Book attempts to provide insight into Dutch new construction architecture through interviews with and writings by Dutch architects. Contributors include: J.F. Berghoef, J. Coenen, C. Weeber, P. Blom, J. Bakema, T. Alberts, Benthem and Crouwel, H. Hertzberger, F. van Gool, E.F. Groosman, J.P. Kloos. Berghoef describes architectural history under the title "architecture and urban planning: mirror of society" and identifies a new tendency toward restoration of and concern for the existing. Photographs of his own home in Aalsmeer and of housing development Sloterhof in Amsterdam are printed. | This book contains a treatise on Piet Blom in the chapter "and somewhere an elephant walks...". It is a collection of articles gathered together from various magazines. The text lists his most important works such as the Kasbah in Hengelo, the Bastille of the T.H. in Twente, the stilt houses in Helmond, 't Speelhuis in Helmond, the Blaakoverbouwing in Rotterdam and the Minerva academy in Groningen.~Illustrations: exterior photos (2)/Mensa de Bastille Campus TH Twente Enschede; exterior photos/Living quarter Kasbah Hengelo; cross-sections pole houses/'t Speelhuis with Pole houses Helmond; exterior photos pole houses/'t Speelhuis with Pole houses Helmond; isometry 't Speelhuis/'t Speelhuis with Paalwoningen Helmond; exterior and interior photographs 't Speelhuis/'t Speelhuis with Paalwoningen Helmond; facade drawing/Academie voor beeldende kunsten Minerva Groningen; situation drawing/Blaakoverbouwing Rotterdam; perspective drawing/Blaakoverbouwing Rotterdam