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Jan Willem Eduard Buijs, sometimes written Jan Buys〔According to Chris Rehorst (Christiaan M. Rehorst), ''Jan Buijs, architect van de Volharding: de architectuur van het bureau Ir. J.W.E. Buijs en J.B. Lürsen'', Cahiers van het Nederlands Documentatiecentrum voor de Bouwkunst 4, The Hague: Staatsuitgeverij, 1983, ISBN 978-90-12-03890-4 (thesis) (p. 197, note 2 ) , Buijs used both spellings, but "Buijs" is the spelling in the census and commonly in discussions of him.〕 (26 August 1889 – 19 October 1961) was a Dutch architect, best known for his De Volharding Building. His works include manufacturing, commercial, residential and municipal buildings. Stylistically, they usually combine New Objectivist and De Stijl features, and in his interiors, a Bauhaus approach. ==Life and career== Buijs' parents were Willem Roeland Buijs, an engineer, and Georgina Catherine Antoinette Kuypers.〔Ch. M. Rehorst, ("BUIJS, Jan Willem Eduard (1889-1961)" ) at ''Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland: 1880-2000'' online edition, updated 13 March 2008, retrieved 12 August 2011 〕 He was born and raised in Surakarta and attended the ''hogere burgerschool'' there before moving with his family back to the Netherlands in 1908. In 1909 he entered the Technical College at Delft (now the Delft University of Technology) to study architectural engineering.〔Chris Rehorst, "Jan de Buijs and De Volharding, The Hague, Holland", ''Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians'' 44.5, May 1985, pp. 147–60, (p. 147 ).〕 After graduating in 1919, he was engaged on the recommendation of Ad van der Steur as assistant architect in the Department of Public Works of the municipality of Haarlem. Among other work of this period is the Stedelijk Gymnasium, the city ''gymnasium'' or Latin School (1923–24). He also designed a number of private residences, mostly in The Hague and Wassenaar.〔 In 1924, Buijs formed the private architectural firm of Buijs and Lürsen in The Hague with Joan Lürsen, with whom he had become acquainted in Haarlem.〔 Buijs was the designer and Lürsen oversaw construction.〔Rehorst, ''Jan Buijs'' (English summary), (p. 272 ).〕In addition to the commercial buildings for which he is known, he continued to design private residences, mostly in The Hague, Wassenaar and Voorschoten.〔 After the Second World War, during which he suffered badly from depression,〔Rehorst, ''Jan Buijs'' (English summary), (p. 275 ).〕 his work included a number of factories, and blocks of flats in The Hague and Vlaardingen.〔 His unbuilt designs include the Free School in the Hague during the 1920s and the Troelstra mausoleum and the Academy of Fine Arts in the Hague in the 1930s. During the war he also produced a master-plan for arts institutions in The Hague, but Willem Marinus Dudok's plan was adopted instead.〔 Buijs retired in 1955 because of poor health. His last buildings included several private residences and two office buildings in The Hague: for Het Nederlandsch Rundvee-stamboek (1951–52) and the Hoofdproduktschap van Akkerbouwprodukten (1953–55).〔 He died in The Hague, aged 72. Lürsen continued the firm with a new partner, A. van Haaren, before retiring in 1974. Buijs was a member of the socialist Social Democratic Workers' Party, but his political activities were confined to the arts: he taught art and architecture to workers' children and went with them to visit museums. He encouraged young artists and commissioned art works for his buildings, in particular a now lost relief by Rudolf Belling on the wall above the staircase in the De Volharding Building.〔〔Rehorst, ''Jan Buijs'', (p. 59 ).〕 He collected modern art and also had a collection of crystals, which he displayed under carefully planned lighting.〔 Stylistically, Buijs' buildings usually combine De Stijl and New Objectivist approaches. He gave slide presentations on modern architecture, in which most of his examples were German. In his interiors, he preferred an approach reminiscent of the Bauhaus, with unadorned, modern furnishings in gleaming metal;〔Rehorst, ''Jan Buijs'', (p. 131 ).〕 he was one of the first in the Netherlands to use Marcel Breuer steel furniture.〔 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「Jan Buijs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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