Aldo van Eyck
1982
Dutch architect Aldo van Eyck was one of the most influential protagonists of the architectural movement Structuralism.
Born 16 March 1918 in Driebergen,Netherlands
Died 14 January, 1999
- Architect in the Public works department, Amsterdam, 1946–1951
- Private practice in Amsterdam since 1951
- in partnership with Theo Bosch 1971–1983
- Tutor in Art History, Enschede, Art and Industrial School,
- AKI, Netherlands 1951–1954
- Tutor, KNO, Art School, Amsterdam, 1950–1966
- Tutor, Academie voor Bouwkunst, 1956–1961
- Visiting Tutor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Washington University, St. Louis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Tulane University, New Orleans, and the School of Architecture, Singapore, 1961–1968
- Guest Professor, ETH, Ziirich, 1977–1978
- Professor, Technische Hogeschool Delft, since 1966
- Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Arehitecture,
- University of Pennsylvania, since 1979
- Member of ’De 8 en Opbouw’, since 1946
- Dutch delegate to CIAM 1947 until dissolution
- COBRA-participant (artist group 1948–1950)
Honors and Awards
Honorary Doctorate
New Jersey Institute of Technology 1979, Tulane University 1979, Technical University Delft 1990
Honorary Member, Staatliche Kunstakademie Dässeldorf, 1979
Honorary Fellow, The American Institute of Architects, FAIA 1981
Sikkens Prize, with Coristant, 1960
Sikkens Prize with Joost van Roojen, 1961
City of Amsterdam Architeeture Prize, 1964, for the Orphanage
First Prize, Protestant Church Competition, Driebergen, Netherlands, 1965
First Prize, Town Hall Competition, Deventer, Netherlands, 1967
First Prize, with Theo Bosch, Nieuwmarkt Master plan Competition, Amsterdam, 1970
First Prize, with Hannie van Eyck, Historical Museum Competition, Zwolle, Netherlands, 1973
Rotterdam Maaskant Prize for 1982
Royal Gold Medal för Arehitecture, RÄ.B.A., 1990
Ikea Prize, Holland, 1992
BNAKubus Prize, 1994
WolfPrize for Architecture, Israel, 1997
