Joan van der Mey is remembered for work that changed how the next generation built.
The record lists Joan van der Mey as Dutch architect (1878–1949).
Joan van der Mey was born at Delfshaven in 1878. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Industrialisation gave architecture iron, glass and the lift, and with them the problems of the railway station, the factory and the tall city block.
He is recorded as architect, jewelry designer and graphic artist.
His work is associated with amsterdam school.
Among his best-known works are Bridge 283, Hugo de Vries Laboratorium and Pier Pandertempel. Of all the arts, architecture is the one whose failures are hardest to remove.
Recognition followed: Prix de Rome in architecture.
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.
Joan van der Mey died in 1949, aged 71. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Bridge 283
- Notable work: Hugo de Vries Laboratorium
- Notable work: Pier Pandertempel
- Notable work: Scheepvaarthuis
- Prix de Rome in architecture
- Movement: Amsterdam School
