Leendert van der Vlugt is remembered for work that changed how the next generation built.
The record lists Leendert van der Vlugt as Dutch architect (1894–1936).
Leendert van der Vlugt was born at Rotterdam in 1894. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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.
His best-known building is De Kuip. Of all the arts, architecture is the one whose failures are hardest to remove.
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.
Leendert van der Vlugt died in 1936, aged 42. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: De Kuip
