Piet Blom
Illustration — Piet Blom, 1974 • Illustration — The cube houses in Rotterdam • Illustration — Cube Houses, Piet Blom (seen from Witte Huis) Piet Blom (February 8, 1934 in Amsterdam – June 8, 1999 in Denmark) was a Dutch architect best known for his designs of the Bastille (1964–1969), a restaurant and student facility at the University of Twente, Enschede, the housing project Kasbah in Hengelo (1969–1973), and the Cube Houses built in Helmond (1972–1976) and in Rotterdam (1978–1984). Blom studied at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture as a student of Aldo van Eyck. Blom, Aldo van Eyck, Herman Hertzberger and others are representatives of the Structuralism movement.
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Piet Blom
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- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- architect · designer
- Education
- Academie van Bouwkunst Amsterdam
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Born at Amsterdam in 1934, died in Denmark in 1999.
Piet Blom studied at Academie van Bouwkunst Amsterdam. Employment is recorded with Werkplaats voor Publieke Werken. Work by Piet Blom is recorded in the collections of Mijnmuseum and Nieuwe Instituut.
Cube Houses @ Oudehaven @ Rotterdam
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Appartementencomplex aan het Stationsplein in Helmond. Architect was Piet Blom.
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