André Waterkeyn

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Belgian person engineer human

André Waterkeyn was a Belgian engineer best known for designing Brussels’ iconic Atomium monument for the 1958 World’s Fair.

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Label	Occurrences
André Waterkeyn canonical	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Belgian person ⓘ engineer ⓘ human ⓘ
associatedWith	Atomium company ⓘ
awardReceived	Order of Leopold ⓘ
burialPlace	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
child	André Waterkeyn’s daughter (co-managed Atomium later) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Belgium ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1917-08-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2005-10-04 ⓘ
designed	Atomium ⓘ Atomium representing an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times ⓘ original structural concept of the Atomium ⓘ
designedForEvent	Expo 58 ⓘ surface form: 1958 Brussels World’s Fair
educatedAt	Université libre de Bruxelles ⓘ
employer	Federation of Belgian Metalworking Industries ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Flemish people ⓘ
familyName	Waterkeyn ⓘ
fieldOfWork	civil engineering ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	André ⓘ
hasWorkLocation	Belgium ⓘ
influenced	postwar Belgian architectural identity ⓘ
knownFor	modernist monument design ⓘ
name	André Waterkeyn self-link ⓘ
nationality	Belgian ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Dutch ⓘ French ⓘ
notableFor	designing the Atomium for Expo 58 ⓘ
notableWork	Atomium ⓘ
occupation	engineer ⓘ
participatedIn	Expo 58 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Belgium ⓘ Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels Watermael-Boitsfort ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Belgium ⓘ Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
positionHeld	director at Federation of Belgian Metalworking Industries ⓘ
residence	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
spouse	Françoise Waterkeyn ⓘ
workLocation	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels

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Atomium → architect → André Waterkeyn ⓘ

André Waterkeyn → name → André Waterkeyn self-link ⓘ