‎Encounters on the Holy Mountain: Stories from Mount Athos‎

‎, Brepols, 2020 Hardback, 304 pages, Size:300 x 240 mm, Illustrations:25 b/w, 130 col., 1 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503589114.‎

‎Summary Mount Athos, the home of Orthodox spirituality and monasticism, has been in existence for at least 1200 years. Home to over 2,000 monks, in twenty glorious monasteries filled with treasures, the peninsula is undergoing a transformation and renewal of faith. In 1956 there was a proposal to build hotels on Mount Athos. Today it hosts up to 1,000 pilgrims every day! Why? This book will help explain this extraordinary place, the current resurgence, the growing population of monks, the sense of purpose, the love and affection that are so much part of the environment. This wonderful story, with a preface by HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, is told through the recollections of the Friends of Mount Athos, an organisation that has, for thirty years, provided support for the institutions, landscape and people. Here are the stories of enchantment from over forty people of different nationalities, customs and beliefs. In addition to the text, there are a collection of special photographs and a map. TABLE OF CONTENTS Front Matter Table of Contents Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales Peter Howorth & Chris Thomas - Introduction Part One - Before Robert Byron - Simopetra (Simonos Petras) Sandy Thomas - Monoxylites, 1941 Peter McIntyre - Citations, A visit in 1944 John Warrack - The Diary Michael R Bruce - Athos Revisited Sydney Loch - The Capital Town, Karyes Joice Loch - The End Part Two - Encounters John McCormack - Athos Forty Years Ago Scott Cairns - A Short Trip to the Edge. A Pilgrimage to Prayer Fr Richard Edwards - God's Reason for a Pilgrimage to Mount Athos Nicholas Shakespeare - Journey's End Nicholas Talbot Rice - Holy Mount Athos, Station of Faith Neil Averrit - The Single Gospel John Campbell - Wandering Trevor Curnow - Athos in 1985 Trevor Curnow - Pantokrator and Me Ben Martin - My Recollections of Mount Athos, and an Encounter on London Bridge Shaun Leavey - Two Rather Different Pilgrimages Roumen Avramov - The Holy Mountain - Personal Fragments Robert W. Allison - The Bumblebee Chris Thomas - Impostor Syndrome John Mole - The King's Wine DJ Caso - The Mountain Veronica Della Dora - From Space Graham Speake - 'The highest place on earth': Climbing the Mountain Alastair Sawday - Travelling Light: Mount Athos Daniel Eriksen - Visits to Mount Athos Kallistos Ware - Fifty-Four Years as an Athonite Pilgrim Doug Patterson - Mount Athos: The Artist Andreas Chrysanthou - A Visit Douglas Dales - Ad Limina: On the Boundary Artur Scholtes - My First Visit to the Holy Mountain Derek Simons - How I got lost and met a Saint Jonathan Dunne - Athos Diary Bart Janssens - A Catechumen Colin Whorlow - Nineteen Ninety-Eight Christopher Deliso - Twenty Years of Gratitude: Lifes since Athos Terry Swehla - A Family Affair Thomas Stoor - Waves of Eternal Praise Anna Conomos-Wedlock - An Athonite Childhood Part Three - FOMA Foothpaths Project John Arnell & Trevor Curnow - Early Days Dimitris Bakalis - Not on My Shift Dominic Solly - The First Lopper? Andrew Buchanan - Brotherhood on The Holy Mountain David Holloway - Reflection David Stothard - Surprise, Grace and Serenity John Mole - A Lopper's Diary John Mole - Brotherhood of the Loppers David Bayne - Mount Athos over Fifty Years John Andrews - An Orthodox Pathclearer Part Four - Back Matter Leslie Currie - Food: Mount Athos May 2019 Peter Brian Desmond - Athonite Iconography and the Patriarch Oliver Rackham - Our Lady's Garden: The Historical Ecology of the Holy Mountain Philip H. Oswald - From the Shore to the Summit: The Vegetation and Flora of the Holy Mountain Dimitri Conomos - Two Syndesmos Sagas Peter Howorth - The Map Peter Howorth - Monastic Medicine Trevor Curnow - A Brief Introduction to the Monasteries of Mount Athos Trevor Curnow & Chris Thomas - The Diamonitirion Author Biographies Book List Glossary List of Illustrations‎

