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Mart Stam

1899 - 1986

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Mart Stam (August 5, 1899 – February 21, 1986) was a Dutch architect, urban planner, and furniture designer. Stam was extraordinarily well-connected, and his career intersects with important moments in the history of 20th-century European architecture, including the invention of the cantilever chair, teaching at the Bauhaus, contributions to the Weissenhof Estate, the Van Nelle Factory, (an important modernist landmark in Rotterdam), buildings for Ernst May's New Frankfurt housing estates, followed by work in the USSR with the idealistic May Brigade, to teaching positions in Amsterdam and post-war East Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mart Stam is the 204th most popular architect (down from 198th in 2019), the 331st most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 337th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Mart Stam ranks 204 out of 518. Before him are Jacques Lemercier, Jan Gehl, Quatremère de Quincy, Matthias of Arras, Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, and Ernst Neufert. After him are Lev Rudnev, James Hoban, Nefermaat, Charles Eames, Nicola Salvi, and Eero Aarnio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Mart Stam ranks 104. Before him are Eugene Ormandy, Burt Munro, Hans Krása, Konstantinos Tsatsos, Gustav Ucicky, and Pavel Haas. After him are Haim Arlosoroff, John Barbirolli, Wilhelm Röpke, Walter Lantz, Nie Rongzhen, and Yaakov Dori. Among people deceased in 1986, Mart Stam ranks 91. Before him are Henri Toivonen, Christa McAuliffe, Bernard Malamud, Christopher Isherwood, Alexandre Tansman, and Ernst Neufert. After him are Princess Yolanda of Savoy, Moses Finley, Judith Resnik, Liu Bocheng, Ding Ling, and Hermann Gmeiner.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Mart Stam ranks 331 out of 1,646. Before him are Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1768), Hans van Breukelen (1956), Adriaen van de Velde (1636), Franciscus Donders (1818), Willy van der Kuijlen (1946), and Henri Winkelman (1876). After him are Ruud Geels (1948), Dirk V, Count of Holland (1053), Joseph Luns (1911), Leonaert Bramer (1596), Gerrit Berckheyde (1638), and Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Netherlands

Among architects born in Netherlands, Mart Stam ranks 5. Before him are Rem Koolhaas (1944), Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527), Jacob van Campen (1596), and Jacobus Oud (1890). After him are Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856), Aldo van Eyck (1918), Pieter Post (1608), Salomon de Bray (1597), Pierre Cuypers (1827), Willem Marinus Dudok (1884), and Tylman van Gameren (1632).

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