The Glass Farm is an impressive sight on Schijndel's market square. Just as fascinating is the genesis of this building, which began when eighteen-year-old Winy Maas asked his mayor to do something about the hole caused by bombing during Operation Market Garden in 1944. It then took thirty-three years to get the building off the ground. This chronicle of the Glass Farm is a record of history that reads like a novel. Author Gerard Buenen, editor-in-chief of the Schijndels Weekblad, writes a gripping, fact-based biography of the building. The story is illustrated by photographs by photographer Niels Stomps and illustrations by MVRDV.