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The Rietveld Schröder House Notebook
The Rietveld Schröder House Notebook
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Rietveld's most famous design is undoubtedly the Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht, which he designed in 1924 for Truus Schröder-Schräder. After the death of her husband Frits Schröder, she decided to live in a smaller and, above all, more modern home.
Truus Schröder intensively interferes with the design, which soon after completion receives a lot of attention. Rietveld starts his architectural practice on the ground floor of the house, with the living and sleeping quarters on the first floor, which can easily be rearranged by ingenious sliding walls. Major designers like Mart Stam, Eileen Gray and Aino Alto visit the house and are impressed.
Gray clearly drew inspiration from it for her famous E 1027 house in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. With the Schröder House, Rietveld manifests himself as an architect ahead of his time. In 2000, the Rietveld Schröder House was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status.
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