Willem Marinus Dudok
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Willem Marinus Dudok | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Name | Willem Marinus Dudok |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Birth date | July 6, 1884 |
| Birth place | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Date of death | April 6, 1974 |
| Place of death | Hilversum, Netherlands |
| Work | |
| Significant buildings | Hilversum City Hall |
| Awards and prizes | Royal Gold Medal (1935) AIA Gold Medal (1955) |
Willem Marinus Dudok (July 6, 1884, Amsterdam - April 6, 1974, Hilversum), was a Dutch modernist architect.
Dudok became City Architect for the town of Hilversum in 1928 and designed dozens of public buildings and entire neighborhoods there, best known for the brick Hilversum City Hall (Raadhuis), completed in 1931. Dudok's early style grew out of the Amsterdam School but the dramatic massing, asymmetry, the overhanging eaves and other elements of his landmark City Hall were clearly influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright and the Chicago Prairie School. Dudok continued to produce progressive, Dutch modernist structures in Hilversum for decades, through the 1960s, and had international influence. He received the RIBA Gold Medal in 1935 and the AIA Gold Medal in 1955.
[edit] Works (selection)
- City Hall, Hilversum, The Netherlands, 1928-1931
- De Bijenkorf (Department store), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1930 (destroyed during World War II)
- Monument on Afsluitdijk, The Netherlands, 1933
- City theatre, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1941
- Exxon Gas stations, The Netherlands, 1953
- Cité Universitaire,College Neerlandais Paris, France, 1939