‎Titian The Complete Paintings. (Catalogue Raisonn , Catalogue Raisonne,)‎

‎Ghent, Belgium, Ludion Editions NV 2007, 2007 Hardcover, 408 pages , 350 illustrations, 330 in colour, English text 325 x 260 mm, fine condition ISBN 9789055446889.‎

‎Tiziano Vecellio (c.1488/90-1576) - known in English simply as Titian - was a remarkably versatile painter, equally comfortable with a wide range of genres and subjects. Unlike many artists from history whose work has been appreciated only after their death, Titian enjoyed fame and success throughout his career, which spanned over seven decades. Based in Venice, Titian received commissions from many local patrons and the Venetian government, as well as many distinguished figures from further afield, such as the Pope, the German emperor and the King of Spain. Titian's contemporary biographer, Giorgio Vasari, praised his skill as a colourist; the artist's careful modelling and depth of colour, shown to especially good effect in mythological works such as 'Bacchus and Ariadne' (1520-3) and 'Tarquin and Lucretia' (1569-71), continue to impress viewers in the twenty-first century.‎

‎Anglo-saxon England‎

‎ABBC Publications, London, 1957. In-8, plaquette agrafée sous couverture illustrée en noir et blanc, 38 pp. Anglo-saxon England, by Peter Hunter Blair - Introductory notes for the broadcasts, by Maurice Barley : The Alfred Legend. - Kings, Lords and Peasants. - Towns and Trade. - Language and Literature. - The Age of Dunstan. - Anglo-saxon Studies ...‎

‎Illustrations en noir et blanc et en couleur. --- Plus d'informations sur le site archivesdunord.com‎

‎Houses Peter Ivens ‎

‎, Luster Publishing, 2024 Hardcover, 264 pages, 29.6x23.7cm English text. Illustrated. ISBN 9789460583681.‎

‎Peter Ivens is a buzzing and respected name in interior design. The Belgian interior architect is praised for his talent, his timeless style and impeccable realisations. His designs often come about in close collaboration with his partner in crime Bea Mombaers. The two of them have been working together intensively for over a decade, without really dividing their roles in the classic way, blurring the lines between architecture and decoration. For Ivens each house tells its own personal story. ?Custom-made? is a core value in his oeuvre: he tailors each home to the specific needs and personality of its residents. No bells and whistles, no loud, showy signature, but silent luxury stemming from a sophisticated choice in materials and a unique sense of space. Ivens? portfolio is prestigious and diverse, yet his style is recognisable. This beautiful coffee-table book, in which each chapter is dedicated to a different house, is the perfect proof. Except for a brief introduction by design journalist Sisse Bro, the photos by Eefje De Coninck and Senne Van der Ven do all the talking, showcasing Ivens? universe in the most classy and inspiring way.‎

‎Jozef Cantre. Beeldhouwer en houtsnijder, Catalogus / monografie. ‎

‎, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, 2017 Gebonden, Hardcover, 336 pagina's. met prachtige illustraties in kleur en z/w. 28x22cm nieuwstaat. ISBN 9789090305103.‎

‎Deze omvangrijke publicatie werd uitgegeven n.a.v de tentoonstelling Jozef Cantre. Beeldhouwer & houtsnijder van 23 september 2017. en geeft een mooi overzicht van zijn kunstwerken.‎

‎JOZEF PEETERS EN DE STRIJD TEGEN DEN TINGELTANGEL (Inter)nationale netwerk van een Antwerps avant-gardist in de jaren 1920‎

‎Antwerpen, Ludion/ Gallery Van De Velde, 2022 2 Volumes in slipcase, Hardcovers,, 325 x 245 mm, 496 pages; NL edition. met prachtige illustraties. NIEUW! ISBN 9789493039797.‎

