N.F.A. Molenaar jr (1892-1973) The Hague architect Nicolaas F.A. Molenaar junior was the son of the famous nineteenth-century Catholic church builder and Cuypers apprentice, Nicolaas Molenaar senior (1850-1930). Molenaar jr therefore received his training as an architect initially at his father's office at Frederik Hendriklaan 66 in The Hague, followed by an ornament study course at the Academy in The Hague. There is also evidence that from 1909 he studied architecture at the Industrieschool in Amsterdam for several years, where he studied under H.J.M. Walenkamp and Jan Stuyt, among others. Indeed, the Molenaar archive contains a large number of (study) sketches and drawings dating from this time (see above MOLE t79.1-44). Father and son worked together until about 1925; the churches in Den Hoorn, Poeldijk and Sliedrecht date from this period. Molenaar sr designed no more major works after the completion of the H.H. Martelarenkerk in The Hague in 1925; in 1928 he suffered a stroke followed by his death two years later. It is therefore likely that the works realized after 1925 are attributable to Molenaar jr. For example, in 1925 he completed his father's St. Martha's Church in The Hague and in the same year he received his first major commission for the Sacrament Church on the Sportlaan in The Hague. Here Molenaar combined the tightened, neo-Gothic form language characteristic of the time with a wide nave. Two years later he built the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Honselersdijk and the St. Theresia Church (1929) in The Hague, also in a modern-Gothic style. In the 1930s, Molenaar experimented with the Kropholler style, as the 1936 convent with school Sint Jozefzorg in The Hague and the 1938 Mariaoord convent in De Goorn clearly show. This style undoubtedly came about in part due to Molenaar's participation in the artists' days in Huybergen led by Granpré Molière, in the organization of which he took an active part. After World War II, numerous commissions for churches and schools followed, mainly in The Hague and its surroundings. Here Molenaar's preference for the Kropholler style shifted to a modern traditionalism, as a comparison between his churches of Our Lady Immaculate Heart of Mary Church of 1947 and Holy Martyrs of Gorkum of 1958, both in The Hague, makes clear. In 1957, Molenaar Jr associated himself with P.A.N. Sips, with whom he designed the impressive Onze Lieve Vrouw van Fatima church in the new Hague suburb of Leyenburg that same year. Sips was undoubtedly largely responsible for the introduction of "modernist" architectural ideas at the firm, mostly translated into new construction techniques and materials, which made their appearance in the late 1950s. This is clearly visible in the 1958 St. Paul's School in The Hague and the 1962 Church of the Good Shepherd in Ermelo. Sips continued the office for some time after Molenaar's retirement at 33 Floris Grijpstraat in The Hague. In addition to his work as a designer, Molenaar jr also engaged in his profession in his capacity as editor of the (Catholic) periodical Van Bouwen en Sieren in the early 1930s, and secretary and chairman of the editorial board of the Rooms Katholiek Bouwblad in the years between 1937 and 1957, during which period he wrote a large number of reviews and polemical articles. Molenaar jr was also secretary of the Department of Architecture of the Algemeene R.K. Kunstenaarsvereniging (A.K.K.V.). Molenaar jr died in 1973 in Groesbeek near Nijmegen. The Molenaar archive was donated to the NAI in 1976 by Molenaar's colleague P.A.N. Sips. It is accessible through a placement list (MOLE) and contains drawings and photographs by both father and son Molenaar. The following list of works was compiled based on this archive, the B.N.A. archive present at the NAI (BNAR f 358) and additional literature and archival research. Education: Ornament study Academy The Hague/;Architecture study Industrieschool Amsterdam/1909-1911 (about); Ancillary activities: Van Bouwen en Sieren/editor/1930-1933;(Rooms) Katholiek Bouwblad/secretary and chairman/1937-1957;A.K.K.V./secretary Groep Bouwkunst/