Cornelis van Eesteren and Theo van Doesburg 2

Cornelis van Eesteren (4 July 1897,

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- 21 February 1988, Amsterdam) was a prominent Dutch

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and

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. He worked for the Town Planning department of

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(1929–59) and was the chairman of the CIAM (1930–1947).NAi
"Mastering the City: Cornelis van Eesteren, architect and planner"
retrieved 4 January 2013 He contributed to the De Stijl movement, with its founder

Theo van Doesburg Theo van Doesburg (, 30 August 1883 – 7 March 1931) was a Dutch artist, who practiced painting, writing, poetry and architecture. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl. He was married to artist, pianist and choreographer Nelly ...

, the artist

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, and others.

Career

After winning the

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for the upgrade of the

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boulevard in

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, in 1927 he became a visiting professor at the Staatliche Bauhochschule in

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. From 1929 to 1959 he worked for the Town Planning department of Amsterdam, after which he worked as consultant. After World War II he was appointed professor of urban planning at the

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Projects

His key projects include the Amsterdam General Extension Plan, the development plan for the Southern IJsselmeerpolders and the town plan for

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Bibliography

*Cornelis van Eesteren and Vincent van Rossem (1998) ''The Idea of the Functional City'', NAi Publishers,

References

External links

Van Eesteren Museum
(in Dutch)
van Eesteren-Fluck & van Lohuizen Foundation (EFL)
(in Dutch) {{DEFAULTSORT:Eesteren, Cornelis van 1897 births 1988 deaths Dutch architects Dutch urban planners Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne members De Stijl Delft University of Technology faculty People from Alblasserdam Prix de Rome (Netherlands) winners