Jos Smolderen
*4. 10. 1889 – Borgerhout, Belgium
†12. 6. 1973 – Antwerp, Belgium
Biography
Joseph (Jos) Smolderen received his secondary education at Sint-Norbertusschool in Antwerp. From 1903, he attended evening courses at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts with Isidoor Opsomer and others. In 1904, he graduated in architecture from the National Institute of Fine Arts. From 1908, he then attended "architecture" classes at the State Higher Institute of Fine Arts with Professor Leonard Blomme. In 1914, he was awarded the Roman Prix for architecture. As a member of the "Kring voor Bouwkunde," he gained a broad perspective on architecture. During World War I, he escaped to neutral Netherlands, where he became acquainted with Hendrik Petrus Berlage. After the war, he built apartment buildings with Jan Vanhoenacker for the National Society for Affordable Housing (Nationale Maatschappij voor Goedkope woning) in the Antwerp districts of Kiel, Luchtbal, Linkeroever, and Antwerp-North. Together with Jan Vanhoenacker and John Van Beurden, he founded an architectural office in 1920, which was dissolved eleven years later, in 1931. In 1927, Smolderen succeeded Victor Horta as director of the architecture department at the National Institute of Fine Arts.
Joseph (Jos) Smolderen received his secondary education at Sint-Norbertusschool in Antwerp. From 1903, he attended evening courses at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts with Isidoor Opsomer and others. In 1904, he graduated in architecture from the National Institute of Fine Arts. From 1908, he then attended "architecture" classes at the State Higher Institute of Fine Arts with Professor Leonard Blomme. In 1914, he was awarded the Roman Prix for architecture. As a member of the "Kring voor Bouwkunde," he gained a broad perspective on architecture. During World War I, he escaped to neutral Netherlands, where he became acquainted with Hendrik Petrus Berlage. After the war, he built apartment buildings with Jan Vanhoenacker for the National Society for Affordable Housing (Nationale Maatschappij voor Goedkope woning) in the Antwerp districts of Kiel, Luchtbal, Linkeroever, and Antwerp-North. Together with Jan Vanhoenacker and John Van Beurden, he founded an architectural office in 1920, which was dissolved eleven years later, in 1931. In 1927, Smolderen succeeded Victor Horta as director of the architecture department at the National Institute of Fine Arts.
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