Huig (Hugh) Aart Maaskant (August 17, 1907 – May 27, 1977) was a Dutch architect. He designed a number of notable buildings in

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, his home city, and in

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, notably the Groothandelsgebouw in Rotterdam in 1951 and the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel in 1958.

Selected projects

* Groothandelsgebouw Rotterdam 1951 * Tomadohuis Dordrecht 1962 * Euromast Rotterdam 1960 * Scheveningen Pier 1961 * Neudeflat, Utrecht 1961 *

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1962 * Hilton Rotterdam 1964 * Student Centre De Bunker Eindhoven 1969 * Seat of government for the Province of Noord-Brabant 's-Hertogenbosch 1971

Gallery

Overzicht_ligging_aan_het_Hofplein_-_Rotterdam_-_20535261_-_RCE.jpg, Hilton Rotterdam
Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam groothandelsgebouw.jpg, Groothandelsgebouw
Rotterdam, Netherlands Pier Scheveningen.jpg, Scheveningen Pier
The Hague, Netherlands Euromast (20109134810).jpg, Euromast
Rotterdam, Netherlands Hiltonhotel.jpg, Hilton Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands

References

"Hugh Aart Maaskant"
(in Dutch) 1907 births 1977 deaths Architects from Rotterdam 20th-century Dutch architects {{Netherlands-architect-stub