© 2006 Jan Derwig
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH MAASTRICHT
A.J.N. BOOSTEN, J.N.C. RITZEN, 1920-1953
Heerderweg 3, Maastricht
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Alphons Boosten
Jos Ritzen
ARTIST:
Henri Jonas
Charles Eyck
Daan Wildschut
Charles Vos
Eugène Laudy
BUILDING TYPE:
Religious buildings
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Alphons Boosten
Jos Ritzen
ARTIST:
Henri Jonas
Charles Eyck
Daan Wildschut
Charles Vos
Eugène Laudy
BUILDING TYPE:
Religious buildings
PUBLICATIONS:
Architectuur en stedebouw in Limburg 1850-1940, 1994; Het Monumentenboek; L. Schiphorst - A.J.N. Boosten 1893-1951, 2006; P. Mertens, L. Schiphorst - Alphonse Boosten (1893-1951), architect, 2007
In 1920 work began on the Netherlands' first reinforced concrete church. Projected in three phases, it was never completed and the towers are little more than rudimentary. Originally the facades were clad in limestone from the Eifel region in Germany, but when this proved to turn black the choice then fell on a harder tuff stone. Inside the octagonal main space the concrete has been left untreated. The interior exhibits oriental and Byzantine influences and boasts a number of art works. Outside, blocks of natural stone still await an artist's touch.