Architectenbureau Jowa 1976-2021 Amsterdam offers readers a detailed overview of the history and establishment of the office. It is richly illustrated with a selection of images from numerous national and international projects: museum exhibitions, lighting, public and private spaces. The book also includes details of long-term collaborations showing how the projects were realized. This book provides a detailed and varied overview of the history with first professional experience, the foundation and the history of Architectenbureau Jowa; richly illustrated with a choice of the agency's many projects. Attention is paid to how projects went in practice and to all long-term collaborations with clients. In 45 years special relationships with companies, private individuals and especially museums arose. Architectenbureau Jowa has designed exhibitions for years for, among others, the Amsterdam Museum, Cobra Museum, Hermitage Amsterdam and Saint Petersburg, Mauritshuis, De Nieuwe Kerk, National Museum of Antiquities and Tropenmuseum. The book is not limited to the desk. You also read about the person behind it: Imre Kis-Jovak, called Jowa. From his background and childhood in the former Yugoslavia to completing his very versatile education, from Novi Sad via Belgrade and Zurich to Amsterdam, where he taught at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy for a long time.
Architectenbureau Jowa 1976-2021 Amsterdam offers readers a detailed overview of the history and establishment of the office. It is richly illustrated with a selection of images from numerous national and international projects: museum exhibitions, lighting, public and private spaces. The book also includes details of long-term collaborations showing how the projects were realized. Dit boek geeft een gedetailleerd en gevarieerd overzicht van de voorgeschiedenis met eerste beroepservaring, de oprichting en de geschiedenis van Architectenbureau Jowa; rijk geïllustreerd met een keuze uit de talrijke projecten van het bureau. Er is aandacht voor hoe projecten in de praktijk verliepen en voor alle langdurige samenwerkingen met opdrachtgevers. In 45 jaar ontstonden bijzondere relaties met bedrijven, particulieren en vooral musea. Voor onder meer Amsterdam Museum, Cobra Museum, Hermitage Amsterdam en Sint-Petersburg, Mauritshuis, De Nieuwe Kerk, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden en Tropenmuseum heeft Architectenbureau Jowa jarenlang tentoonstellingen ontworpen. Het boek beperkt zich niet tot het bureau. U leest ook over de persoon erachter: Imre Kis-Jovak, roepnaam Jowa. Van zijn achtergrond en jeugd in toenmalig Joegoslavië tot het afronden van zijn zeer veelzijdige opleiding, van Novi Sad via Belgrado en Zürich tot Amsterdam, waar hij lange tijd doceerde aan de Gerrit Rietveld Academie.
Notes
Bound tête-bêche with biography: Jowa (63 pages).
Includes index.
Language note
Parallel texts in Dutch and English.
Other title(s)
Jowa.
ISBN
9789462623842
9462623848
OCLC
1344292271
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