Showing posts with label Netherlands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Netherlands. Show all posts

dr. ir. G. W. van Heukelom (1870-1950)

Most of his work he performed in the service of the Dutch Railways (1891-1935). He was a supporter of the school van Berlage.

Main achievements
Stations Maastricht
Administration Building of the Dutch Railways in Utrecht (1918-1921).
Restoration of the Dom Tower in Utrecht.
Restoration work at the Martini in Groningen.
Restoration work on the building 'Leeuwenberch' in Utrecht.

Johan Willem Hanrath (1867-1932) Architect

Johan Hanrath was a Dutch architect who built many houses. His work is characterized by good proportions and careful detailing and is akin to that of Berlage and De Bazel.

Main achievements
Groenendaal mansion in Hilversum (1904).
Diaconessenhuis in Utrecht (1904).
Building for 'Charity to Power' now 'Care and Social Assistance in Amsterdam (1913).
Houses in Eindhoven and Amsterdam.
Technical school in Alkmaar.

Max Haefeli (1869-1941) Architect

Max Haefeli was a Swiss architect. He built churches, hospitals and sanatoriums in Zurich. Hotels in Davos, Zurich, Lucerne and Lugano. Schools and villas in Degensheim Nieder-Uzwill and Schönenwerd.

Main buildings
Werkbundsiedlung Neubühl in Zurich (1932).
Congress Building in Zurich, along with Werner M. Moser and Steiger.
New Apostolic Church in Geneva, along with Werner M. Moser and Steiger.

Eugen Gugel (1832-1905) Architect

Eugen Gugel was a Dutch architect with a German origin. Eugen was from 1864-1903 professor at the Polytechnic School in Delft. He built mainly in the Neo-Renaissance style.

Main buildings
Building for Electrical Engineering in Delft.
Building K. and W. in The Hague (1875).
Students Society in Leiden.
University building in Utrecht, together with JF Nieuwenhuis (1891).

Walter Gropius (1883-1969) Architect

Walter Gropius was a German architect who first worked in Germany and then in America. He was one of the most important figures of the modern direction and used iron and glass to make new possibilities. From 1919 he was director of the Bauhaus, first established in Weimar and then in Dessau since 1925. The Bauhaus was formerly a leading organization that improved buildings, interior and household appliances. From 1934 he worked in London in 1937 and was appointed professor at Harvard University in America. In that same year, he undertook with Marcel Breuer. Walter Gropius was someone who had a great influence in how America realized buildings. Along with Wachsman he was the designer of a new system for making prefabricated houses.

Main achievements
Factory building for Fagus Work Karl Benscheidt Alfeld on the Leine (1911-1914).
Pavilion for the Werkbund exhibition in Cologne (1914).
Homes and buildings for the Bauhaus in Dessau (1925-1926).
Country house for James Ford in America (1939).
Mansion for Harry G. Chamberlain in America (1940).
Settlement for the workers in the aluminum business at Harvard, more known as Aluminum city.
Student Housing complex Harvard Graduate Commons at Harvard.

Johan H. Groenewegen (1902) Architect

Johan Groenewege was a Dutch architect.

Main buildings
Montessori School in Bloemendaal (1931).
Dutch Reformed Center in Terheyde.
Bus Station K.L.M. in Amsterdam (1953).
Houses in Breskens.

Jan Gratama (1877-1947) building engineer

Jan Gratama was a Dutch building engineer. He is best known for his the many houses he built in Amsterdam.

Main buildings
Housing 'Eigen Haard' in Bird Area in North Amsterdam.
Municipal and several houses in the Transvaal neighborhood (1920-1924).
Municipal homes in Olympiaweg (1925).
Extensions for the Agnetapark of the Royal yeast factory in Delft (1926).
Houses for the Arnhem building society in Arnhem.

Gijsbert Friedhoff (1892-1970) building engineer

Gijsbert Friedhoff was a Dutch engineer and since 1946 he was Chief Government. He built many houses and homes in Baarn and Haarlem.

