Jan Duiker
*1. 3. 1890 – Den Haag, Netherlands
†23. 2. 1935 – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Biography
Jan (Johannes) Duiker was a leading figure of the Dutch functionalist movement Nieuwe Bouwen (New Building). He studied architecture at the Delft University of Technology under Hendrik Everse. From 1917 to 1935, he closely collaborated with his classmate Bernard Bijvoet. Their key project was the Zonnestraal sanatorium, where they received the commission on the recommendation of Hendrik Berlage. Bijvoet's first wife, Jacoba Ezerman, was also closely related to the "great man" of Zonnestraal, Jan van Zutphen. Bijvoet left the Netherlands in 1925, where he later began working in Paris with Pierre Chareau on projects such as Maison de Verre. Jan Duiker also prepared for the third CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne) congress in Brussels and was a member of the groups "de 8" and "Opbouw". He died in the midst of working on the design of the Gooiland hotel in Hilversum and is buried at Zorgvlied in Amsterdam.
Other buildings
Apartment building Nirwana in The Hague, 1927-30
School in the fresh air in Amsterdam, 1929-30
Cineac theater in Amsterdam, 1934
Department store Winter in Amsterdam, 1934
Gooiland hotel in Hilversum, 1934-36
Jan (Johannes) Duiker was a leading figure of the Dutch functionalist movement Nieuwe Bouwen (New Building). He studied architecture at the Delft University of Technology under Hendrik Everse. From 1917 to 1935, he closely collaborated with his classmate Bernard Bijvoet. Their key project was the Zonnestraal sanatorium, where they received the commission on the recommendation of Hendrik Berlage. Bijvoet's first wife, Jacoba Ezerman, was also closely related to the "great man" of Zonnestraal, Jan van Zutphen. Bijvoet left the Netherlands in 1925, where he later began working in Paris with Pierre Chareau on projects such as Maison de Verre. Jan Duiker also prepared for the third CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne) congress in Brussels and was a member of the groups "de 8" and "Opbouw". He died in the midst of working on the design of the Gooiland hotel in Hilversum and is buried at Zorgvlied in Amsterdam.
Other buildings
Apartment building Nirwana in The Hague, 1927-30
School in the fresh air in Amsterdam, 1929-30
Cineac theater in Amsterdam, 1934
Department store Winter in Amsterdam, 1934
Gooiland hotel in Hilversum, 1934-36
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