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WATER TOWER SCHIMMERT
J.J. WIELDERS, 1926-1927, Torenstraat / De Bockhofweg, Schimmert
Watertoren Schimmert / Water Tower Schimmert ( J.J. Wielders )
© 2006 Jan Derwig

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Jos Wielders

BUILDING TYPE:
Civil engineering works

Set in a rolling landscape and furnished with expressive curves, this striking water tower is the only built example in Amsterdam School style. The architects of this movement took a great interest in this building type (De Klerk, for instance, who in 1912 published a design for a water tower) for the simple reason that appearances are everything in what is otherwise a largely technical project.