Jan Stuyt

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Jan Stuyt (Aug 21, 1868, Purmerend - Jul 11, 1934, The Hague) was a Dutch architect.

Stuyt started his architectural career in 1883 at the office of A.C. Bleys (1842-1912), whose neo-Romanesque style would become of great influence on Stuyt. In 1891 Stuyt joined the Cuypers office in Amsterdam, where he became an overseer of the building of the Cathedral of Saint Bavo in Haarlem between 1895 and 1898. In 1899, after a short career as an independent architect in which he built his first church, he formed a partnership with Jos Cuypers, son of Pierre Cuypers, which lasted until 1908. It seems that the architects in this period mostly worked on their own. Jan Stuyt mostly designed neo-Romanesque churches, often decorated with chessboard-like tile-decorations, which are present in many of the churches both during and after the partnership. Cuypers chose a more neo-Gothic approach, closely related to the work of his father. Stuyt's style was greatly influenced by Mediterranean (Italian, Byzantine, Islamic) architecture after his participation in the first Dutch pilgrimage to Palestine in 1903. Several of his most important churches were dome-churches, shaped after the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. His less prestigious designs were often executed in a simple neo-Romanesque style, combining standard elements.

Besides churches Stuyt designed various other buildings and was also active in town planning, especially in the city of Heerlen. He was an architect for housing corporation Ons Limburg and in that function made the planological design for the Molenberg neighbourhood ^[1]. In his profane designs influences from (neo-)Classicism and the work of K.P.C. de Bazel are apparent.

After Stuyt's death, his son Giacomo C. Stuyt continued the office, but apparently with considerably less success. His first and best known work is the church of St. Paulus in Utrecht of 1937, which has been demolished already.

[edit] List of Designs

Note: Not all his designs were actually built. Designs during his work together with Jos Cuypers, between 1899-1908 are not listed here.

Entrance to the Ambachtsschool in Heerlen

Church in Heilig Landstichting

1898 Design for a church in Lodz, Russian Poland
1899 Design for a church in Copenhagen, Denmark
1899-1900 Sloten: church St. Pancratius
1906 Zeelst: tower church St. Willibrordus
1907 Weebosch: church St. Gerardus Majella.
1908 Wijkeroog: church St. Jozef
1909 Eindhoven: Office-building Coöperatieve Centrale Boerenleenbank
1909 Eindhoven: Director's house
1910 Berkel-Enschot: church St. Willibrordus
1911-1913 Alkmaar: restoration town hall
1911 Naarden: church St. Vitus
1911 Overloon: church St. Theobaldus
1911 Klein-Zundert: church St. Willibrordus
1911 Heemskerk: town hall
1912-1913 Bergen op Zoom: church St. Joseph
1912 Purmerend: town hall.
1913 Rotterdam: design town hall
1913-1915 Heilig Landstichting: church Cenakelkerk
1913-1914 Terborg: church St. Gregorius
1913 Groningen: church H. Hartkerk
1913 Heiloo: Church O.L.V. ter Nood
1913 Heerlen: Ambachtsschool (later called Technische School (Technical school))
1913 Hoensbroek: Housing complex De Eerste Stap
1915-1930 Heerlen: Molenberg
1915-1916 Maarn: Huis te Maarn
1915 Zoetermeer: church St. Nicolaas
1915 Wormerveer: church H. Maria Geboorte
1916-1917 's-Hertogenbosch: church St. Catharina
1916-1917 Eindhoven: church St. Anthonius van Padua
1916 Harmelen: church St. Bavo
1917-1920 Brunssum: garden-village De Rozengaard
1917-1918 Mariaparochie: church O.L. Vrouwe van Altijddurende Bijstand
1917 Voerendaal: enlargement church St. Laurentius
1918-1919 Geleen: AW Kolonie
1919-1922 Heemstede: seminary Hageveld
1919 ijsselmuiden: church O.L. Vrouwe Onbevlekt Ontvangen
1920-1922 Heerlen: Vroedvrouwenschool (School for midwives)
1920 Amsterdam: church St. Agnes
1921-1922 Den Haag: church Heilige Familie
1921-1924 Wierden: church St. Johannes de Doper
1921 Brielle: ciborium
1921 Den Haag: design Tweede Kamergebouw
1922-1924 Almelo: church St. Egbertus
1922-1924 Den Haag: church St. Gerardus Majella
1923-1926 Amsterdam: church St. Gerardus Majella
1923 Egmond a/d Hoef: church H. Margarita Maria Alacoque
1925-1927 Zundert: church St. Trudo
1925-1926 Geesteren: church St. Pancratius
1925 Alkmaar: hospital St. Elisabeth
1926 Koningsbosch: church O.L. Vrouw Onbevlekt Ontvangen
1926-1928 Nijmegen: Neboklooster
1926-1928 Almelo: hospital St. Elisabeth
1926-1927 Enschede: church O.L. Vrouwe van Altijddurende Bijstand
1927 Hillegom: church St. Joseph
1927 Heiloo: church St. Willibrordus
1928 De Steeg: church O.L. Vrouwe Hemelvaart
1928-1929 Zevenbergen: church St. Bartholomeuskerk
1929-1930 Dommelen: enlargement church St. Martinus
1930 Warmond: Philosophicum
1930 Heiloo: pilgrimage chapel Onze Lieve Vrouwe ter Nood
1930-1931 Lisse: church H.H. Engelbewaarders
1931-1932 Keijenborg: church St. Johannes de Doper
1932 Valkenswaard: church St. Nicolaas
1933 Rome: Building Nederlands Instituut
1934 Heerlen: Chapel for the Vroedvrouwenschool (School for midwives)