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Adrianus (Ad) van der Steur (27 September 1893, Haarlem – 13 December 1953, Rotterdam) was a Dutch architect and member of an architect family. == Life == Van der Steur studied engineering at the Technische Hogeschool Delft (Polytechnic college in Delft). After finalizing his studies in 1918 he worked for the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways) and later was an architect with Gemeentewerken Rotterdam (Municipal works company Rotterdam). Like other architects in Dutch municipal and government service of that era, Van der Steur designed his buildings in the 1920s in a style similar to that of Willem Marinus Dudok and the Amsterdam School. In the early part of this period, he designed mainly schools, such as the Johan van Oldenbarnevelt HBS (1925). After that, he designed several buildings in Rotterdam: *Quickfilter buildings for the water company, 1929 *GEB-gebouw (municipal energy company building), 1931 with J.Poot *Rijksseruminrichting (national vaccine institute), 1931 in Oud-Mathenesse *Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, 1937 on private contract *Erasmiaans Gymnasium, 1937 in Duinzigt *the central police bureau at Haagseveer, 1938 *Centraal Gebouw voor de Volksgezondheid (central building for public healthcare), 1938-1940 at Schiedamsedijk. *Ventilation buildings of the Maastunnel, 1940 *Oogziekenhuis (eye hospital), 1942 Several of his designs are now listed on as a national monument in Rotterdam. In 1941 van der Steur, together with W.A.C.Herman de Groot and K.I.Ruige, founded his own architect company. His work was not limited to Rotterdam. He also designed the main office of IJsselmij in Zwolle (1939 - 1946); an office building for an insurance company (1951 - 1953), today the residence of the Yugoslavia Tribunaleight railway stations (1929); and one of the faculty buildings of the his old school the Polytechnic University Delft (1953). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ad van der Steur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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