Aldo van Eyck Architect, Dutch Humanist Building, 20th C Holland Design Practice, Studio
Aldo van Eyck Architecture
20th Century Architect in The Netherlands – Dutch Humanist Architecture
post updated 14 May 2021 ; 19 Aug 2016
Aldo van Eyck Architect – Major Building
Featured building in The Netherlands
Nieuwmarkt – redevelopment: housing, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates built: 1970-75
Design: Van Eyck & Bosch
photo © Adrian Welch
Nieuwmarkt housing, located just south of the city centre
Aldo van Eyck – Key Projects
Key Aldo van Eyck Buildings Designs, alphabetical:
Amsterdam Orphanage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date built: 1955-60/61
This is an innovative brick and concrete free plan using repeated modules to form local courts.
The Amsterdam Orphanage was located on the outskirts of the city at the time of its completion. It was commissioned as an orphanage for children of all ages. The programme includes sleeping quarters, a kitchen, laundry room, gymnasium, library, and administrative spaces.
Auditor’s Office, The Hague, The Netherlands
Date built: 1992-97
Catholic Church for Pastor van Ars, The Hague
Date built: 1963-69
ESTEC Centre, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Date built: 1984-89
Housing for the Elderly, Slotermeer, Amsterdam
Date built: 1951-52
Hubertus House, Amsterdam
Date built: 1973-78
Moluccan Church, Deventer, The Netherlands
Date built: 1983-92
Nagele Primary Schools, Noordoostpolder, The Netherlands
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Nagele Village Design, Noordoostpolder
1948-54
Padua House, Boekel, The Netherlands
1980-89
Temporary Sculpture Pavilion, Sonsbeek, The Netherlands
1965-66
Tripolis Office Complex, Amsterdam
1990-94
More buildings / projects by this 20th Century Dutch architect online soon
RIBA Gold Medal winner in 1990
Project
Wheels of Heaven Church
1966
Building outside Holland
PREVI Housing, Lima, Peru
1969-72
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, western Europe
Dutch Architect Practice Information
Dutch architect
1918-99
CIAM member + Co-founder of Team 10 in 1954
Nieuwmarkt housing Amsterdam photo © Adrian Welch
Academic Positions
Amsterdam Academy of Architecture
1954-59
Delft University of Technology – Professor
1966-84
As a member of CIAM (Congrès internationaux d’architecture moderne) and then one of the founding members of Team 10, the architect held strong opinions on post-war architecture. Team 10 was formed as a reaction within CIAM around 1953.
He was born in Driebergen, Utrecht, The Netherlands. He was a son of poet, critic, essayist and philosopher Pieter Nicolaas van Eyck and wife Nelly Estelle Benjamins, a woman of Jewish and Latin origin, born and raised in Suriname.
He was married to Hannie van Rooijen, also an architect. She assisted him in several architectural projects.
Netherlands Architecture
Dutch Architecture – selection of the most interesting contemporary properties in this country
Amsterdam Architects – key architects studios in the Dutch capital city on e-architect
20th Century Dutch Buildings Selection
Hilversum Town Hall
Dates built: 1928 to 1931
Design: Willem Marinus Dudok
photo © Adrian Welch
Hilversum Town Hall Building
Sanatorium Zonnestraal
Date built: 1928
Design: Jan Duiker with Bernard Bijvoet and January Gerko Wiebenga
photograph : Wessel de Jonge
Sanatorium Zonnestraal – famous Modernist building
Amsterdam Architecture Designs – architectural selection below:
Diamond Exchange
Design: ZJA
photo © Capital C Amsterdam
Diamond Exchange, Capital C Amsterdam
Café de Parel
Interior Design: Ninetynine
photograph : Ewout Huibers
The Pearl Café on Westerstraat
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