H.C.J.M. Brück (1891-1974) Hubert Carl Johann Maria Brück, usually listed as C.H.J.M. Brück, was born in Düsseldorf on Aug. 12, 1891. There he married Mary Flügel (born 1890 in Düsseldorf) in 1915. This marriage was dissolved in 1922, after which he married Gloria Anna Margaretha Jordans (born September 24, 1899 in Nijmegen) on August 8 of that year. From January 1, 1921, he was based in Arnhem as an architect. His family still lived first in Düsseldorf, where his son Edgar Karl was born on March 30, 1922. On December 29, 1923, his daughter Irmgard Gloria Maria was born in Arnhem. Around 1922 Brück lived on Velperplein and had his work address on St. Nicolailaan. Around 1925 he lived at Roermondsplein. In the early 1930s he moved to 142 Bakenbergseweg, and from about 1925 his office was located at 38 Parkstraat. Brück became a naturalized Dutch citizen on May 13, 1927. On May 13, 1965, Brück's second wife died. As of July 1, 1965, he was living in Oosterbeek at 35-14 Valkenburg Avenue. Brück married Maria Mathilde Sophie Melaerts (born February 16, 1911) in Renkum on September 19, 1966. This marriage was dissolved on April 5, 1967. On November 17 of that year Brück married Marika Georiewa Schiwarowa (born July 27, 1914 in Karlowo, Bulgaria). Brück died in Oosterbeek on March 25, 1974. In the 1920s and 1930s Brück designed several striking cinema and theater buildings and many storefronts. He worked from about 1922 until about 1930 at the Ingenieurs- en Architectenbureau Schaap in Arnhem, which was founded by W.F.C. Schaap. Both while working with Schaap and afterwards, Brück designed many commercial buildings and store interiors in the city center of Arnhem. One of the best-preserved examples is the building of the former Nieuwe Arnhemsche Courant on the Eiland. This building was designed in the style of the Amsterdam School and has a facade with staggered sections in yellow brick. The gable end in the form of a band of roof tiles is characteristic of Brück's designs of the time. For the NAC building, he applied ornaments in the form of a stylized pen and inkwell. On Ketelstraat (20-21) there is another building in this style. Brück also designed housing blocks for the new neighborhoods north of downtown, including around Rembrandtlaan, but his specialty was stores, cinemas and other commercial buildings. In Arnhem, he designed a cinema on Bakkerstraat and the Rembrandt Theater on Steenstraat. Both buildings stood out for their light ornaments and illuminated advertisements in the Art Deco style. Both buildings have been demolished. Outside Arnhem, his projects included the Casino theater complex in Den Bosch (1935, demolished). A major project for a theater with cinema in Utrecht was not carried out. After World War II, Brück's designs included a functionalist store and apartment building on the Looierstraat in Arnhem. This street was newly constructed as a breakthrough through the eastern part of the inner city. The Looierstraat was intended to improve the retail offer in the inner city and thus slow the departure of businesses to the surrounding districts. The street became a sampling of the various currents in reconstruction architecture. Brück worked with architect I. Ingesz in the 1950s, including on this building.