Clerk, Michelle de

Michel de Klerk ( Dutch: Michel de Klerk , IPA : [ˈmiʃɛl dəˈklɛrək] , November 24, 1884 , Amsterdam - November 24, 1923 , Amsterdam) is a Dutch architect of Jewish origin, one of the founders of the 20th century architectural movement based on individualism, fantasy and picturesqueness , as well as an attentive attitude to the traditions of Dutch folk architecture, known as the " Amsterdam School ".

Michelle de Clerk
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Michelle de Clerk
Basic information
A country
Date of Birth
Place of Birth	Amsterdam , Netherlands
Date of death
A place of death
Work and Achievements
Worked in the cities	Amsterdam , The Hague
Architectural style	Amsterdam School
The most important buildings	Het Schip , Scheepvaarthuis , De Bijenkorf

At the beginning of his career, he worked under the direction of other architects, among whom the Dutch architect Eduard Kuipers should be especially noted. While working in the workshop of E. Kuipers de Klerk, he began to collaborate with two other founders of the Amsterdam school - Johan van der Mei and Pete Kramer .

In 1912 he took part in the design of Schepvarthuis (House of Shipping, Dutch. Scheepvaarthuis ), a large cooperative building built for six Dutch shipping companies, also together with van der Mei, who was the main customer for this project, and Kramer.

Despite the many non-ordinary building designs developed by de Klerk, very few of them were embodied in stone. One of the most famous buildings constructed by de Klerk’s designs is the Schip complex (Ship, Dutch Het Schip ), located in Amsterdam's Sparndammerbürth ( Dutch Spaarndammerbuurt ).

His Eigen Haard Estates project in Amsterdam (1913-1920) is an excellent example of a warm, humanistic approach to solving complex architectural problems.

Outside Amsterdam, de Klerk built the Beyenkorf department store ( Netherlands. De Bijenkorf ) in The Hague (together with Kramer and van der Mei).

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  Complex "Ship", Amsterdam