Willem Marinus Dudok was born in Amsterdam in 1884. After graduating as an engineer from the Royal Military Academy in Breda, he was involved in the design and construction of fortresses and barracks for the Netherlands army. In 1913 he started a career as a civil architect, when he was appointed temporary director of the Public Works department of the city of Leiden. A couple of years later he became the director of the similar department in Hilversum, followed by the appointment as City Architect in 1928. Dudok was responsible for many public buildings and entire new neighbourhoods in this rapidly growing city. While in his early work Dudok's style is closely related to that of the Amsterdam School, later the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright becomes more important, resulting in a style that is sometimes referred to as Cubistic Expressionism. Dodok's work is of some international influence. He received the RIBA Gold Medal in 1935 and the AIA Gold Medal in 1955. He died in Hilversum in 1974 and is buried on the Northern Cemetary, one of his own designs.

The following is the old Archimon page about this architect. The list of Dudok's work is incomplete.

1911 Den Helder (NH): Veterans house Demolished. No further details.

1915-1916 Leiderdorp (ZH) : New neighbourhood In cooperation with J.J.P. Oud. No further details.

1916 Hilversum (NH) : Municipal works building No further details.

1916-1917 Leiden (ZH): Building Leidsch Dagblad Newspaper office in a style closely related to that of the Amsterdam School.

1916-1917 Hilversum (NH): Police-office No further details.

1917-1919 Hilversum (NH): 1st municipal housing project No further details.

1917-1918 Hilversum (NH): School Geraniumstraat No further details.

1919-1920 Hilversum (NH): 2nd municipal housing project No further details.

1919-1924 Hilversum (NH): Municipal abattoir No further details.

1919-1920 Hilversum (NH): Municipal sports park No further details.

1920 Hilversum (NH): Rembrandtschool No further details.

1920 Hilversum (NH): Municipal baths No further details.

1920 Laren (NH): House De Boer No further details.

1920 Hilversum (NH): 3rd municipal housing project No further details.

1921-1922 Hilversum (NH): Dr. Bavinckschool No further details.

1921 Naarden (NH): 3 villa's No further details.

1921 Den Haag (ZH): villa's No further details.

1922 Hilversum (NH): Oranjeschool No further details.

1924-1931 Hilversum (NH): town hall         Dudok's most important work. Assymetrical building composed of box-like shapes, with a mostly horizontal accent which is broken by vertical elements.

1925 Hilversum (NH): Minchelerschool No further details.

1925-1927 Hengelo (Ov): House P.C. Borst No further details.

1926 Hilversum (NH): Fabritiusschool No further details.

1927-1930 Hilversum (NH): Noorderbegraafplaats     Northern cemetary. Auditorium with elongated front facade, interrupted by a square entrance with slender pillars.

1927-1928 Paris, France: Dutch students' house No further details.

1928 Paris, France: Dutch pavilion No further details.

1928-1929 Hilversum (NH): Vondelschool No further details.

1929-1930 Rotterdam (ZH): De Bijenkorf department store Largely destroyed in May 1940, remains demolished after the war.

1930-1932 Hilversum (NH): Snelliusschool     School. No further details.

1930 Hilversum (NH): Valerisschool No further details.

1930 Hilversum (NH): Calvijnschool No further details.

1931-1935 Schiedam (ZH): HAV bank No further details.

1931-1932 Hilversum (NH): Duivenschool       Infant school. No further details.

1933 Afsluitdijk monument Monument for the completion of the Afsluitdijk between Noord-Holland and Friesland. No further details.

1938-1939 Arnhem (G): office-building De Nederlanden van 1845     Office-building with a reinforced concrete skeleton which is invisible on the outside. Glass stairway at the side. Facade follows the curve of the street.

1938-1939 Rotterdam (ZH): Erasmusflat/Hollandse Bank Unie Destroyed May 1940 and rebuilt 19530-1955.

1938 Tilburg (NB): Houses Houses in the Philips Vingboonsstraat and Zorgvlied neighbourhood. Use of yellow brick.

1939 Eindhoven (NB): Het Witte Dorp Neighbourhood of the garden village type for the workers of the nearby Philips factory. Houses similar to those in Tilburg.

1939-1941 Utrecht (U): City theatre No further details.

1939 Vreeland (U): Bridge Bridge over the river Vecht.

1948-1951 Velsen-Noord (NH): Hoogovens buildings No further details.

1953 Prototype petrol station     Factory-made petrol station, built at various locations. The example in the picture is one of only a few left, and is located in Groningen.

1957-1965 Amsterdam (NH): harbour building No further details.

1967 Amsterdam (NH): flats Buitenveldert High-rise flats designed in cooperation with B. Bijvoet.