‎Dit rijk ge llustreerd naslagwerk over het leven en de strijd van de abstracte kunstenaar Jozef Peeters (1895-1960) biedt een boeiende kijk in de Belgische en Europese avant-garde van de dolle jaren 1920, met Antwerpen als uitvalsbasis. Daar wierp Peeters zich vlak na het einde van de Eerste Wereldoorlog op als de concertmeester van het vooruitstrevendste kunstgebeuren. Hij richtte de kring Moderne Kunst op en organiseerde drie grote congressen van moderne kunst, met schokkende tentoonstellingen. Samen met Michel Seuphor leidde hij tussen 1922 en 1925 het toonaangevende tijdschrift Het Overzicht; later volgde de kunstkrant De Driehoek. Deze cultbladen - met artikels van gerenommeerde auteurs en reproducties van de meest hoogstaande kwaliteit - maakten dat Antwerpen in die tijd een gerespecteerde schakel werd in het Europese raderwerk van de stedelijke avant-garde. De uitgebreide research van auteur Peter J.H. Pauwels belicht Peeters' pioniersrol, als zoekend kunstenaar, en als promotor van het internationaal constructivisme door middel van zijn contacten met tal van gepassioneerde medestrijders in binnen- en buitenland. Zo passeren niet alleen Belgische figuren als Victor Servranckx, Felix De Boeck, Paul van Ostaijen en Marthe Donas de revue, maar ook Piet Mondriaan, Theo en Nelly van Doesburg, Herwarth en Nell Walden, Robert en Sonja Delaunay, Fernand L ger, Lajos Kassak, L szl Moholy-Nagy, J.J.P. Oud, Marcel Iancu en F.T. Marinetti. Samen geloofden zij - gedurende een korte tijd en met vallen en opstaan - in een universeel herkenbare geometrisch abstracte kunst, die na het debacle van de oorlog de landsgrenzen zou overstijgen om te resulteren in een nieuwe, betere wereld.‎

‎Design with Glass. N.Y., Reinhold, (1964).‎

‎Lex8vo-oblong. Orig. full cloth with dustjacket. 159 pp. Richly illustrated.‎

‎Studio Porcelain Contemporary Design and Techniques‎

‎, Pitman House, 1980 Hardcover, 224 pages, ENG, 280 x 220 x 25 mm, dustjacket, in New Condition !, illustrated in colour / b/w. ISBN 9780273015383.‎

‎Porcelain is prized for its vivid whiteness, but it has always posed particular problems for the ceramicist using it. In Contemporary Studio Porcelain, Peter Lane provides a strong history and celebration of the development of porcelain at the turn of the new millennium. He gives particular consideration to the technical achievements, working practices, and aesthetic concerns of ceramicists who work with this most popular medium and its close relative, bone china. The international group of artists featured in this book demonstrates the confidence and versatility found in contemporary porcelain, resulting in a breathtaking look at the exciting and innovative work that is currently being done internationally in this field. Contemporary Studio Porcelain presents a wide diversity of porcelain objects that will both inspire and enthrall. This classic work, now substantially revised, is a must not only for any potter working in porcelain but also for collectors of fine ceramics.‎

‎Peter Lindbergh. On Fashion Photography. 40th Ed. ‎

‎, TASCHEN , 2020 Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.24 kg, 512 pages , NEW , Edition: English, French, German ISBN 9783836582506.‎

‎ Peter Lindbergh's seminal compendium, now published in a special anniversary edition. Through collaborations with the most venerated names in fashion, Lindbergh created new narratives with his humanist approach. This book features more than 300 images, many previously unpublished, and an adapted interview with Lindbergh.‎

‎Peter Lindbergh. Azzedine Ala a‎

‎, Taschen, 2021 Hardcover, 24 x 32,7 cm, 1,48 kg, 240 pages, Multilingual Edition:English, French, German. ISBN 9783836586559.‎

‎Peter Lindbergh and Azzedine Ala a, the photographer and the couturier, were united by their love of black, a love that they would cultivate alike in silver print and solid color garments. Accompanying the exhibition Azzedine Ala a, Peter Lindbergh at the Fondation Azzedine Ala‎

