Cornelis van Eesteren (4 July 1897 – 21 February 1988) was a prominent Dutch
architect
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and
urban planner
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who was born in
Alblasserdam
Alblasserdam () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It covers an area of , of which is water, and has a population of as of . Alblasserdam is officially a part of the Drechtsteden region. A p ...
and died in Amsterdam. He worked for the Town Planning department of
Amsterdam
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(1929–1959) and was the chairman of the
CIAM (1930–1947).
[NAi]
"Mastering the City: Cornelis van Eesteren, architect and planner"
retrieved 4 January 2013 He contributed to the
De Stijl movement, with its founder
Theo van Doesburg
Theo van Doesburg (; born Christian Emil Marie Küpper; 30 August 1883 – 7 March 1931) was a Dutch painter, writer, poet and architect. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl. He married three times.
Personal life
Theo van Do ...
, the artist
Piet Mondrian
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, and others.
Career
After winning the
design competition
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Architecture
An architectural design competition solicits architects to submit design proposals for a b ...
for the upgrade of the
Unter den Linden
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boulevard in
Berlin
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, in 1927 he became a visiting professor at the Staatliche Bauhochschule in
Weimar
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. From 1929 to 1959 he worked for the Town Planning department of Amsterdam, after which he worked as consultant. After World War II he was appointed professor of urban planning at the
Delft University of Technology
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.
Projects
His key projects include the Amsterdam General Extension Plan, the development plan for the Southern IJsselmeerpolders and the town plan for
Lelystad
Lelystad () is a Dutch Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and the capital city of the province of Flevoland in the central Netherlands. The city, built on reclaimed land, was founded in 1967 and was named after Cornelis Lely, who en ...
.
Bibliography
*Cornelis van Eesteren and Vincent van Rossem (1998) ''The Idea of the Functional City'', NAi Publishers,
References
External links
Van Eesteren Museum(in Dutch)
van Eesteren-Fluck & van Lohuizen Foundation (EFL)(in Dutch)
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1897 births
1988 deaths
Dutch architects
Dutch urban planners
Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne members
De Stijl
Academic staff of the Delft University of Technology
People from Alblasserdam
Prix de Rome (Netherlands) winners