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HOUSING DE LIEFDE
CH. VANDENHOVE, 1988-1993
Da Costakade/Bilderdijkstraat, Amsterdam
ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE): Charles VandenhoveARTIST: Daniel BurenBUILDING TYPE: HousingPUBLICATIONS:
de Architect 1992-11; Jaarboek 1992-1993
This residential complex including a small chapel and youth centre occupies the site of the Neo-Gothic church of that name. The houses, ranged about a modest courtyard publicly accessible through two gateways, are in the well-groomed neoclassicist idiom typical of Vandenhove. Though set amidst 19th-century housing the effect is anything but anachronistic.