Michel de Klerk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michel de Klerk

Dutch architect

Date of Birth: 24-Nov-1884

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 24-Nov-1923

Profession: architect

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Michel de Klerk (24 November 1884, Amsterdam – 24 November 1923, Amsterdam) was a Dutch architect.
Born to a Jewish family, he was one of the founding architects of the movement Amsterdam School (Expressionist architecture).
Early in his career he worked for other architects, including Eduard Cuypers.
For a while, he also employed the Indonesian-born Liem Bwan Tjie, who would later become his country's pioneering proponent of the Amsterdam School and modern architecture.
Of his many outstanding designs, very few have actually been built.
One of his finest completed buildings is 'Het Schip' (The Ship) in the Amsterdam district of Spaarndammerbuurt.