G.B. Salm (1831-1897) G.B. Salm matched the wishes and needs of his clients with his practical approach. The industry emerging in the nineteenth century demanded an efficient design that would maximize the return on the industrialists' investments. Exercised by the many renovations and expansions of factory buildings, G.B. Salm developed a sober formal language for utility buildings. He realized many types of buildings in neo-Renaissance style and sometimes in an eclectic style. Gerlof Batholomeus Salm began his education at the Institute for Technical Education in Amsterdam. From November 13, 1849, he was also allowed to call himself a qualified land surveyor. For the period 1849-1852, he attended education at the Royal Academy of Visual Arts. During that course, in 1851, he received a bronze medal in the category Exercises in washing, with the description of shadows. In addition to the Academy, he also studied with Hendrik Hana (1814-1877) from Leiden but living in Amsterdam from 1851. From 1850 he was Salm's teacher. Salm was also supervisor of the construction of the Park Hall in the Plantage (1850-1851), a design by W.A. Froger (1812-1883)and Hana. In 1856, Salm married his niece Bregtje Maria Salm (1833-1862). From this marriage was born Abraham Salm GBzn, who would later follow in his father's footsteps. With his wife Bregtje he went on honeymoon through Germany and Belgium. When they returned in 1857, Salm received a commission from his father, A. Salm Jzn (1793-1858), to build something in the Rozenhofje. What exactly the commission entailed is unknown. However, Salm would undertake a renovation in the Rozenhofje in the mid-1980s. Between the years 1861 and 1874 he worked for Beuker of Hope, although it is not known what the work consisted of. What is known is that during this period he would build a sugar refinery for Beuker & Hulshoff. More would follow for various clients. In addition to sugar refineries, Salm designed flour and bread mills, a brick factory and a number of beer breweries. Salm received these large commissions because he took a practical view of the design task. With his purposeful designs, he perfectly matched the requirements of his clients. In doing so, he did not lose sight of aesthetic requirements, as evidenced, for example, by his balanced wall articulation. His sober formal language was the result of the many renovations and extensions of factory buildings that he carried out. G.B. Salm was involved in the development of the Plantage in Amsterdam. He went to live there himself in 1870, at Plantage Middenlaan 25. In the Plantage he realized a number of highlights within his oeuvre. His designs for the Royal Zoological Society Natura Artis Magistra, such as the Gallery of Predators (1858-1859), the Artis Library (1866-867) and the Aquarium (1877-1880), are original designs. Given the classicist façade of the Aquarium, it is generally believed that his son, A. Salm GBzn, collaborated on it. Another major client was the Amsterdamsche Omnibus Maatschappij (AOM) for which he designed depots, stable buildings, offices, warehouses and a director's residence on Plantage Middenlaan. With the rise of industry, a new class also emerged, the industrialist. For them he designed villas in the Gooi region in various styles. The synagogue on Lange Houtstraat (1894) was his last major design. Education: Instituut voor Teekenkundig Onderwijs/1844-1848;deed for practicing the profession of surveyor/13.11.1849;Royal Academy of Arts/1849-1852 Ancillary activities: Society for the Working State/teacher/1861-1877;Architectura et Amicitia/board member/1860-1864;Architectura et Amicitia/chairman/1864-1869;Society for the Advancement of Architecture/board member/1866-1869;Architectural Contributions/co-worker/1869-1870,1875-1876;Society for the Advancement of Architecture/vice-chairman/1874-1876;Society for the Advancement of Architecture/chairman/1876;Royal Zoological Society/member/;Competition for a circus/jury member/1873;Competition for a tombstone/jury member/1873;Competition for a treatise on the relationship between craft and art education/1873;Competition Transportable building for music festivals, exhibitions and meetings of 300 persons/jury member/1868 Honors: Stanislas order second class/1893