Kramer, Piet(er) Lodewijk

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Kramer, Piet(er) Lodewijk (1881–1961). Dutch architect of the Amsterdam School. He worked with van der Mey and de Klerk on the Scheepvaarthuis (Navigation House), Amsterdam (1911–16), and collaborated with de Klerk at the De Dageraad housing complex, Amsterdam South (1925–6), in which the brick walls were modelled in flowing curved forms regarded as important examples of Expressionism. He designed the De Bijenkorf Store, The Hague (1924–6), again with a carefully modelled façade. Most of his works were bridges for the Amsterdam Department of Public Works (1917–28).

Bibliography

Casciato (1996);
Kohlenbach (1994);
Retera (1928);
Vriend (1949–50)