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Vol. 109 No. 6 (2010)
Bulletin KNOB 109 (2010) 6

Thomas H. von der Dunk: Een schouwburgprijsvraag uit 1837. Het bekroonde ontwerp van Robertus van Zoelen in de bouwkundige klasse van de Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten te Amsterdam. Menno Wiegman: De restauratie van de Domtoren, verschillende restauratieopvattingen verenigd.

Published: 2010-12-01
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7480/knob.109.2010.6

Articles

  • The restoration of the Utrecht cathedral tower, various views on restoration united
    Menno Wiegman

    In 1899 the municipality of Utrecht decided upon a thorough restoration of the cathedral tower so as to restore it to its original state. However, the restoration committee led by the Roermond architect P.J.H. Cuypers (1872- 1922) could not complete the work in its original composition. The work took such a long time that in 1922 the committee came under the chairmanship of railway architect G.W. van Heukelom (1870-1952). Meanwhile the prevailing views on restoration were changing. Van Heukelom put an end to the rational Gothic style of Cuypers and continued the work in his own...

  • A theatre-design competition from 1837. The award-winning design of Robertus van Zoelen in the architecture category of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam
    Thomas H. von der Dunk

    In the first half of the 19th century no theoretical education for architects existed in the Netherlands, but since 1817 there was a Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam where, among other subjects, architecture was taught. In 1837 the academy held a special competition for a city theatre, which was won by the Amsterdam carpenter’s son Robertus van Zoelen (1812-1869). On the basis of a prescribed programme the competitors had to make a sketch first, and subsequently they were given one month’s time to design more accurate construction drawings. In this article earlier and later...