Ruins in the Netherlands XIX-XXI

For the purpose of this fascinating guide, a building is considered a
ruin when its windows or doors are no longer intact or when walls or
roofs have holes. The result: the building is exposed to the weather, to
wind and rain, to invasions by wildlife and vegetation. Ruins in the
Netherlands focuses on buildings that are in the process of the merging
of building and nature. The buildings in this guide are not the idealized
ruins of churches or cottages so beloved of the Romantic poets: most
of them are at an earlier stage, more recently abandoned, though some
are little more than a pile of rubble. The important thing to notice is
that each ruin is open to all kinds of possibilities. A unique publication
exploring the architectural ruins from our contemporary culture.