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HUNTING LODGE ST.-HUBERTUS

H.P. BERLAGE, 1913-1919, Nationaal Park de Hoge Veluwe, Otterlo

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Hein Berlage

ARTIST:
Jan Altorf
Joseph Mendes da Costa
Lambert Zijl
Arthur Henning

BUILDING TYPE:
Freestanding houses


RELATED BUILDINGS:
Museum Kröller-Müller
Museum Kröller-Müller (Extension)

In 1913 Berlage began working for the Kröller-Müller family, designing for them this monumental hunting lodge with its own artificial lake. The plan is shaped like a pair of antlers. This and the stylized cross in the tower are references to the legend of Hubert of Liège, the patron saint of hunting, who was converted after seeing a stag in the forest with a cross between its antlers. The interiors are lavishly upholstered and furnished; the walls are of coloured brick both glazed and unglazed.