Herman Hertzberger

Dutch architect (born 1932)

Herman Hertzberger belongs to the record of architecture as a figure whose buildings outlasted the taste that commissioned them.

The record lists Herman Hertzberger as Dutch architect (born 1932).

Herman Hertzberger was born in 1932. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of the Netherlands. He trained at Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam.

Post-war architecture built at state scale: housing, new towns and civic megastructures, with results that are still being judged.

He is recorded as architect, university teacher and architectural firm.

Architecture is the art that cannot be avoided: people live inside the argument.

Recognition followed: Oeuvre Awards BKVB.

That the work was built in Kingdom of the Netherlands shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.

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