Piet Blom
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Piet Blom was a Dutch architect best known for his 'Kubuswoningen' (Cube houses) built in Helmond
in the mid-1970s and in Rotterdam
in the early 1980s. He studied at the Amsterdam Academy of Building-Arts as a student of Aldo van Eyck
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Piet Blom, Aldo van Eyck, Herman Hertzberger
a.o. are representatives of the movement Structuralism
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Helmond
Helmond is a municipality and a city in the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands.- Quarters and Neighbourhoods :*Quarter 11 Inner City**Neighbourhood 0 Centrum**Neighbourhood 2 Leonardus**Neighbourhood 3 Heipoort...
in the mid-1970s and in Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
in the early 1980s. He studied at the Amsterdam Academy of Building-Arts as a student of Aldo van Eyck
Aldo van Eyck
Aldo van Eyck or van Eijk was an architect from the Netherlands.-Family:...
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Piet Blom, Aldo van Eyck, Herman Hertzberger
Herman Hertzberger
Herman Hertzberger is a Dutch architect and emeritus professor.-Biography:Herman Hertzberger was born on 6 July 1932 in Amsterdam, Netherlands....
a.o. are representatives of the movement Structuralism
Structuralism (architecture)
Structuralism as a movement in architecture and urban planning evolved around the middle of the 20th century. It was a reaction to CIAM-Functionalism , which had led to a lifeless expression of urban planning that ignored the identity of the inhabitants and urban forms.Two different manifestations...
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