Dit is de engelstalige editie van 'Gaudi. Constructie van verleiding'(isbn 9789059730212). The Construction of Dreams– the last book that Jan Molema has dedicated to Gaudí – is a serious, rigorous and well documented publication, resulting from many years of careful research about the what and why of Gaudí. Molema is a key figure for the interpretation of Gaudí’s work, as well as for its diffusion and internationalization. Molema´s fascination with the work of Gaudí led him to the analysis of the mechanics, the structure and the building methods of his buildings. In the days when the official Art History, and even the Architectural History considered Gaudí as a rara avis with no connection with the modern movements and as an isolated artistic phenomena, Molema decided to penetrate in the most profound of his architecture, to discover the ultimate reason of his forms, that always respond to functional principles based on calculation and analysis, and result in the special
