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Herman Hertzberger

Herman Hertzberger
Herman Hertzberger 1970.jpg
Herman Hertzberger in 1970
Born (1932-07-06) 6 July 1932 (age 84)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Alma mater Delft University of Technology
Occupation Architect
Awards RIBA Royal Gold Medal
Buildings Montessori school, Delft (1966–70)
Centraal Beheer office building, Apeldoorn (1970–72)
Projects Diagoonwoningen, Delft (1971)

Herman Hertzberger (born 6 July 1932) is a Dutch architect and professor emeritus.

Herman Hertzberger was born on 6 July 1932 in Amsterdam.

He completed his studies at the Delft University of Technology in 1958, where he was a professor from 1970 to 1999.

Hertzberger can be considered, along with Aldo van Eyck, as the influence behind the Dutch structuralist movement of the 1960s. He believed that the architect's role was not to provide a complete solution, but to provide a spatial framework to be eventually filled in by the users. Among Hertzberger's best known buildings are the "Diagoonwoningen" (1971) and the Montessori school in Delft (1966–70) and the administration building for the Centraal Beheer Insurance Company building in Apeldoorn (1970–72).

Hertzberger has written several books including Lessons for Students in Architecture published in 1991 (), Space and the Architect: Lessons in Architecture 2, 1999 () and Space and Learning in 2008 ().

Herman Hertzberger, Arnulf Lüchinger, Rijk Rietveld, Herman Hertzberger 1959–86, Buildings and Projects (English+German+French), The Hague 1987. First part of the architectural work.


He is an Accademico d'Onore, or honorary member, of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno of Florence.

De Drie Hoven, residential building for elderly people in Amsterdam-Slotervaart, 1974

De Drie Hoven

Vredenburg Music Centre in Utrecht, 1978

Vredenburg

Willemspark School in Amsterdam, 1983

Chassé Theatre in Breda, 1995

De Drie Hoven, with portrait of Herman Hertzberger. [Right mouse click, second link]


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