Architect: Hans van der Heijden Architect
Diagrams: Hans van der Heijden in Conversation with Richard Hall
05.05.2021
Diagrams: Hans van der Heijden in Conversation with Richard Hall05.05.2021
Hans van der Heijden is an Amsterdam-based architect. He co-founded biq in 1994 with Rick Wessels before establishing his own office, Hans van der Heijden Architect, in 2014. During this timeframe he has developed a recognisable and idiosyncratic drawing repertoire, the origins of which can be traced back to his… Read More
Alternative Histories: Hans van der Heijden on Josef Hoffmann
14.02.2019
Alternative Histories: Hans van der Heijden on Josef Hoffmann14.02.2019
When I received a tiny sketch of a cottage by the Viennese architect Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956), I found the drawing at the same time intriguing and awkward. Hoffmann’s drawing suggests an expressive roof to the cottage, an attractive theme to me. It is ‘a little house with a big scale’.… Read More
Het woonpalazzo – The Residential Palazzo
16.02.2026
Het woonpalazzo – The Residential Palazzo16.02.2026
– Nicholas Ray
Open any book by a Dutch architect and you are bound to come across H. P. Berlage—the forefather from whom sprang everything, albeit indirectly, from the Amsterdam School to Der Stijl and who is revered for his contribution at all scales from the details of his buildings to his town… Read More
plan section projection (axonometric isometric) presentation theoretical & imaginary