5 articles in this issue
Freek H. Schmidt
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Guido Hoogewoud
In 1856 alderman for Public Works Isaäc Warnsinck (1811-1857) reorganized the municipal building company of Amsterdam, the Stadsfabriekambt. He appointed three principal officials according to their expertise: the city engineer, the city architect and the... see more
Jos Smit
At the end of the nineteenth century the term revolutiebouw (jerry-building) had become generally accepted for anything that was not sound. Revolutiebouw – quick, cheap and insolid housebuilding – started more or less simultaneously in the rapidly growing... see more
David Mulder
In 1905 the Amsterdam municipal council outlined a city extension plan for the Binnendijksche Buitenveldertsche Polder south of district YY (better known as De Pijp) on the land that had been added to Amsterdam through the annexation of large parts of the... see more
Inger Groeneveld
Elswout Manor in the village of Overveen near Haarlem, is of great art-historical importance, particularly to the history of Dutch country estates and garden architecture. Although it was not until 1660, during its second period of habitation, that Elswou... see more