A. Evers and G.J.M. Sarlemijn The architectural firm of Evers & Sarlemijn is inextricably linked to the heyday of Catholic pillarization. Gerardus Josephus Maria Sarlemijn (1909, Amsterdam) studied architecture at the Middelbare Technische School. (MTS). In 1932 he settled in Amsterdam as an architect and worked for several years as chef de bureau with the interior designer P. Bromberg. During this period he did mainly smaller commissions: furniture designs, interiors and renovations. In 1940-1941, together with A. Evers and others, he took classes with M.J. Granpré Molière, and in 1941 he and Evers founded the architectural firm A. Evers & G.J.M. Sarlemijn. Adriaan (Aat) Evers (1914, Amsterdam) had also studied architecture at the MTS. After his studies he had worked for J.E. Wiersma, J.F. Berghoef and the Dutch Railways. In the latter capacity he was involved in the construction of the Amstel Station by ir. H.G.J. Schelling. During the occupation, both architects kept their heads above water with small interior assignments, measurements of monuments and lectureships. They also attended architecture and philosophy classes. Only after the Second World War did the firm receive larger commissions. The firm built churches and school buildings and was involved in housing in Amstelveen, Amsterdam, Bergen op Zoom, Breda, Den Bosch, Gorkum, Krommenie, Nijmegen, Roosendaal and Wormerveer. Larger commissions included the Regional Labor Office in Leiden and the Willibrord psychiatric institution in Heiloo. Both architects built in the conservative Bossche School style common in Catholic circles. Sarlemijn was very active in Catholic associations: He was secretary of the circle of church builders in the diocese of Haarlem (the Pieterskring) and board member of the Algemene Katholieke Kunstenaarsvereniging (AKKV). With the appointment of Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, he received a high papal decoration for these activities. Evers, who was a longtime member of the Monumentenraad, received the Gouden Speld from the City of Amsterdam for his merit in surveying monuments in Amsterdam. In the early 1980s the two architects ceased their work. Sarlemijn died in 1993 and Evers in 1997. Note: the oeuvre of G.J.M. Sarlemijn has not been (completely) inventoried. Education: Secondary Technical School, architecture/