Amsterdam school

'Het Schip' is the name of a housing block in neighbourhood that is famous for the 'Amsterdamse School' architecture. It has an original post office interior and a permanent exhibition on the Amsterdamse School architectural movement.

The Amsterdam School movement (1910 - 1930) is rooted in Expressionist architecture and borrows elements from Art Nouveau and Art Deco. Wandering through the city you'll find many examples of Amsterdam School buildings - recognisable for their intricate brickwork, undulating facades, decorative masonry with humourous details and distinctive windows. Here are some of our favourite buildings and monuments of this fascinating home-grown architectural style.

De Dageraad, Amsterdam 1918-1923

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Image 1 of 26 from gallery of The British School of Amsterdam / Atelier PRO architects. Photograph by Eva Bloem

F.A. Warners, Gebouw Atlanta, Amsterdam 1927-1928

Interior, Etagehuis Parkwijk, Amsterdam

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In the Spaarndammerbuurt of Amsterdam, an early twentieth-century neighborhood rich with social housing in the Amsterdam School tradition,

The Amsterdam School (Dutch: Amsterdamse School) is a style of architecture that arose from 1910 through about 1930 in The Netherlands. The Amsterdam School movement is part of international Expressionist architecture. Buildings of the Amsterdam School are characterized by brick construction with complicated masonry with a rounded or organic appearance, relatively traditional massing, and the integration of an elaborate scheme of building elements inside and out: decorative masonry, art…

Theater Tuschinski Amsterdam by Alan Ward Wirral, via Flickr