Rixt Hoekstra
@tsjoch.bsky.social
Architectural historian passionate about gender studies, the historiography of modern architecture, theory, philosophy, and doing research
New article about Dutch architect Han Schröder:
Network matters: Han Schröder’s formative years in Zürich and her 1940s correspondence with Sigfried Giedion and Carola Giedion-Welcker | ARENA Journal of Architectural Research%20https://ajar.arena-architecture.eu/articles/10.55588/ajar.520
Network matters: Han Schröder’s formative years in Zürich and her 1940s correspondence with Sigfried Giedion and Carola Giedion-Welcker | ARENA Journal of Architectural Research%20https://ajar.arena-architecture.eu/articles/10.55588/ajar.520
July 5, 2026 at 9:30 AM
New article about Dutch architect Han Schröder:
Network matters: Han Schröder’s formative years in Zürich and her 1940s correspondence with Sigfried Giedion and Carola Giedion-Welcker | ARENA Journal of Architectural Research%20https://ajar.arena-architecture.eu/articles/10.55588/ajar.520
Network matters: Han Schröder’s formative years in Zürich and her 1940s correspondence with Sigfried Giedion and Carola Giedion-Welcker | ARENA Journal of Architectural Research%20https://ajar.arena-architecture.eu/articles/10.55588/ajar.520
The book Bauhaus Clouds has just been published by the Center for Ctitical Studies in Architecture. It is based on a lecture series we did in 2018. I wrote as essay on Tafuri's interpretation of the Bauhaus.
#architecture
#modern
#historytheory
#architecturehistoriography
#architecture
#modern
#historytheory
#architecturehistoriography
August 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The book Bauhaus Clouds has just been published by the Center for Ctitical Studies in Architecture. It is based on a lecture series we did in 2018. I wrote as essay on Tafuri's interpretation of the Bauhaus.
#architecture
#modern
#historytheory
#architecturehistoriography
#architecture
#modern
#historytheory
#architecturehistoriography
If you are interested in the historiography of Dutch modern architecture, as well as in a theoretical approach of history, this essay may be of interest. I published it in the journal Wolkenkuckucksheim, journal of Architectural Theory. Free download at:
www.academia.edu/128043816/Wh...
www.academia.edu/128043816/Wh...
What is twentieth century architectural history? Italian answers from the Netherlands
In this essay I evaluate the historiography of Dutch modern architecture from the perspective of the theory of history developed by the German philosopher Jörn Rüsen (1938). I focus on two Italian his...
www.academia.edu
March 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If you are interested in the historiography of Dutch modern architecture, as well as in a theoretical approach of history, this essay may be of interest. I published it in the journal Wolkenkuckucksheim, journal of Architectural Theory. Free download at:
www.academia.edu/128043816/Wh...
www.academia.edu/128043816/Wh...
Some beauty after too much ugliness this week. Jaap Rusticus, woman with bird, 1963. Now at display in Museum Drachten, Fryslan, the Netherlands.
February 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Some beauty after too much ugliness this week. Jaap Rusticus, woman with bird, 1963. Now at display in Museum Drachten, Fryslan, the Netherlands.
I am doing some research at Firenze University and also discussing exciting plans for an exhibition on the first Italian female architecture students at this university. Now just waiting for the rain and Italian strikes to stop.
February 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I am doing some research at Firenze University and also discussing exciting plans for an exhibition on the first Italian female architecture students at this university. Now just waiting for the rain and Italian strikes to stop.
From the square to the circle. Venice, Marina Apollonio, Peggy Gugenheim, december 2024. #venice#italy
December 8, 2024 at 1:16 PM
From the square to the circle. Venice, Marina Apollonio, Peggy Gugenheim, december 2024. #venice#italy