Bolles + Wilson : Nieuwe Luxor Theater, Rotterdam
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Bolles + Wilson : Nieuwe Luxor Theater, Rotterdam
(Opus, 47)
Edition Axel Menges, c2003
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The Luxor is a significant milestone in the uvre of Bolles + Wilson. As a major public building, it pursues themes first tested in the 1993 new city library in Munster: a characteristic plan form, an intervention that redefines its context, and a synthesis of the abstract with a spatial warmth, an ambience that communicates directly and subliminally to a wide audience base. The architecture of this German/Australian duo does not fit easily into conventional architectural genres. Smallness, intimacy, and precise details characterise their work, just like an increasing number of urban interventions that have made a major impact on cities like Hengelo, The Hague or Magdeburg. The design of the Luxor Theatre, the process of its realisation, Bolles + Wilson's surrounding urban fields and, most importantly, the internal life in the building engendered by the architecture are fully presented in this book.
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