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Jaap Bakema

1914 - 1981

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Jacob Berend "Jaap" Bakema (8 March 1914 – 20 February 1981) was a Dutch modernist architect, notable for design of public housing and involvement in the reconstruction of Rotterdam after the Second World War.Born in Groningen, Bakema studied at the Groningen Higher Technical College (1931–1936) and the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam, where he studied among others with Mart Stam. In 1946 he began attending meetings of the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne, became its Secretary in 1955, and was a core member of its offshoot Team 10.From 1948 onward, Bakema worked with Jo van den Broek in the architectural firm Van den Broek and Bakema. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaap Bakema has received more than 36,044 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jaap Bakema is the 338th most popular architect (down from 281st in 2019), the 557th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 430th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Dutch Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Jaap Bakema ranks 338 out of 424Before him are Paolo Soleri, Jakob Prandtauer, Ong Teng Cheong, Victor Laloux, Lipót Baumhorn, and Giuseppe Valadier. After him are Shelley McNamara, Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, Auguste de Montferrand, Charles Cameron, Heinrich von Ferstel, and Francesco Sabatini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Jaap Bakema ranks 212Before him are Krishan Chander, Jacques Dufilho, Harold Russell, Marcel Kint, Henri Laborit, and Sisowath Sirik Matak. After him are Jack Cardiff, Mihailo Lalić, Christl Cranz, Annemarie Selinko, Jijé, and Viola Desmond. Among people deceased in 1981, Jaap Bakema ranks 129Before him are Zoilo Saldombide, Jaime Roldós Aguilera, Ross Martin, Philippe Étancelin, Edward Lasker, and Isao Kimura. After him are Aleksandra Beļcova, Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, Mike Bloomfield, Jack Albertson, François Bordes, and Jack Northrop.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jaap Bakema ranks 557 out of 1,427Before him are Willem Schermerhorn (1894), Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692), Michael Reiziger (1973), Gerrie Mühren (1946), Hendrikus Colijn (1869), and Hans van Manen (1932). After him are Dirk Coster (1889), Adri van Tiggelen (1957), Alex Van Halen (1953), Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1691), Barry Hulshoff (1946), and Henri Alexis Brialmont (1821).

Among ARCHITECTS In Netherlands

Among architects born in Netherlands, Jaap Bakema ranks 12Before him are Mart Stam (1899), Aldo van Eyck (1918), Pierre Cuypers (1827), Salomon de Bray (1597), Pieter Post (1608), and Willem Marinus Dudok (1884). After him are Michel de Klerk (1884), Tylman van Gameren (1632), and Jan Wils (1891).