Johannes Brinkman practised at a period when the terms of architecture itself were under argument.
The record lists Johannes Brinkman as Dutch architect (1902-1949).
Johannes Brinkman was born at Rotterdam in 1902. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of the Netherlands. He trained at Delft University of Technology.
Modernism rejected ornament and historical style, arguing that a building should express its structure and its function - a claim contested ever since.
He is recorded as architect, designer and industrial designer.
Buildings outlast their architects and usually their purposes, which is what makes the discipline unforgiving.
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.
Johannes Brinkman died in 1949, aged 47. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Trained at Delft University of Technology
