Frits van Dongen

Who is Frits van Dongen?

Frits van Dongen is an architect from the Netherlands. He designed a canal-side municipal theatre for the city of Leeuwarden with his firm De Architecten Cie. The building he designed that is known as The Whale is in an area known as the Oostelijke Handelskade that includes "some of The Netherlands' most cutting-edge housing developments including Piraeus, designed by Hans Kollhoff and Christian Rappit, "Hoop, Liefde en Fortuin" by Rudy Uytenhaak" and one of Jamie Oliver's "Fifteen" restaurants. Rotterdam Maaskant Prize for Young Architects 2005 winner Oliver Thill and his architecture partner André Kempe, both from East Germany, both worked in van Dongen's office.

Projects:

Delfts Blauw, Delft, The Netherlands, 1998

Batavia - Entrepot - West 4, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2000

The Whale, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2000