middle Ages, architecture became an increasingly important means of representation of princely rule and institutions. In addition to their symbolic significance, the ruler?s buildings served a host of practical purposes. Obviously, castles and fortresses defended the territory, while urban and rural residences served the itinerant court during its proceedings, but their possessions also comprised a wider network of estates that included infrastructure and agricultural, commercial, industrial, and administrative buildings. Together, these networks of sites became a significant means of consolidating the sovereigns? power and served as key instruments for promoting their rule. To tighten the control over their possessions and to ensure their upkeep, rulers set up Offices of Works, permanent administrative bodies entrusted with their management. These building administrations have not yet been systematically studied, and it remains unclear to what extent such centralised institutions developed autonomously, responding to local conditions and requirements, or were part of international developments facilitated by the close networks of the European courts. This volume, with contributions from architectural historians, administrative historians, and court historians, represents a first attempt to compare these institutions on a pan-European scale from the late Middle Ages up to the end of the seventeenth century. It aims to explore the relationships between the local specificities of these organisations and their shared characteristics. From a multidisciplinary perspective, it addresses questions concerning the nature of such administrations, their purpose, organisational structure, and judicial powers, as well as their role in the formation of the state.
Architecture as profession.The origins of architectural practice in the Low Countries in the fifteenth century.
, Brepols, 2018 Paperback, 459 pages ., 265 b/w ill. + 16 colour ill., 5 b/w tables, 220 x 280 mm, Languages: English. ISBN 9782503568256.
Fifteenth-century Florence is generally considered the cradle of the modern architect. There, for the first time since Antiquity, the Vitruvian concept which distinguishes between builder and designer was recognised in architectural theory, causing a fundamental rupture in architectural practice. In this well-established narrative Northern Europe only followed a century later when, along with the diffusion of Italian treatises and the introduction of the all?antica style, a new type of architect began to replace traditional gothic masters. However, historiography has largely overlooked the important transformations in building organisation that laid the foundations for our modern architectural production, such as the advent of affluent contractors, public tenders, and specialised architectural designers, all of which happened in fifteenth-century Northern Europe. Drawing on a wealth of new source material from the Low Countries, this book offers a new approach to the transition from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period by providing an alternative interpretation to the predominantly Italo-centric perspective of the current literature, and its concomitant focus on style and on Vitruvian theory. Merlijn Hurx is assistant professor of architectural history at Utrecht University. He is specialised in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century architecture in the Low Countries. Table of Contents Introduction Professionalisation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the ideal of the architect Economics and the position of the architect Design and construction Different sources, methods and approaches Approach and structure of the book Chapter 1. The liberty to design Defining the architect Designs for different media Liberal arts and the guilds? monopoly Patrons and guild authority Constelyk gemaickt, artistic quality as a licence Chapter 2. Urban building boom Urbanisation in the Low Countries City walls City churches Trade halls and town halls Princely residences Urban architectural rivalry Chapter 3. The stone trade The need for stone Contracting building works Benefits of the market Expanding markets Innovations in the production process Managing the stone trade Chapter 4. Quarrying at Brussels Stones and quarries Commercial importance and stone politics Brussels entrepreneurs in stone: Godevaert de Bosschere and Lodewijk van Boghem Chapter 5. Profession of the architect Background and training Changing conditions of employment Evert Spoorwater and Rombout Keldermans Undermasters and methods of communication Engineer, manager, designer Chapter 6. Communicating the design The drawing as planning instrument Innovations in architectural representation The design in words Chapter 7. Strategies for ?prefab? architecture Plain architecture by prominent architects Repeated designs Conclusion Epilogue Appendices 1. Money and measurements 2. Projects by Evert Spoorwater, sources of table 5.1 3. Projects by Rombout Keldermans, sources of table 5.2