‎Rodchenko ‎

‎, Steidl, 2012 Hardcover with dusjacket, Illustrated. Fine copy.112 pages, 17x335x251 mm English. ISBN 9783869302454.‎

‎For many years, respected gallerists Peter MacGill, Rudolf Kicken and Edwynn Houk have been collecting Aleksandr Rodchenko's photographs. This book is a curated selection of these images, most reproduced at their original sizes. The hallmarks of Rodchenko's inimitable Constructivist-influenced vision are here to see, regardless of whether he is photographing people, architecture or machinery--bold diagonals, abstract shapes and moving objects cutting through space.‎

‎Asian Furniture : A Directory and Sourcebook‎

‎, Thames & Hudson, 2007 Hardcover, 307 pages, ENG, 320 x 290 mm, dustjacket, in Very Good Condition, illustrated in colour, . ISBN 9780500513781.‎

‎Western-style furniture was a relatively late arrival in Asia, where climates and lifestyles were markedly different from those in Europe. But colonial incursions and circumstances of history conspired to bring about profound changes, and furniture design in Asia blossomed into a major decorative art. Each of the eight countries covered here China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Tibet and the Philippines developed its own particular designs, creating pieces furniture as works of art. Today these diverse pieces are treasured by collectors worldwide, from Manhattan lofts to Parisian apartments, as well as in the countries they originated.‎

‎Architettura del Rinascimento‎

‎Electa editrice 1971 Livre en italien. In-4 relié 29 cm sur 26. 401 pages. Surlignage au crayon de papier. Premier cahier partiellement délié. . Jaquette en état moyen. Très bon état d’occasion.‎

‎Immagini in bianco e nero. Images en noir et blanc Très bon état d’occasion ‎

‎Formlose Mobel. Formless Furniture.‎

‎Wien, MAK, 2008 Softcover, 136pp., 21.3x26.2cm., 150 col. and b/w. ills., new. German and English text. ISBN 9783775722476.‎

‎Mitte der 1960er-Jahre entdeckten zahlreiche Kunstler Formlosigkeit als Ausgangspunkt fur ihre Materialexperimente. Die Maxime ?form follows material? wurde jedoch nicht nur in der Objektkunst ausgerufen, sondern hatte grossen Einfluss auch auf die Gestaltung von Mobeln, etwa auf Gunnar A. Andersens experimentelle Polyurethansessel oder den beruhmten Sacco. Die umfassende Untersuchung bundelt erstmals die verschiedenen Aspekte und Auspragungen des Formlosen im Mobeldesign und beleuchtet ausfuhrlich die Wechselwirkungen von bildender und angewandter Kunst sowie die sich wandelnden Konzepte des Amorphen in der Moderne bis hin zu den neuesten Spielarten. Die Betrachtung aktueller Gestaltungsansatze, insbesondere der digital entworfenen ?Blobjects?, veranschaulicht, dass Designer Vorstellungen von der ?Guten Form? nach wie vor spielerisch unterlaufen und dabei gerade im Formlosen Chancen fur asthetische Neuerungen erkennen. Die vorgestellten Designer (Auswahl): Gunnar Aagard Andersen, Ron Arad, Bar Knell, Fernando & Humberto Campana, Tom Dixon, Gatti, Paolini & Teodoro, Frank Gehry, Gruppe Brand, Greg Lynn, Gaetano Pesce, Karim Rashid, Tejo Remy, Jerszy Seymour, Robert Stadler, Lothar Windels.‎

‎Leie, Rimpelloze eenvoud.‎

‎, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, 2010 Paperback, 112 pagina's .illustraties in kleur. ISBN 9789080630796.‎

‎catalogus werd uitgegeven n.a.v. de tentoonstelling "Leie - Rimpelloze eenvoud" van 24 september t.e.m. 28 november 2010 in het Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek te Deinze‎

‎Wien und die Wiener Landschaft : Sp tbarocke und biedermeierliche Landschaftskunst in Wien.‎

