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Without bothering to adapt the house to some extent to the traditional houses on the Prins Hendriklaan, we simply attached it to the adjacent house. It was the best thing we could doto make it stand out in contrast as much as possible. Understandably, it was very hard to square this with the local building code. Thats why, on the ground floor, the house presents a rather traditional layout, i.e., with fixed walls

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...but the level upstairs we simply dubbed an attic, and there we realized the house we intended to make.

~ Gerrit Rietveld, comments on the Rietveld/Schroder House, 1963

1924, Utrecht

Gerrit Rietveld, Schrder House

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1924, Utrecht

Gerrit Rietveld, Schrder House

Stefanos Blueberries Rietveld's Schroder House 296/388

1924, Utrecht

Gerrit Rietveld, Schrder House

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1924, Utrecht

Gerrit Rietveld, Schrder House

Of course, once in Utrecht, it can't be missed. But then, honestly speaking, there is a difference between a woodmaker and an architect...