
THE MODERN AGE 1900–1950II
ART AND TECHNOLOGY: A NEW UNITY 1901–19282
GERRIT RIETVELD AND SCHRÖDER HOUSE
SCHRÖDER HOUSE
Utrecht, Netherlands
Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964), Architect
Utrecht, Netherlands
1924
Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964) was one of the first
architects and designers to break with the past
design traditions of the English Arts and Crafts
style and late-nineteenth-century rational-
ism. He was a pioneer of the avant-garde de
Stijl movement and introduced the world to a
new form of architecture composed of colored
spatial planes in space.
In his youth, he worked in his father’s furni-
ture workshop and subsequently as a drafts-
man before pursuing ...