Text by Jan Wampler
Foreword by Aldo Van Eyck, John Habraken, Fumihiko Maki 
Comment by Robert M. MacLeod
Interview by Paul Lukez

In Thoughts on an Architect’s Journey, Open Notes at 85, the renowned architect and professor Jan Wampler looks back on his distinguished career, sharing his reflections, memories and poetic evocations of decades spent in the service of architecture. Split into several sections, including an extensive interview, summaries of some of Wampler’s architectural projects, “Soul Songs” in verse, essays by prestigious colleagues Aldo Van Eyck, John Habraken, Fumihiko Mahi and Robert McCleod, and a selection of Wampler’s paintings, this is a privileged insight into the mind of an eminent architect, educator and artist, revealing the inspirations, motivations and beliefs that guided him throughout his life and work.

Jan Wampler
Thoughts on an Architect’s Journey
Open Notes at 85

Book Size: 8 x 8 in / 203.2 x 203.2 mm
Format: Square
Pages: 200
Language: English
Edition: Hardcover (978-1-964490-14-4)

//'There is a timelessness to Jan’s message: his infectious positivity; his call for the dutiful stewardship of the planet; his insistence that young architects design for people, not programs …' - Robert Macleod

'What Jan Wampler brings to bear here is the plain truth: truth of a kind most people – architects among them – wish not to hear,'  - Aldo Van Eyck