B.J. Koldewey (1895-1958) Bernardus Joannes Koldewey (1895-1958) and Henricus Maria Koldewey (1924-1988). Bernard Koldewey was born in Dordrecht on May 29, 1895. Initially destined for a career in the textile trade, Koldewey saw for himself a future in architecture. To this end, around 1920 he took a Free Study at the Technische Hogeschool in Delft. In 1926 he settled as an architect in Voorburg, where he ran an office for the rest of his career. As architect of buildings with a Catholic signature, Koldewey strove for a "church architecture, which should excel by a simple but strong spatial effect, harmonious proportions and a clear, well-considered inclusion of other, decorative arts in the architectural whole". Attention to the "pure craftsmanship" was central to this. Before World War II, Koldewey employed a traditionalist and robust building style. His most eloquent work in this regard is the extensive school and convent complex Onze Lieve Vrouw ter Eem in Amersfoort from 1932, which bears "an imprint of life's gravity and dignity. A year earlier, Koldewey designed the Berg en Bosch sanatorium in Bilthoven in collaboration with fellow architect, kindred spirit and fellow Catholic C.M. van Moorsel Pzn. (1892-1962). These designs clearly show how Koldewey followed in the footsteps of his teacher A. J. Kropholler, with whom he also worked on the Sint Adelbert Abbey in Egmond-Binnen in the mid-1940s. In the 1950s, however, there was a change in Koldewey's architectural thinking. For example, he experimented with concrete structures in church construction. He published about this in Cobouw and the Katholiek Bouwblad under his real name and the pseudonym Rogier van der Weyden. In 1954, his son H. (Hans) M. Koldewey associated himself with the firm. Hans had previously worked as an architectural draftsman in his father's office and designed, among other things, the Verrijzeniskerk in Hilversum (1961), executed in a business-like style using concrete that as such shows the changed views on the use of concrete. Bernard Koldewey died in 1958 and was cited in several sources as an architect who "had played a major part in the emancipation of sacred architecture in the second quarter of the twentieth century. The accompanying list of works by B.J. and H.M. Koldewey is based on the office archives from 1932 to 1976. These archives are located at the Netherlands Architecture Institute in Rotterdam and are accessible by means of a placement list with access code KOLD. Based on exploratory literature research, some additional works could be added, especially from the period before 1932. Education: Free Study Technische Hogeschool Delft/about 1920 Archives: NAi/Archives KOLD placement lists 1-3 (states listing project names, individual drawings and box numbers), 4-155 (projects by alphabetical location) and 156 (copies)