Main achievements
Town hall in Sliedrecht, along with Dr ir JH Plantenga in Amsterdam (1920-1922).
Town hall in Enschede in Amsterdam (1930-1933).
Diaconie Orphanage in Amsterdam (1930-1932).
First Church of Christian Scientists in Amsterdam (1937-1938).
Emma Church in Amsterdam (1938-1930).
Design for the reconstruction of Zandvoort.

Frits Eschauzier Adolf (1889-1957) Architect

Frits Adolf Eschauzier was a Dutch architect and since 1949 a professor at the Technological High School in Delft (now known as T.I., Technical University of Delft). In addition to many houses there were still a number of notable achievements.

Main projects
Maranatha church of the Dutch Reformed congregation in The Hague.
Office for the Amstel Brewery in Amsterdam.
Rotterdam theater (1947), along with several other architects.
Dutch Reformed Church in Oosterbeek, with Frits Eschauzier Junior and B. Castle.

Wouter Sybrand de Erve (1914-1994) building engineer

Wouter Sybrand van de Erve was a Dutch building engineer.

Important works
Turmac-cigarette factory in Zevenaar.
Rest in Hardinxveld Skin (1951).
Staff Building for Van der Heem in Voorburg.
Real Estate in Flushing, with architect Martin Zwaagstra.

Johannes Christiaan van Epen (1880-1960) architect

Johannes, nicknamed 'Jop', was a Dutch architect who built many houses in Amersfoort, Apeldoorn and Gooi. In Amsterdam he realized large housing complexes. He worked together with architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage the beach hotel Nassau-Bergen in Bergen aan Zee. There is even an architecture named after him, the 'Dr. H. P. Berlage Prize'. There are a eight prizes handed out by the Dr. H. P. Berlage Foundation.

Main achievements
Troelstraoord Beekbergen, a resort for workers (1925).
Housing complex in the Joseph Israëlskade in Amsterdam.
Housing complex in the Saffierstreet in Amsterdam.
Housing complex for the Laborers of the General Housing Association in Lark Street in Amsterdam North.
Housing complex complex in Middelburg.
Housing complex complex in the Bagijnhof in the historic city of Middelburg.

Cornelis Elffers (1898-1987) Architect

Cornelis Elffers was a Dutch architect who built many buildings after the war in Rotterdam. He worked as an architect, often together with Ary Abraham Nieuwenhuyzen.

Important works
Offices of the National Life Insurance Bank (1942-1949).
Building for the Dutch Trade-Mij (1942-1949).
Building for the Imperial Chemical Industries.
Church of the Evangelical Free Church.
Congress Hall of the Salvation Army.

Abraham Elzas (1907-1995) Architect

Abraham Alzas was a Dutch architect.
As an architect, he was involved in the creation of the architecture group: Group of '32'.
From 1940 to 1942, Abraham was director of the Jewish Craft School in Amsterdam.

His main achievements
Barracks for a Jewish labor settlement
Synagogue in Lekstraat in Amsterdam.
Building for the Bijenkorf in Rotterdam, in collaboration with Marcel Breuer.

Adolph Eibink (1893-1975) Architect

Adolph Eibink was a Dutch architect and partisan of the preferences of the Amsterdam School. Jan Antonie Snellebrand built the VARA studio in Hilversum.

Main achievements
Church of the Dutch Reformed Church in Schoondijke (1950).
Verkade factories in Zaandam (1952).
VARA studio in Hilversum, with Jan Antonie Snellebrand.

Marius Duintjer (1908-1983) Building Engineer

Marius Duintjer was building engineer at the E.T.H. in Zurich. He worked in 1934 and 1935 with Le Corbusier in Paris. He built homes in Amsterdam and in Roosendaal.

Important works
Cruciform church of the Dutch Reformed Church in Amstelveen (1951). He offered several original solutions to the demands made by the Protestant church building organisation.
Printing Meijer Wormerveer (1953)
He made a design for a contest about the new Amsterdam Town Hall (1939 and 1942), together with A. Komter their design belonged to the second best entry.
Recreation building for 'Werkspoor' in Utrecht.
Hospital in Amsterdam
Hospital in Zwolle.
District building for the Dutch Reformed Church in Arnhem, along with G.J. and A.J. Lankhout.
Many housing and urban development projects for numerous municipalities in the Netherlands.