‎, Verlag Galerie Welz,, 1978 Hardcover, 311 Seiten, Deutsch, 300 x 300 x 40 mm, Mit schmucklosem Kartonschuber, Wie Neu ! .Illustrierter Schutzumschlag , mit illustrationen in Farbe / s/w., 1978 !! ISBN 9783853490679.‎

‎Leinenband mit wei em Titeldruck. Sehr guter Zustand. SU an der vorderen unteren Kante mit winziger Sto stelle, sonst sehr gut. Mit schmucklosem Kartonschuber. Innen sehr sauberer Zustand. Hrsg.: sterr. Galerie, Wien. Durchgehend illustriert. Mit Falttafeln und K nstlerverzeichnis mit Kurzbiographien und Anmerkungen zu den in den Abbildungen im Textteil und den Tafeln‎

‎PETER PRAN. OF ELLERBE BECKET. RECENTS WORKS.‎

‎London, Academy Editions, Ernst & Sohn, Architectural Monographs n°24, 1992, in-4 softcover, 144 pp, illustrations. Text in english. Dustjacket in Used (small tears), book in very good condition.‎

‎Hunger #2 Promiscuity Peter Rogiers‎

‎, MER Paper Kunsthalle, 2012 SC / 80 pages / 29,7 x 21 cm Language EN. ISBN 9789490693886.‎

‎Promiscuity is the sequel in Peter Rogier's series The Hunger. In this classic epic of the battle between the sexes we meet Jill and John. Jill is the object of desire, John falls in love with Jill. One day John is on his way to see ''the scientist'', Jill's husband. It's love at first sight, things start to slide: otherwise inconspicious John starts an affair with Jill. On his way to one of their secret rendez-vous John has a bizarre car crash. He survives but will be tranfsormed for ever into The Snowman. He does not have a clear recollection of his past, nor of his affair with Jill. As the Snowman he gradually discovers he can take on properties of other creatures. One day he transmutes into an insectlike personae and the inevitable takes place: he meets Jill again. They recognise each other and, amazingly, Jill explains John that he has killed her. He had to because it was an essential part of the alien transformation. They realise they have only one option for survival: they have to become one. Super heroes as they have become however, the process takes on dimensions of almost cosmic copulation. In the end they merge in The Mental Wagon and take off in time and space seeking new adventures. In a surprising epilogue The Mental Wagon is transformed into a horse, riding the desert of a planet that may well be earth.‎

‎Peter Rogiers, overzicht van het oeuvre van beeldhouwer Peter Rogiers‎

‎, Kannibaal, 2016 29 x 27 cm, 160 bladzijden, Hardcover, Quadrichromie, Tweetalige editie Nederlands-Engels. ISBN 9789492081643.‎

‎Indrukwekkend overzicht van het oeuvre van beeldhouwer Peter Rogiers Peter Rogiers is een van de bekendste Belgische beeldhouwers, wiens werk wereldwijd geexposeerd wordt en deel uitmaakt van tal van museumcollecties. Hij had onlangs soloshows in Berlijn, Parijs, Brussel, Antwerpen, New York en Los Angeles, en zijn werk werd opgenomen in de prestigieuze Louis Vuitton Building in Los Angeles. Als eerste kunstenaar ooit krijgt hij in 2016 voor de tweede keer, na vijftien jaar, een retrospectieve tentoonstelling in het Middelheimmuseum. In deze publicatie wordt een uitgebreide selectie van zijn werk sinds de jaren negentig getoond, afgewisseld met foto?s van zijn indrukwekkende installatieclusters in het Antwerpse openluchtmuseum. Rogiers beschouwt zichzelf als een figuratieve kunstenaar die verder werkt in de sculptuurtraditie en zo een plaats heeft in de kunstgeschiedenis, meer dan dat hij in zijn werk wil verwijzen naar de hedendaagse maatschappelijke context. In het verleden toonde Rogiers onconventionele, hybride sculpturen in polyurethaan, en recentelijk experimenteerde hij met vormen in aluminium, die door kunstcritica Lilly Wei in het magazine Art in America als echte highlights werden geprezen: ?Hoewel Peter Rogiers? sculpturen op het eerste gezicht alarmerend zijn, hebben ze ook fabuleuze kwaliteiten die elk gevoel van kwaadwilligheid tenietdoen. Ze bestaan uit gelijke delen barok, futurisme, surrealisme en kitsch, en ze belichamen zowel mimetische als verzonnen elementen. Op een ironische manier ontwricht Rogiers de integriteit van het figuratieve, door gezichten en ledematen (als dat is wat ze zijn) op onverwachte plaatsen te laten opduiken.? In samenwerking met het Middelheimmuseum, waar de grote retrospectieve van Peter Rogiers loopt van 21 mei tot 18 september 2016, en Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerpen. ‎

