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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 ...