Jan Duiker (1889-1935) building engineer

Jan Duiker was a Dutch building engineer. He was also chairman of 'De 8', this was a group of architects who stood for the 'New Objectivity'. Together with a group of Rotterdam he launched the magazine 'The 8 and Structure'.

His biggest achievements
Sanatorium 'Sunburst' in Hilversum (1928)
Outdoor School in Amsterdam (1930)
Cineac at the Regulierstraat in Amsterdam (1936)
Hotel Gooiland in Hilversum (1936)
Houses in Kijkduin (1924) along with Bernard Bijvoet

Willem Marinus Dudok (1884-1974) Architect

Willem Marinus Dudok was a Dutch contemporary architect. A striking figure, because in his time he designed a distinctive architectural style. So he throw high eyes among all the living master builders and architects at that time period. His plan were always sleek designs. He used light colors and materials that he knew to refine in his desings. Besides architect, William was also planning and director of the Public Works Department in Hilversum. He also designed the Hilversum Town Hall. However, he never enjoyed an architectural training.

Main realizations
Town Hall in Hilversum (1928-1930)
A number of schools in Hilversum
Stadsschouwburg at Utrecht (1939-1940)
Bijenkorf in Rotterdam (1939-1940), partially destroyed during the Second World War.
Building for the Netherlands in 1845 in Arnhem (1938-1939)
Building for the Netherlands in 1845 in Rotterdam (1938-1939)
Crematorium at Westerveld (1925)
Headquarters for the Hoogovens at Velzen (1925)
Houses in Eindhoven
Dutch Pavilion at the Cité Universitaire in Paris
Design reconstruction plan of Hague

Petrus Josephus Hubertus Cuypers (1827-1921) Architect

Petru Cuypers was a Dutch architect. He was one of the most important representatives of the neo-Gothic architecture in the Netherlands. He built many churches, especially in the south of the Netherlands. In most of these churches it's visible how the Gothic style is very clearly emphasized. In the area of housing, he was especially active in Amsterdam, in particular in the Vondelstraat. He restored many of Romanesque and Gothic churches in the Netherlands and the German Cathedral in Mainz. For the Cathedral in Mainz he matched his thoughts and beliefs with those of Viollet-le-Duc.

His son Joseph Theodorus Johannes Cuypers stepped in his footsteps as a construction engineer. Also Eduard Cuypers steps in the footsteps of his uncle Petrus Cuypers.

Main realistaties
St. Catherine Church in Eindhoven (1859)
St. Lambertus Church in Veghel (1862)
St. Barbara Church in Breda (1866)
St. Willibrord Church (1866)
Church of the Sacred Heart in Amsterdam (1870)
Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (1876-1885), many works of the famous painter Vincent Van Gogh are exhibited in this museaum.
Central Station in Amsterdam (1881-1889)
Castle Haarzuylen (1890) together with Adolf Leonard van Gendt

Joseph Theodorus Johannes Cuypers (1861-1949) Building Engineer

Joseph Cuypers was a Dutch building engineer and son of Petrus Josephus Hubertus Cuypers. In addition to his job as a construction engineer, he was also the first president of the original B.N.A. and builder of many Roman catholic churches. He is also known for his achievements of many villas and hospitals.

Main achievements
St. Bavo Cathedral in Haarlem (1895-1898 choir and presbytery, 1902-1906 transept and nave, 1927-1930 vestibule and towers).
Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
Holy Rosary Church in Amsterdam, along with Jan Stuyt.
Restoration of city houses including those of Franeker, Oldenzaal, Arnhem, Gouda and Dordrecht.

Eduard Cuypers (1859-1927) Architect

Eduard Cuypers was a Dutch architect. He was trained by his uncle Petrus Josephus Hubertus Cuypers. He built many houses mainly in Amsterdam, the most of these houses where in Renaissance style.

Main buildings
Station in 's-Hertogenbosch (1896).
Sanatorium High Laren in Laren.
Mansion and Hotel De Hoge Vuursche in Baarn.
Building for the Java Bank in Jakarta.