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J. J. P. OUD AND
CAFÉ DE UNIE
CAFÉ DE UNIE BUILDING FACADE
Rotterdam, Netherlands
J. J. P. Oud (1890–1963), Architect
Rotterdam, Netherlands
1925
Café de Unie, designed by J. J. P. Oud in 1925,
is a seminal example of the de Stijl art move-
ment and a twentieth-century visual benchmark
for graphic design in the built environment.
Jacobus Johannes Pieter (J. J. P.) Oud
(1890–1963) was a Dutch master of contem-
porary architecture. He studied architecture
at the Quellinus School of Applied Art and at
the Rijksnormaalschool voor Tekenonderwijz-
ers, both in Amsterdam, from 1904 to 1910,
and at the Technische Universiteit in Delft,
before joining the ...