Leonardus van der Laan (20 April 1864 – 17 March 1942) was a Dutch architect.

Life

Leo van der Laan was born in The Hague. He married Anna Maria Louise Stadhouder, with whom he had eleven children, among them Dom

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Jan van der Laan Johannes Antonius van der Laan (4 May 1896 - 24 August 1966) was a Dutch architect. Life Van der Laan was born in Leiden, the eldest son of the architect Leo van der Laan. He worked with his father from 1921 until Leo's death in 1942, mostly in ...

and

Nico van der Laan Nico van der Laan (25 August 1908 – 20 September 1986) was a Dutch architect, as were his father Leo van der Laan and his brothers Jan and Hans, with whom he was closely associated. Life and work Nico van der Laan was born in Leiden, son o ...

, who all also became architects. Van der Laan worked as an independent architect from 1891 in Leiden. From 1921 he worked in partnership with his son Jan after the latter had completed his training at the Technische Hogeschool in

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. The two of them were responsible for the design of about 400 buildings in Leiden and the surrounding area.

Notable works

* St. Elisabeth's Hospital, Leiden, 1909 (presently student accommodation) * St. Joseph's Church, Leiden, 1925 ("Herensingelkerk") * St. Leonard's Church, Leiden, 1925 * Department store Vroom & Dreesmann, Leiden, 1936 (with

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s by Joep Nicolas) File:Elisabeth ziekenhuis, Leiden. Architect Leo van der Laan (4).JPG, St. Elisabeth's Hospital, Leiden File:Herensingelkerk (Leiden) OLV Hemelvaart en St Joseph 5.JPG, St. Joseph's Church, Leiden, 1925 ("Herensingelkerk") File:KruisherenKlooster4.JPG, Kapel Kruisherenklooster, Zoeterwoude, 1942 File:LeonardusLeiden1.JPG, St. Leonard's Church, Leiden, 1925 File:V&D Leiden.jpg, Vroom & Dreesmann, Leiden

Bibliography

* David Geneste, Albert Gielen & Rick Wassenaar: ''L. van der Laan (1864-1942), J.A. van der Laan (1896-1966). Een katholieke architectenfamilie -rechtzinnig, maar veelzijdig en pragmatisch''. Rotterdam, Stichting BONAS, 2002.

External links

Archive of Leo and Jan van der Laan at the Nederlands Architectuur Instituut
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