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Cornelis van Eesteren (4 July 1897 – 21 February 1988) was a prominent Dutch architect and urban planner who was born in Alblasserdam and died in Amsterdam. He worked for the Town Planning department of Amsterdam (1929–1959) and was the chairman of the CIAM (1930–1947). [1] He contributed to the De Stijl movement, with its founder Theo ...
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It is the heart of the Westelijke Tuinsteden ("Western Garden Cities"), built between 1958 and 1974 as part of the implementation of the General Enlargement Plan of 1935 (Algemeen Uitbreidingsplan). it is based on the organizational logic desired by Cornelis van Eesteren for his garden cities, built around four axes: housing, employment, leisure and transport.
Rietveld Schröder House (1924), designed by Gerrit Rietveld. During the 20th century, Dutch architects like Berlage, Van Doesburg, Van Eesteren, Rietveld, Oud and Van der Vlugt played a leading role in the development of modern architecture in the Netherlands, as well as internationally.
Mulder's first big assignment was the design of Amsterdamse Bos, a 200-acre space in the city that was three times the size of New York’s Central Park.From 1935 until its completion in 1970, Jakoba Mulder was head of the team of various experts in soil science, water management, flora and fauna, and also in sports, nature education and public health.
Theo van Doesburg (r) and Cornelis van Eesteren (l) in their studio in Paris, 1923 Van Doesburg and Rietveld interior, c.1919, Rijksmuseum , Amsterdam The name Nieuwe Beelding was a term first coined in 1917 by Mondrian, who wrote a series of twelve articles called De Nieuwe Beelding in de schilderkunst ("Neo-Plasticism in Painting") that were ...
A biologist is using collected human cells to create a living organism powered by technology.. This modular unit offers independent modules that can connect and detach. The experiment shows off ...
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