T.O.P. office : founder's choice
TitleT.O.P. office : founder's choice
T.O.P. office & Luc Deleu : founder's choice / a reader (alternatieve titel)
T.O.P. office & Luc Deleu : founder's choice / a reader (alternatieve titel)
Corporate author
Editionfirst edition
PublisherHopper&Fuchs - [Antwerp]
Year of publication2025
Period20ste eeuw21ste eeuw
Size2 vol.: ill.: 22,5 x 36,5 cm
Materialhardcover boek
ISBN978-94-64002-64-5978-94-64002-65-2
LanguageEngels
Persons keyword Luc Deleu, T.O.P. office
ShelfmarkB 2032/881
Abstract
Founder’s Choice, compiled by architect Luc Deleu (b. 1944), is the first comprehensive, richly illustrated, and large-scale overview of the activities of T.O.P. office, founded in 1970. In ten thematically and chronologically structured chapters, the book presents a body of work that is as versatile and elusive as it is coherent. From completed buildings to competition proposals, from small-scale interventions to global concepts – this book invites the reader to reflect on humanity’s spatial presence on Earth and to discover meaning and direction in it through art and architecture.
Together with T.O.P. office, Luc Deleu spent over half a century building an architectural and artistic oeuvre across a variety of media. At the same time, he critically reflected on his own practice as well as on the role of architecture and urban planning in general. As both reader and writer, he searched for the words to clarify and substantiate his position, resulting in a unique body of texts. Luc Deleu: A Reader brings together his most important texts, lectures, and articles for the first time – from the Orbanist Manifesto (1980) to Darling Springs: A Call for Beauty (2024). The book opens with a conversation between Hans Ulrich Obrist, Nico Dockx, and Luc Deleu. (bron: website uitgever)