J.E. Kruisheer (1925-2000) Johan Eduard (Jan) Kruisheer was born in Berkel in 1925. There are several architects in the family and Kruisheer also chooses this profession. He began his architectural studies in 1942 at the Technische Hogeschool in Delft, but was unable to complete them until 1952 due to World War II. In 1953, he starts working at the office of ir. B.J.K. Cramer (born 1890). Cramer had been working as an architect since 1923 and in the late 1920s became involved in the construction of Rotterdam's Zuider hospital. In 1959, together with Kruisheer, he formed the Cramer & Kruisheer firm, which devoted itself primarily to hospital construction. The demands made on this type of building changed greatly after the war. With the development of medical technology in combination with an increasingly aging population and sharply rising healthcare costs, hospitals became more and more treatment centers, which had repercussions on hospital construction. While working with Cramer, many health care projects come to fruition, including the Queen Juliana Hospital in Hengelo (1949-1954, in Cramer's name) and the Beatrix Hospital in Culemborg (1956-1958). Several projects are in various stages of completion at that time, including the Diaconessenhuis in Leiden (19581963) and the Daniël den Hoedkliniek in Rotterdam (1955-1966). Cramer retires in the early 1960s. Kruisheer then enters into a partnership with his collaborator Henk Hallink (1924-2005) in 1970. Among other projects, the pair realize the Elisabeth Hospital in Haarlem (1964-1972) and the Juliana Hospital in Apeldoorn (1969-1973). The firm also wants to shift its activities abroad and for this purpose attracts Tom Arends as director because of his experience with the construction of health centers in Vietnam. The three of them realize the Oosterschelde Hospital in Goes (1982-1987). In 1987, when the management of the Academic Hospital Groningen wanted to significantly change its design 'Kajennepeper' according to the 'integration model' of 1975, this was the moment for Kruisheer to withdraw from the construction office. Problems concerning the succession at the office then prompted him to withdraw from the company as well. The name Kruisheer continued to be used. After several mergers, the firm now bears the name Van den Berg Kruisheer Elffers Architectuur en Advisering and is based in Rotterdam. Kruisheer himself leaves for Oberaegeri in Switzerland. He devotes himself from then on to health projects abroad, including a new hospital in Nickerie, Suriname. He dies in 2000. Note: the oeuvre of J.E. Kruisheer has not been (completely) inventoried. Education: Delft University of Technology, architecture/1942-1952