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PRIVATE HOUSE DE BOOGERD

M.J. GRANPRÉ MOLIÈRE (GRANPRÉ MOLIÈRE, VERHAGEN, KOK), 1929-1930, 's-Gravenweg 69, Rotterdam

ARCHITECT(URAL OFFICE):
Marinus Granpré Molière
Granpré Molière, Verhagen, Kok
Piet Verhagen Lzn.
Albert Kok

BUILDING TYPE:
Freestanding houses

This house for banker Van der Mandele, instigator of https://www.architectureguide.nl/project/item/prj_id/285" class="inline_link">Vreewijk garden estate, is a perfect example of the archetypal house: brick walls, a tiled saddleback roof, small wood-framed windows and near-symmetrical facades. The house may be construed as a three-dimensional statement of intent by the Delft School; it has 'a simplicity that eludes the simple passer-by, but which makes those sensitive to proportion stop in wonder'.