The Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam was founded in 1870 as the successor to the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten. In 1875 it moved into a new building on Stadhouderskade, which soon became unsatisfactory. In 1917, therefore, a competition was held for new housing on the site of the current Hilton hotel (Amsterdam-Zuid). After an open preliminary competition in 1917, five candidates remained for the final competition (1917-1918): G. Bremer, M. de Klerk, J. Klijnen, D. Roosenburg and the eventual winners B. Bijvoet and J. Duiker. However, already in 1921 construction was abandoned for financial reasons. The Rijksacademie acted as organizer of the Prix de Rome for Fine Arts, established in 1870 by analogy with the French Grand Prix de Rome, organized by the École des Beaux Arts. The Prix de Rome for Fine Architecture was first called in 1894, but canceled due to lack of participants. The competition did go ahead in 1900. The State Academy Archives contain all winning Prix entries in architecture from the earliest period (until 1935).