Bernard Bijvoet
Biography
Bernard Bijvoet was a Dutch architect who collaborated with Pierre Chareau, Jan Diuker, and Yoshirō Taniguchi. He came from an Amsterdam family of paint manufacturer Willem Frederik Bijvoet. He was the older brother of chemist Johannes Martin Bijvoet.
1908-13 - Studied architecture at the Delft University of Technology, where he befriended his classmate Jan Duiker. After graduation, both worked for several years in the office of Prof. Henri Everse.
1916 - Duiker and Bijvoet established their own architectural office in Zandvoort.
1925 - Moved to Paris to work in the office of French architect Pierre Chareau, with whom he co-designed the Parisian Glass House (La Maison de Verre).
1935 - After Duiker's death, he completed the Gooiland Hotel in Hilversum.
He remained in France until the late 1930s, collaborating with local architects Eugène Beaudouin (1898-1983) and Marcel Lods (1891-1978).
During the war, he escaped to Dordogne in southern France and returned to the Netherlands only after World War II, settling in Haarlem, where he founded an architectural office with Gerard Holt in 1947. In addition to residential complexes, he also specialized in the acoustics of theater halls (Tilburg, Nijmegen, Apeldoorn, Tiel,...).
Bernard Bijvoet was a Dutch architect who collaborated with Pierre Chareau, Jan Diuker, and Yoshirō Taniguchi. He came from an Amsterdam family of paint manufacturer Willem Frederik Bijvoet. He was the older brother of chemist Johannes Martin Bijvoet.
1908-13 - Studied architecture at the Delft University of Technology, where he befriended his classmate Jan Duiker. After graduation, both worked for several years in the office of Prof. Henri Everse.
1916 - Duiker and Bijvoet established their own architectural office in Zandvoort.
1925 - Moved to Paris to work in the office of French architect Pierre Chareau, with whom he co-designed the Parisian Glass House (La Maison de Verre).
1935 - After Duiker's death, he completed the Gooiland Hotel in Hilversum.
He remained in France until the late 1930s, collaborating with local architects Eugène Beaudouin (1898-1983) and Marcel Lods (1891-1978).
During the war, he escaped to Dordogne in southern France and returned to the Netherlands only after World War II, settling in Haarlem, where he founded an architectural office with Gerard Holt in 1947. In addition to residential complexes, he also specialized in the acoustics of theater halls (Tilburg, Nijmegen, Apeldoorn, Tiel,...).
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