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Leonardus van der Laan (20 April 1864 – 17 March 1942) was a Dutch
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.


Life

Leo van der Laan was born in
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. He married Anna Maria Louise Stadhouder, with whom he had eleven children, among them Dom
Hans van der Laan Dom Hans van der Laan (29 December 1904 – 19 August 1991) was a Dutch Benedictine monk and architect. He was a leading figure in the Bossche School. His theories on numerical ratios in architecture, in particular regarding the plastic ratio, ...
, Jan van der Laan and Nico van der Laan, who all also became architects. Van der Laan worked as an independent architect from 1891 in Leiden. From 1921 he worked in partnership with his son Jan after the latter had completed his training at the Technische Hogeschool in
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. The two of them were responsible for the design of about 400 buildings in Leiden and the surrounding area.


Notable works

* St. Elisabeth's Hospital, Leiden, 1909 (presently student accommodation) * St. Joseph's Church, Leiden, 1925 ("Herensingelkerk") * St. Leonard's Church, Leiden, 1925 * Department store
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, Leiden, 1936 (with leaded lights by
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) File:Elisabeth ziekenhuis, Leiden. Architect Leo van der Laan (4).JPG, St. Elisabeth's Hospital, Leiden File:Herensingelkerk (Leiden) OLV Hemelvaart en St Joseph 5.JPG, St. Joseph's Church, Leiden, 1925 ("Herensingelkerk") File:KruisherenKlooster4.JPG, Kapel Kruisherenklooster,
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, 1942 File:LeonardusLeiden1.JPG, St. Leonard's Church, Leiden, 1925 File:V&D Leiden.jpg, Vroom & Dreesmann, Leiden


Bibliography

* David Geneste, Albert Gielen & Rick Wassenaar: ''L. van der Laan (1864-1942), J.A. van der Laan (1896-1966). Een katholieke architectenfamilie -rechtzinnig, maar veelzijdig en pragmatisch''. Rotterdam, Stichting BONAS, 2002.


External links


Archive of Leo and Jan van der Laan at the Nederlands Architectuur Instituut
Dutch architects People from Leiden 1864 births 1942 deaths {{Netherlands-architect-stub