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Jaap Bakema

1914 - 1981

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Jacob Berend "Jaap" Bakema (8 March 1914 – 20 February 1981) was a Dutch modernist architect. He is notable for design of public housing and involvement in the reconstruction of Rotterdam after the Second World War, and especially his work with Jo van den Broek. The firm was renamed Van den Broek en Bakema in 1951. Bakema is also noted for his impact on the direction of modernist architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jaap Bakema is the 400th most popular architect (down from 380th in 2019), the 695th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 674th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Dutch Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Jaap Bakema ranks 400 out of 518. Before him are Anastasios Metaxas, Clemens Holzmeister, Adolf Lang, Shelley McNamara, Auguste de Montferrand, and Baron Karl von Hasenauer. After him are Vasily Stasov, Daniel Marot, John Soane, Juan Gómez de Mora, Denise Scott Brown, and Victor Louis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Jaap Bakema ranks 268. Before him are Yrjö Nikkanen, Jeff Corey, Adolf Urban, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Kaisa Parviainen, and Robert R. Wilson. After him are Nikolay Makarov, Henri Laborit, Leabua Jonathan, Fumio Hayasaka, William Castle, and Krishan Chander. Among people deceased in 1981, Jaap Bakema ranks 172. Before him are Mikhail Zharov, Beulah Bondi, Jakob Bender, Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Gustaf Dyrssen, and Mark Donskoy. After him are Elemér Kocsis, Guy Butler, Anita Loos, Juan Trippe, Paul Hörbiger, and Yury Trifonov.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jaap Bakema ranks 695 out of 1,646. Before him are Reinier Nooms (1623), Kees van Ierssel (1945), Willeke Alberti (1945), Nida Senff (1920), Arie van Vliet (1916), and Michaël Dudok de Wit (1953). After him are Roelof Klein (1877), Mark Blaug (1927), René Pijnen (1946), Ruud Hesp (1965), Jan Frederik Gronovius (1686), and Balthasar van der Pol (1889).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Netherlands

Among architects born in Netherlands, Jaap Bakema ranks 13. Before him are Aldo van Eyck (1918), Pieter Post (1608), Salomon de Bray (1597), Pierre Cuypers (1827), Willem Marinus Dudok (1884), and Tylman van Gameren (1632). After him are Jan Wils (1891), and Michel de Klerk (1884).

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