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  De Topografie van de Nederlandse Bouwhistorie voor 1800

  Over de regionale diversiteit van het bouwen in het verleden en het gebruik van verspreidingskaarten

  Gabri van Tussenbroek

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  This article begins by examining how distribution maps relating to built heritage have been utilized within the fields of ethnology, historical geography, architectural history and research into rural and agricultural architecture. Up until the Second World War, this occurred primarily within ethnology and had a strong ideological slant. In historical geography, there was virtually no focus on built heritage, while there was scant development of the use of distribution maps in the history of architecture and building. The article then goes on to discuss the method of mapping in the past....

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  Bouwkwaliteit in Beeld

  Regelgeving, toezicht, bouw- en tekenkwaliteit voor en na de Woningwet uit 1901 en de Amsterdamse bouwverordening van 1905

  Arthur Friederichs

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  In the nineteenth century, Amsterdam grew explosively. To keep pace with population growth, urban expansion was largely left to the free market. Anyone could become a builder, flooding the city with hastily and cheaply constructed housing. This so-called ‘revolutiebouw’ (speculative building) led to dangerous situations: houses collapsed, facades fell over and fires spread rapidly due to poor construction and insufficient oversight. This study examines the role of supervision and regulation in structurally improving building quality in Amsterdam between 1851 and 1914, with particular...