With the book ‘Polo Architects’, the architectural firm of Mauro Poponcini and Patrick Lootens looks back on a 25-year career. The publication presents a selection of realised projects between 1991 and 2015: from early single-family houses to major projects such as the Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool at Park Spoor Noord, Cadiz on Antwerp's Eilandje or the office tower at Gent-Sint-Pieters station. The buildings are presented using photos by Filip Dujardin and Stijn Bollaert, among others, and are accompanied by plans and concise texts. The richly furnished oeuvre section is complemented by conversations with five leading interlocutors, who consider and question from their own relationship to architecture. Together with Filip Canfyn, b0b Van Reeth, Kristiaan Borret, Bart Verschaffel and Henk Visch, the architects cast a critical eye on architectural practice in Flanders and various themes close to their hearts.
Polo Architects
26 x 20 cm, 508 pages, hardcover
Language: Dutch, English, French
Authors: Joeri De Bruyn, Mauro Poponcini, Patrick Lootens,
Graphic design: Sven Beirnaert
Publisher: Public Space, 2015
ISBN: 9789491789083