Frits van Gendt

Ir Frederick William (Frits) van Gendt (. 1831 - The Hague , December 6, 1900 ) was a Dutch architect and urban planner . He is best known for his role as engineer of Domains in dismantling strongholds. Between 1868 and 1900 he made ​​concerning plans for the dismantling of walls in several medium-sized cities.

Brief biography
Van Gendt was born the eldest son of the hydraulic Johan Godart van Gendt sr. . The family in which he grew up consisted of five children. The four boys from this all ended up in the architectural world. Especially his younger brother Adolf Leonard (1835-1901) still enjoys great fame as architect include the Amsterdam Concertgebouw . Besides Frits and Dolf there were also brothers Johan Godart jr. (1833-1880) and Jan Gerlach (1838-1921). The latter worked as an architect in Arnhem .

Until 1858, Van Gendt assistant architect of the city architect of Amsterdam , Bastiaan de Greef Janszoon . Van Gendt helped in the founding of the society Architectura et Amicitia . In 1866 he founded the magazine in Arnhem The Opmerker on, while the blade of the Society. The same year he was also appointed as city architect of the city of Arnhem. That his work as a city architect not continued, had to do with a fight with the Arnhem city council. Van Gendt went does not agree with the ban, which the council proposed to him to take on private commissions in addition to his work as a city architect,

From 1868, Van Gendt 'Engineer of Domains for the Decommissioning of Fortresses. In the same year the fortifications were Maastricht , Venlo , Bergen op Zoom , Fort Bath ,Coevorden and Flushing in dismantling dedicated. In 1869 followed Breda and Nieuweschans, and in 1874 it was the turn of Groningen , Delfzijl , Deventer , Zutphen ,Nijmegen , Elden , Grave and 's-Hertogenbosch . The dismantling of Flushing and Fort Bath wore Van Gendt on the overseer in the province of Zeeland; JJ Brandt. During the period in which Van Gendt was engineer of domains, he had the later director of public works to Leeuwarden , WCA Hofkamp, employed as student and employee.

Some works

 * 1865-1865 Arnhem : Musis Sacrum
 * 1867-1867 Arnhem: Rebuilding coach house House Zypendaal, Zypendaalseweg 44 (The original coaching inn dating from 1764 to 1767)
 * 1883-1883 Groningen : City Theatre , Turfsingel (with Hugo Pieter Vogel )
 * 1883-1884 Maarsbergen : Dorpskerk (AR Freem)