‎Carl-Henning Pedersen: Galerie Semiha Huber‎

‎, Galerie Semiha Huber, 1992 Original publishers paper-covered boards, 42 pages. Color plates. Text in English and German. ISBN 1491684155.‎

‎OP ZOEK NAAR HAARLEMSE 17E EEUWSE TEGELS. ‎

‎Amsterdam, Peter Sprangers, 2021 hardcover, 87 pagina's, met afbeeldingen in kleur, 21x21cm. ISBN 9789464372496.‎

‎Bijna een eeuw wandtegelnijverheid te Haarlem komt in deze uitgave voor het eerst aan het licht in al zijn facetten. Meer dan 500 afbeeldingen van gedecoreerde wandtegels en tegeltableaus als eerste aanzet tot een staalkaart helpen u om Haarlemse productie in de 17e eeuw te kunnen onderscheiden. Auteur Peter Sprangers, met eerdere succesvolle uitgaven als De kunst van De Gruyter, Utrechtse Tegels 1600-1900 en Amsterdamse tegels 1588-1647.‎

‎Fabric of the City. A Social History of Cloth Manufacture in Medieval Ypres‎

‎, Brepols, 2022 Hardback, 278 pages, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:18 b/w, 10 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503600512.‎

‎Summary Textile industries were one of the driving forces of the urbanisation process in medieval Northwest Europe, and nowhere was their impact so profound as in Flanders, where almost all larger and smaller cities were involved in manufacturing woollens from the 12th to the 16th century. Ypres, the third city in the county, was perhaps the most important concentration of industrial labour and capital in this period. In their heyday in the 13th and 14th centuries Ypres woollens were exported all over Europe and Ypres entrepreneurs and textile workers were able to adapt in very flexible ways to changes in demand. This book investigates not only what the impact of cloth manufacture was on urban society, it also tries to unravel the social mechanisms of industrial development in late medieval cities. It focuses on social inequalities and on the often difficult relationship between the various stakeholders in the urban cloth industry: merchants, entrepreneurs, guild masters and skilled and unskilled workers. Through the analysis work practices, wage levels, investment strategies, gender issues and political aspirations, it unravels how urban industries in the pre-industrial era shaped social relations in the city, how they moulded the urban fabric. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Money Matters Introduction. Growth and Decline of a Textile City Chapter 1. Flemish Resilience? Cloth and its Markets Chapter 2. Of Weaving Looms, Spinning Wheels and Fuller's Troughs. Cloth and Technology Chapter 3. The Rise and Fall of Industrial Suburbia. Cloth and the Urban Fabric Chapter 4. The Boinebrokes of Ypres. Cloth and Mercantile Capital Chapter 5. The Clothiers' Century. Cloth and Entrepreneurship Chapter 6. The Rules of the Game. Cloth, Labour and Guilds Chapter 7. All in a Wage? Cloth and its Rewards Chapter 8. 'Whether He or She'. Cloth and Gender Chapter 9. A Time to Protest. Cloth and Revolt Chapter 10. Roads of Capitalism Bibliography Glossary of textile terms (in the Ypres sources)‎

‎Transitions in Engineering. Guillaume Henri Dufour and the Early 19th Century Cable Suspension Bridges.‎

‎ Bâle, Birkhäuser, 1987. In-4 à l'italienne, cartonnage d'éd. sous jaq. ill. en coul., 244 pp., nb fig. et photographies en n. et bl. in-texte. Bibliographie et index. Texte en anglais. ‎

