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Articles
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In several academic disciplines that focus on (historical) building practice there is growing interest in building contractors and their employees. Their contribution and influence are increasingly the subject of research. After the Second World War the contractor’s field of work was defined by productivity, specialization and industrialization, which profoundly altered the professional character of this branch of industry. Social developments and the prevailing idea of an all-encompassing welfare state triggered top-down and bottom-up changes in this traditionally highly cyclical...
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This article takes a fresh look at the royal bedchambers of Stadholder-King William III (1650-1702) in his residences in the Republic. By placing their spatial and functional development in a Dutch-English perspective, it arrives at a new interpretation of these bedchambers.
Until 1689, the stadholder residences were predominantly characterized by the French arrangement of antechamber, bedchamber, cabinet and wardrobe. The bedchamber, the only room that contained a bed, was probably also used to receive guests. New analysis of the surviving inventories makes clear that the...
Book reviews
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Review of a book written by Anne-Dirk Renting (composition and editing)
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Review of a book written by Rudolphine Eggink
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Review of a book written by Karl-Eugen Kurrer
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Review of a book written by Max Cramer, Arie den Dikken, Anton Groot, Annette Koenders, Rob Marx, Ineke Marx-van Daal, Harry van der Voort (eds)
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Review of a book written by Rens Smid
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Review of a book written by Nicholas J. Clarke, Roger C. Fisher and M.C. Kuipers (eds)
