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Four Walls and a Roof

The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession

Reinier de Graaf

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ISBN 9780674241466

Publication Date: 10/15/2019

528 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

70 illus.

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Reinier de Graaf is Partner at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam.

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Read an excerpt from Four Walls and a Roof, “Can a house be beautiful simply because of what we know, not because of what we see?” at Dezeen (where the book originated as a series of essays)
Read an interview with Reinier de Graaf at Failed Architecture
Read Architectural Record’s interview with de Graaf on the frustrations, triumphs, and memorable failures of his field
At TIME, read de Graaf on how architecture should—must!—adapt to climate change

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