Ryan Waller is a partner at Other Means, a Brooklyn-based graphic design studio working with architects, artists, curators, editors, institutions, and schools.
Living in the Lowlands offers a kaleidoscopic overview of one of the most important themes in Dutch architectural history: living and the home environment. Fifteen domestic scenes illustrate important points in the history of housing construction in the Netherlands since 1850; all are representative of prevailing Dutch design philosophies and the internationally respected Dutch public housing tradition and living culture. Specific periods are addressed on the basis of selected projects: Amsterdam’s Vondelstraat by P.J.H. Cuijpers, Plan Zuid by Berlage, Amsterdam’s Betondorp (Concrete Village), the Kiefhoek by J.J.P. Oud, Rotterdam’s Pendrecht and Alexanderpolder neighborhoods, Almere, Amsterdam’s Nieuwmarkt neighborhood, and Ypenburg. Utopian…