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Philippe Samyn’s rigorous, imaginative and po
oeuvre is unique in the history of contemporar
architecture and engineering. This impressive
with more than 1,350 illustrations of buildings,
drawings, computer-generated images and ske
of them appearing for the first time – provides
view into the preoccupations of this architect,
and urban planner.
Pierre Puttemans’s text offers an introduction t
architecture and urban planning, and puts Sa
into historical perspective. It also provides a d
analysis of more than 160 projects, some of th
and displayed here for the first time.
Pierre Spehl is an engineer who has collaborat
Philippe Samyn for many years. His essay reve
highly complex nature of the engineer’s art, vi
various technical innovations – whether in ter
structure, fluid dynamics or environmental im
as well as through the various patents register
Philippe Samyn and Partners.
Finally, an interview with Philippe Samyn allows
to understand how his exceptional office is run,
that art, sketches and models play in his creative
Preface by Jean Attali.
constructions
philippe samyn
architect and Engineer