In 1899 the municipality of Utrecht decided upon a thorough restoration of the cathedral tower so as to restore it to its original state. However, the restoration committee led by the Roermond architect P.J.H. Cuypers (1872- 1922) could not complete the work in its original composition. The work took such a long time that in 1922 the committee came under the chairmanship of railway architect G.W. van Heukelom (1870-1952). Meanwhile the prevailing views on restoration were changing. Van Heukelom put an end to the rational Gothic style of Cuypers and continued the work in his own individual way. Whereas the original committee wanted to restore the tower to an almost ideal state, using historicizing forms and styles, Van Heukelom was looking f...
Redesignation, wholly or partly, appears to be the magic charm to preserve church buildings. Consequ...
'Progress' and 'standstill', 'conservation' and 'innovation' are quite relative concepts in the hist...
In 2017, the restoration of the Zuiderkerk (1603-1614) was completed with the renovation of its towe...
In 1899 the municipality of Utrecht decided upon a thorough restoration of the cathedral tower so as...
The ambitious Utrecht Five Churches Restoration Plan, which execution started in 1968, closed with t...
Our Lady's Church in Maastricht, a classic example of the Romanesque style, was thoroughly restored ...
The medieval cloister complex the Theutonic House in Utrecht is situated on the west side of Springw...
This article deals with the restoration of the medieval castle De Haar near Utrecht, which started i...
The main church in Breda is known as one of the most complete late Gothic town churches in the Nethe...
Wolter te Riele Gzn. was born in Deventer on 8 September 1867. He was the son of the architect - ini...
The present Buurtower has a Romanesque predecessor, the foundations of which were excavated in 1933....
The Vereniging Hendrick de Keyser was established in 1918 in response to a spate of demolition and i...
During the twentieth century a great many monumental towers and tower terminations were so severely ...
The nave of Utrecht cathedral was never completed, which contributed to its collapse during a heavy ...
In the 1930s, as Chief Inspector of the Amsterdam Municipal Building and Housing Department, Eelke v...
Redesignation, wholly or partly, appears to be the magic charm to preserve church buildings. Consequ...
'Progress' and 'standstill', 'conservation' and 'innovation' are quite relative concepts in the hist...
In 2017, the restoration of the Zuiderkerk (1603-1614) was completed with the renovation of its towe...
In 1899 the municipality of Utrecht decided upon a thorough restoration of the cathedral tower so as...
The ambitious Utrecht Five Churches Restoration Plan, which execution started in 1968, closed with t...
Our Lady's Church in Maastricht, a classic example of the Romanesque style, was thoroughly restored ...
The medieval cloister complex the Theutonic House in Utrecht is situated on the west side of Springw...
This article deals with the restoration of the medieval castle De Haar near Utrecht, which started i...
The main church in Breda is known as one of the most complete late Gothic town churches in the Nethe...
Wolter te Riele Gzn. was born in Deventer on 8 September 1867. He was the son of the architect - ini...
The present Buurtower has a Romanesque predecessor, the foundations of which were excavated in 1933....
The Vereniging Hendrick de Keyser was established in 1918 in response to a spate of demolition and i...
During the twentieth century a great many monumental towers and tower terminations were so severely ...
The nave of Utrecht cathedral was never completed, which contributed to its collapse during a heavy ...
In the 1930s, as Chief Inspector of the Amsterdam Municipal Building and Housing Department, Eelke v...
Redesignation, wholly or partly, appears to be the magic charm to preserve church buildings. Consequ...
'Progress' and 'standstill', 'conservation' and 'innovation' are quite relative concepts in the hist...
In 2017, the restoration of the Zuiderkerk (1603-1614) was completed with the renovation of its towe...