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SYNAGOGUE JACOB OBRECHTPLEIN

H. ELTE PHZN., 1927-1928, Heinzestraat 3/Jacob Obrechtplein, Amsterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Harry Elte Phzn.

ARTIST:
Willem Bogtman

:
Kees van der Wilk

BUILDING TYPE:
Religious buildings

The articulated masses and mute brick planes with leaded windows and granite doorsteps and granite lintels and edgings constitute a Cubist variation of the Amsterdam School heavily influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright. The porch and marble-walled vestibule lead to the lofty synagogue itself. The women's gallery, supported by a row of columns dressed with glass mosaic, frames a prefatory space. The Holy Ark, the synagogue's most sacred feature, is placed in an elliptical recess.