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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlandsen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1912-1916 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorKlerk, Michel deen_US
dc.creatorMeij, J. M. van deren_US
dc.creatorKramer, Pieter Lodewijken_US
dc.date1912-1916en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-22T16:28:46Z
dc.date.available2014-12-22T16:28:46Z
dc.date.issued1912-1916en_US
dc.identifier254398en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3054en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/170004
dc.descriptionDetail of one window frame and terra cotta decoration; With P. L. Kramer, in 1913 de Klerk began to work with J. M. van der Meij (also rendered Van der Mey), who had the commission for the Scheepvaarthuis in Amsterdam. Within a year de Klerk and Kramer had designed the decorative façade for the skeleton of reinforced concrete, the first large manifestation of the Amsterdam school. An architect named A.D.N. van Gendt was responsible for engineering the concrete structure. The Scheepvaarthuis was a large cooperative building for six Dutch shipping companies. Van der Meij's job was to coordinate the extensive symbolic art and sculptural program for the prow-shaped building, inside and outside. Much of the sculpture is the work of Hildo Krop and H.A. van den Eijnde, but a large group of well-known artists contributed. The building is now a hotel (2007, The Grand Hotel Amrath), although architectural tours are still given. The conversion used the former offices for hotel rooms, but has preserved the rest of the structure and decorations. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/13/2014)en_US
dc.format.mediumreinforced concrete; stained glass; brick; stone; wrought iron; wooden_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectbusiness, commerce and tradeen_US
dc.subjectdecorative artsen_US
dc.subjectRestoration and conservationen_US
dc.subjectAmsterdamse Schoolen_US
dc.subjectshippingen_US
dc.subjectmaritime motifsen_US
dc.subjectAmsterdam schoolen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.subjectExpressionisten_US
dc.titleScheepvaarthuis (Shipping House)en_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-N-A-SH-A31en_US
vra.culturalContextDutchen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling), carving (processes), modeling (forming)en_US
vra.worktypeoffice buildingen_US
dc.contributor.displayJ. M. van der Meij (Dutch architect, 1878-1949); Michel de Klerk (Dutch architect, 1884-1923); Pieter Lodewijk Kramer (Dutch architect, 1881-1961)en_US


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