Dutch natural stone: Interpretation of a vernacular building material in modern architecture

Wido Quist

Dutch natural stone: Interpretation of a vernacular building material in modern architecture

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Abstract

The subsoil of The Netherlands is largely made up of marine and fluviatile soft sediments, resulting in an abundance of brick and an absence of natural stone in buildings. The country has only few local supplies of natural stone suitable to be used for building, most of them concentrated in the far south of the Province of Limburg. After World War I, the scarcity of building materials combined with the increase of entrepreneurship and the reinterpretation of ’local identity’ in architecture resulted in more intense use of locally quarried stone, both by the more ‘traditionalist’ architects and the ‘modernist’ architects. Carboniferous sandstone from the Cottessen region together with Kunrade limestone was nationally boosted shortly after World War II, leading to different uses. This paper identifies the change from ‘vernacular’ applications to ‘modern’ applications of native Dutch natural stone and defines the stylistic differences, essential to be taken into account in conservation and adaptive re-use.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018)
Editors	Ine Wouters, Stephanie Van de Voorde, Inge Bertels, Bernard Espion, Krista de Jonge, Denis Zastavni
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	CRC Press / Balkema - Taylor & Francis Group
Pages	1075-1081
Number of pages	7
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-429-44671-9
ISBN (Print)	978-1-138-33235-5
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	6ICCH 2018: 6th International Congress on Construction History - Brussels, Belgium Duration: 9 Jul 2018 → 13 Jul 2018

Conference

Conference	6ICCH 2018: 6th International Congress on Construction History
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Brussels
Period	9/07/18 → 13/07/18

Keywords

20th century
Modern architecture
Natural stone
The Netherlands
Vernacular building

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Quist, W. (2018). Dutch natural stone: Interpretation of a vernacular building material in modern architecture. In I. Wouters, S. Van de Voorde, I. Bertels, B. Espion, K. de Jonge, & D. Zastavni (Eds.), Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories: Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018) (Vol. 2, pp. 1075-1081). CRC Press / Balkema - Taylor & Francis Group.

Quist, Wido. / Dutch natural stone : Interpretation of a vernacular building material in modern architecture. Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories: Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018). editor / Ine Wouters ; Stephanie Van de Voorde ; Inge Bertels ; Bernard Espion ; Krista de Jonge ; Denis Zastavni. Vol. 2 London : CRC Press / Balkema - Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. pp. 1075-1081

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Quist, W 2018, Dutch natural stone: Interpretation of a vernacular building material in modern architecture. in I Wouters, S Van de Voorde, I Bertels, B Espion, K de Jonge & D Zastavni (eds), Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories: Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018). vol. 2, CRC Press / Balkema - Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 1075-1081, 6ICCH 2018: 6th International Congress on Construction History, Brussels, Belgium, 9/07/18.

Dutch natural stone: Interpretation of a vernacular building material in modern architecture. / Quist, Wido.
Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories: Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018). ed. / Ine Wouters; Stephanie Van de Voorde; Inge Bertels; Bernard Espion; Krista de Jonge; Denis Zastavni. Vol. 2 London: CRC Press / Balkema - Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. p. 1075-1081.

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Quist W. Dutch natural stone: Interpretation of a vernacular building material in modern architecture. In Wouters I, Van de Voorde S, Bertels I, Espion B, de Jonge K, Zastavni D, editors, Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories: Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018). Vol. 2. London: CRC Press / Balkema - Taylor & Francis Group. 2018. p. 1075-1081

Dutch natural stone: Interpretation of a vernacular building material in modern architecture

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