We are pleased to bring attention to the book Dutch Mountains that focuses on Francine Houben from Mecanoo Architecten and her inspiring work that spans the globe. We have featured Mecanoo Architecten before and you can see them here. Houben came to architecture like many great young architects who are driven by social idealism. “Uplifting the people, contributing to quality of life—that was the great goal.” Among being named Business Woman of the Year in Netherlands in 2008, Houben still works for social idealism. Houben says about her Birmingham library, “I want to create cohesion among the ethnic diversity of the city and the traces of its industrial past.”
006 Introduction
012 Montevideo
044 Whistling Rock Country Club Golf Clubhouse
080 Tu Delft Library
162 Interview with Francine Houben by Jan Tromp ‘An unforgettable building, that is what I want to create’
198 Bijlmerpark
238 Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts
274 Saint Mary of the Angels Chapel
338 Project Specifications
342 Mecanoo people
344 Biography Francine Houben
346 Mecanoo Statements
348 Mecanoo Architecten
