Herman Hertzberger

Herman Hertzberger studied at Delft University of Technology and Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam. The recorded working language is Dutch and English. The field of work recorded is product design. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Employment is recorded with Delft University of Technology. Work by Herman Hertzberger is recorded in the collections of Centraal Museum, Berlinische Galerie and Nieuwe Instituut. Distinctions recorded are Royal Gold Medal and Oeuvre Awards BKVB.

• Name — Herman Hertzberger • Born — 6 July 1932 • Birthplace — Amsterdam, Netherlands • Education — Delft University of Technology • Significant Buildings — Montessori school, Delft (1966–70) Centraal Beheer office building, Apeldoorn (1970–72) • Significant Projects — Diagoonwoningen, Delft (1971) • Awards — RIBA Royal Gold Medal

• Illustration — Centraal Beheer office building, participation inside, Apeldoorn 1972 Herman Hertzberger was born on 6 July 1932 in Amsterdam. He completed his studies at the Delft University of Technology in 1958, where he was a professor from 1970 to 1999. From 1959 to 1963 he was a part of the infamous FORUM editorial, together with Aldo van Eyck and Jaap Bakema. The editorial stirred up the architectural discussion at the time, especially concerning the reconstruction of dwellings after the Second World War.

Hertzberger and Aldo van Eyck influenced the development of the Dutch Structuralist movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Among his buildings are the experimental houses known as "Diagoon Houses" (1971), the Montessori school in Delft (1966–70) and the administration building for the Centraal Beheer Insurance Company building in Apeldoorn (1970–72). Hertzberger has been criticized for the inelegance of the façades of his buildings, and for concentrating on their functions and interiors rather than aesthetics.

• Illustration — De Drie Hoven • Illustration — De Drie Hoven, residential building for elderly people in Amsterdam-Slotervaart, 1974 • Illustration — De Drie Hoven, video with portrait of Herman Hertzberger • Illustration — Vredenburg Music Centre in Utrecht, 1978 • Illustration — Vredenburg • Illustration — Willemspark School in Amsterdam, 1983 • Illustration — Chassé Theatre in Breda, 1995 • Illustration — Diagoon housing in Delft, 1971 • Illustration — Diagoon housing, basic structure for participation • Illustration — Diagoon housing, participation of the inhabitants, inside and outside