Today, Dom Hans van der Laan (1904–91) is something of a cult figure in post-World War II European architecture. The Dutch Benedictine monk and architect devoted his life to the search for fundamental principles of architecture, and his thoughts on numerical relationships and dimensional systems were highly influential in mid-twentieth-century architectural theory.
‘A House to Live With’ by Caroline Voet is the first book to extensively examine the residential buildings designed by Van der Laan and some of his students at the Ecclesiastical Architecture program in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, which he led between 1946 and 1973. Learn more.
A House to Live With: 16 Variations by Dom Hans van der Laan and His Companions
