Michel de Klerk


Michel de Klerk was a Dutch architect. Born to a Jewish family, he was one of the founding architects of the movement Amsterdam School. Early in his career he worked for other architects, including Eduard Cuypers. For a while, he also employed the Indonesian-born Liem Bwan Tjie, who would later become his country's pioneering proponent of the Amsterdam School and modern architecture. Of his many outstanding designs, very few have actually been built. One of his finest completed buildings is 'Het Schip' in the Amsterdam district of Spaarndammerbuurt.

Amsterdam West

Eigen Haard, working-class Socialist housing, consisting of three groups of buildings:
De Dageraad, working-class Socialist housing by Michel de Klerk and Piet Kramer. The architectural contribution by Michel de Klerk is shown in this article. See also Piet Kramer.

Wendingen

Buildings, projects and drawings by Michel de Klerk are published in the architecture and art magazine Wendingen. Three covers of this magazine are designed by de Klerk.

Wendingen1918DeKlerk.jpg|1918-2, cover
Wendingen1920-3-4deKlerk.jpg|1920-3/4, cover
Wendingen1921-3deKlerk.jpg|1921-3, cover
Wendingen1924-9-10p27deKlerk.jpg|1924-9/10, buildings
Wendingen1924-4-5p31deKlerk.jpg|1924-4/5, projects
Wendingen1924-2p9deKlerk.jpg|1924-2, drawings