A biography on one of the most important Dutch architects, Gerrit Rietveld. This books gives an insight to the life and work of Rietveld by one of his close collaborators, Bertus Mulder, who worked as an architect at Rietvelds' studio. Because of the Rietveld Year 2010 this English translation of "Gerrit Thomas Rietveld - Leven Denken Werken", is being published.

This how-to kit contains the complete directions for building the best known furniture designs by Gerrit Reitveld documented with working drawings, measurements, details, material lists, and assembly directions along with a separate workbook.

Presents a wealth of new information uncovered in the restoration of the Schroder House.

Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1964) was one of the most famous architects and designers of the twentieth century. Nearly everyone knows his red-blue chair and the Rietveld Schröder House, but not many people are aware of the full extent of his work. Renowned authors from the Netherlands and abroad describe Rietveld's world, the technology of his time and the interaction between his work and that of contemporaries such as Piet Mondriaan, Theo Van Doesburg, Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier. Due attention is also paid to the relevance of Rietveld's work today. The sum total is a new picture of Rietveld's unique contribution to 20th-century architecture and design.

Overzicht van alle meubelontwerpen van Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1964).

"Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1964) is perhaps Holland's best-known architect. His Schröder House in Utrecht from 1924 has achieved iconic status. In fact, Rietveld built around 100 houses, and of these very little is known. Photographer Arjan Bronkhorst (b. 1972), who established his credentials in 2013 with the bestseller Grachtenhuizen/Amsterdam Canal Houses, went in search of these unknown Rietveld houses. He photographed their interiors and residents, travelling as far as the United States. Light and space are what characterise Rietveld's houses. Sobriety is a basic principle in his designs. Only appreciated by a small group of intellectual clients who commissioned Rietveld to design an avant-garde house. Authors Willemijn Zwikstra and Marc van den Eerenbeemt explored the archives and interviewed current residents about living in a Rietveld house. As Rietveld expert Ida van Zijl notes in her introduction: it is high time for a new publication: a book that puts the resident first, just as Rietveld thought a house as a setting for life."--Page 4 de la couverture.