‎ Bonne cond. - Frais de port : -France 6,9 € -U.E. 11 € -Monde (z B : 18 €) (z C : 31 €) ‎

‎British Railway Standard Pacifics in Colour‎

‎Shepperton, Specialist Marketing International 1994, 1994 Hardcover, 80 pages, English, 245 x 190 mm, Fine Copy, richly illustrated with coloured illustrations,. ISBN 9780711022645.‎

‎Luc Deleu & T.O.P. office. Future Plans 1970-2020. Een halve eeuw Luc Deleu & T.O.P. office‎

‎Antwerp, VAI : VLAAMS ARCHITECTUUR INSTITUUT, 2020 Paperback, 295 pages, 180x120mm, English text. ISBN 9789492567192.‎

‎Sinds haar oprichting heeft T.O.P. office een ware boost gegeven aan de architectuur als compromisloos sociaal instrument om de aardse schaal en het delicate evenwicht met de mensheid voortdurend in vraag te stellen. Hoe je het ook draait, de Aarde ? een bol ? is de onmiskenbare alfa en omega voor elke toekomstige houding, actie of interventie ? een inzicht dat Luc Deleu & T.O.P. office telkens hebben benadrukt en zelfs hebben uitgedaagd. Gewapend met een vastberaden en humoristische logica, een sterk geloof in de vrijheid van het individu en een onophoudend streven naar ecologie, blijft T.O.P. office de samenleving een spiegel voorhouden. Altijd ongevraagd, simpelweg omdat het moet. Voor deze publicatie kregen redacteurs Peter Swinnen en Anne Judong ongelimiteerde toegang tot de archieven van T.O.P. office. De titel is eveneens de filter om het levende archief te onderzoeken. Welke projecten, of ze nu bedacht zijn in de jaren 70 of 2000, bewaren de doordachte belofte van een toekomstplan? Hoe kunnen ze ontwerpers, architecten, stedenbouwkundigen, ecologen, cultuurwerkers, administraties en beleidsmakers van vandaag en morgen inlichten? Een toekomstplan/future plan op zich. Met teksten van Raymond Balau, Thierry Berlemont, Flor Bex, Guillaume Bijl, Gideon Boie, Wim Cuyvers, Bart De Baere, Lieven De Boeck, Sofie De Caigny, Lieven De Cauter, Anny De Decker, Xaveer De Geyter, Lucas De Pauw, Isabelle De Smet, Luc Deleu, Filip Francis, Charlotte Geldof, Pieterjan Gijs, Pieterjan Ginckels, Wim Goossens, Arnaud Hendrickx, Hilde Heynen, Dirk Jaspaert, Anne Judong, John K rmeling, Rudi Laermans, C dric Libert, Ulrike Lindmayr, Andr Loeckx, Johan Pas, Tine Poot, Paul Robbrecht, Sofie Ruysseveldt, Lara Schrijver, Peter Swinnen, Maarten Van Acker, Philippe Van Cauteren, Steven Van den Bergh, Maarten Van Den Driessche, Christophe Van Gerrewey, Hein Van Haaren, Paul Vermeulen, Bart Verschaffel, Marleen Wynants. English text only; Since its inception, T.O.P. office has boosted architecture as an uncompromising social tool to persistently question the terrestrial scale and the delicate balance with mankind. Whichever way you turn it, Earth ? the orb ? is the undeniable alpha and omega for any future stance, action or intervention. An insight Luc Deleu & T.O.P. office have never failed to underscore ? or challenge. Armed with an unsparing but humorous logic, a firm belief in the freedom of the individual, and a persistent commitment to ecology, T.O.P. office continues to hold up a mirror to society. Always unsolicited. Simply because they have to. For this publication, editors Peter Swinnen and Anne Judong were given unlimited access to the archives of T.O.P. office. The title is also the filter through which to examine the living archive. Which projects ? whether conceived in the 1970s or 2000s ? retain the intelligent promise of a future plan? And how can they enlighten designers, architects, urban planners, ecologists, cultural workers, administrations and policymakers of today and tomorrow? A future plan in itself.‎