DUDOK, WILLEM MARINUS

(1884–1974)

Architect. After a short career in the army, Dudok became the city architect, first of Leidenin 1913 and then of Hilversum (Het Gooi, Northern Holland) in 1915. In his own studio, he designed many town districts and pub lic buildings, such as the Hilversum city hall (c. 1930). In the Nether lands, Dudok also designed the Westerveld columbarium (the first Dutch crematory), the Bijenkorf department store in Rotterdam (destroyed during World War II), the so-called White Village for Philips Electronics employees in Eindhoven, the Afsluitdijk monu ment, some Hoogovens buildings in Velsen, the Amsterdam port warden’s building, and many Esso gas stations. His buildings abroad include a cinema in Calcutta, a cultural center in Baghdad, and a stu dent house in Paris. His designs were related to the Amsterdam School and De Stijl.