Film recordings of four building projects

Film recordings of four building projects

Around 1960, Gerrit Rietveld and Willem Sandberg visited four of Gerrit’s building projects from 1956-1959. Jan Rietveld, Gerrit’s son, shot the film.

The projects concern the Van Den Doel House in Ilpendam, 52 single-family homes (alternating houses) in Reeuwijk, The Cordemeijer House in Apeldoorn and the Schrale Beton Building in Zwolle.

Watch the recordings here.

Archive

29.08.2023

Rietveld Academy publishes research on Gerrit Rietveld’s academy building

The Gerrit Rietveld Academy is pleased to announce that the 'Conservation Management Plan' (CMP) is available online. Read on.
11.10.2022

Gerrit Rietveld’s Om-en-om-huizen (Alternating Homes)* in Reeuwijk-Brug. A unique Social Housing Project restored to its former glory

The om-en-om houses in Reeuwijk were a special and unique social housing design by Rietveld. Recently the houses were restored to its former glory. Read on.
28.04.2022

The Colours of the Red-Blue Chair

The first specimen of Gerrit Rietveld’s world-famous Red-Blue Chair was uncoloured and made of stained beechwood. Later versions were made in black, white, red, or monochrome with a contrasting colour for the rail ends. Read on.
17.03.2022

Featured: At home with Rietveld

In 1936, Rietveld renovated the Vreeburg cinema in Utrecht. On top of the cinema Rietveld designed an apartment where he and his family would live. Read on.
18.02.2022

Gerrit Rietveld Academy through the lens of Kim Zwarts

Over the years, the work of Gerrit Rietveld has been captured by many prominent writers, art and architecture historians, photographers, filmmakers and others. Among them, Kim Zwarts. Read on.
11.01.2022

Film recordings of four building projects

Around 1960, Gerrit Rietveld and Willem Sandberg visited four of Gerrit's building projects from 1956-1959. Jan Rietveld, Gerrit's son, shot the film. Read on.
20.11.2021

A new look for the Rietveld Foundation

Today the Rietveld Foundation launches its brand new website. This website offers an overview of the life and work of the architect Gerrit Rietveld and gives insight into dealing with copyright and contemporary productions. Read on.
20.09.2021

Gold and Silversmith’s Company 100 years

This year marks exactly 100 years since Gerrit Rietveld was commissioned to renovate the shopfront and interior of the “Goud en Zilversmid's Compagnie”. With this renovation, the jewellers' shop on Amsterdam's Kalverstraat received a special facade. Read on.
24.05.2021

Rietveld Schröder House reopens on the 5th of June

On June 5, 2021, the Rietveld Schröderhuis reopens its doors to visitors after the Corona break. The Rietveld Schröder House is a Unesco World Heritage site. Almost everything is still in its original state. Read on.
08.04.2019

Elling Buffet back in production

The “Elling Buffet” is a leading early work for Gerrit Rietveld. With a construction consisting of the characteristic slatted structures, Rietveld played with the concept of spatiality when designing it in 1919 (the same period in which he designed the famous Red and Blue slatted chair). Read on.