Anton (Ton) Alberts (6 July 1927 – 16 August 1999) was a Dutch architect best known for the

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(1982) in the

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district of Amsterdam and the Gas Corporation headquarters in

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. Alberts was involved with

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before being expelled in 1960. He had been involved with fellow Situationists

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and

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in setting up a labyrinth in the

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, but the project fell apart amidst acrimony. Officially he was expelled for designing churches, although

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relates the expulsion more to the "Amsterdam affair". In 1963 he founded the firm Alberts and Van Huut with

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, guided by the principles of

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. His work also has its roots in the

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architecture of

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.Pearson, David, ''New Organic Architecture'', Univ. of California Press: 2001. Alberts offered to work for free on the Peace Parks in

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but was only able to create sketches before he died, aged 72, in

. Still, by Albert's sketches the

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, a community centre, was built in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a gift by

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to this after-war community. Image:Amsterdam Zuidoost Ton Alberts 04 PM07.jpg, Hoofdingang Bijlmerplein Image:Amsterdam Zuidoost Ton Alberts 02 PM07.jpg, Amsterdamse Poort Image:Amsterdam Zuidoost Ton Alberts 01 PM07.jpg, Bijlmerdreef

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External links

Official website of Alberts & van Huut (portions in English)
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