Alexander Bodon (

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, 6 September 1906 –

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, 22 January 1993) was a Dutch architect. Bodon's father, K. Bodon, was a Hungarian interior architect. As a young man Alexander was first taught the trade of building furniture, and in 1924 began studying in Budapest. He moved to the Netherlands in 1929 to continue his studies, working with, among others, the architect

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. He later worked for architects

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and Lürsen, and for the agencies of Ben Merkelbach and Charles Karsten. He received his first assignment in 1932, for the Schroder en Dupont bookstore on the

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. Bodon had a studio in Amsterdam in 1934, together with

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and , and was a member of the group ''De 8''. From 1935 to 1940 he led the short-lived ''Nieuwe Kunstschool'' (1934-1941), a school for the arts whose students included Otto Treumann,

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, and

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. Bodon taught at the school, and later served as its director. He was established as an independent architect by 1945, and after 1954 was a partner in the architectural and engineering firm J.P. van Bruggen, G. Drexhage, J.J. Sterkenburg en Alexander Bodon. He is best known as the architect of the Amsterdam RAI (1951). Other notable works include the Apollo Hotel in Amsterdam (1961).

Bibliography

* Maarten Kloos, ''Alexander Bodon, architect''. Rotterdam, 010, 1990. .

References

External links

Alexander Bodon
on Architectenweb
"Architect Alexander Bodon 1906 - 1993"
in ''Ons Amsterdam'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Boden, Alexander 1906 births 1993 deaths Hungarian emigrants to the Netherlands 20th-century Dutch architects