Cornelis van Eesteren

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architect human modernist architect urban planner

Cornelis van Eesteren was a Dutch modernist architect and urban planner best known for his influential role in shaping the spatial development and functionalist planning of Amsterdam and other cities in the 20th century.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architect → human → modernist architect → urban planner →
awardReceived	Royal Institute of Dutch Architects honorary membership →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
commemoratedBy	Van Eesteren Museum →
countryOfCitizenship	Netherlands →
dateOfBirth	1897-07-04 →
dateOfDeath	1988-02-21 →
describedBySource	Dutch architectural history →
educatedAt	Royal Academy of Fine Arts (The Hague) →
employer	Municipality of Amsterdam →
era	20th century →
familyName	van Eesteren →
fieldOfWork	architecture → urban planning →
givenName	Cornelis →
hasHeritage	Dutch →
hasOccupation	architect → urban planner →
influenced	20th-century urban planning in the Netherlands → functional city planning →
influencedBy	modernist architecture →
languageOfWorkOrName	Dutch →
memberOf	Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne →
movement	functionalism (architecture) → modernism →
name	Cornelis van Eesteren →
nationality	Dutch →
notableFor	functional spatial planning of Amsterdam → modernist urban design principles →
notableWork	Amsterdam General Extension Plan (AUP) → General Expansion Plan of Amsterdam → urban development plans for Amsterdam → urban plans for Dutch cities →
placeOfBirth	Kinderdijk →
placeOfDeath	Amsterdam →
positionHeld	chairman of CIAM → head of urban development for Amsterdam → professor of urban planning →
residence	Amsterdam →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Amsterdam → Netherlands →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Amsterdam Amstel →	architect
De Stijl →	hasKeyMember
Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne →	hasMember
Cornelis van Eesteren →	name