AMSTERDAM SCHOOL STYLE

OF ARCHITECTURE
Amsterdam school style of architecture is a
Part of international expressionist
architecture.
The expressionist architecture of the
Amsterdam school was the most successful
Style of 1920s.
 CHARACTERISTICS OF AMSTERDAM
SCHOOL STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE
• The school of amsterdam style was largely influenced by
expressionism. It ia a type of brick expressionism.
• Buildings were often built in round and expressive forms, with
towers, ornamental spires and decorative windows and doors.
•Wrought iron elements, usually
painted black or very dark green (so
called amsterdam green), were used
as simple decorative or functional
elements.

•Usually painted white or again dark

green, completes the buildings.
• Buildings of the Amsterdam School are characterized by
– brick construction with complicated masonry with a rounded or organic
appearance,
– integration of an elaborate scheme of building elements inside and out:
• decorative masonry,
• art glass,
• wrought ironwork,
 • spires or "ladder" windows (with horizontal bars), and integrated
architectural sculpture.

•The aim was to create a total architectural experience, interior and exterior.
 WORKERS’ PALACE HET SCHIP

• ‘Het Schip’ (The ship) was built between 1914 and 1921 as a
working man’s palace. The three buildings comprise low-rent
housing for labourers, a post office and a tower.
 DE DAGERAAD
De Dageraad (The Dawn) is a complex built by the social housing
association and its name, drawn from the symbolism of a rising
sun. 
 HET NIEUWE HUIS
It continues to function as an apartment complex where single people
are granted freedom and comfort. Today, the restaurant is closed
and the space has been expanded into a public library. 
 HET SIERAAD
Het Sieraad was designed by architect A.J. Westerman and built in
1921. The two most important Amsterdam School materials,
bricks and wrought iron, are heavily used. Today the building is
a hub for the creative industries.