Pieter van der Zwan Interior Consultancy, The Hague, Netherlands
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| Interior Design Firm | Pieter van der Zwan Interior Consultancy |
| People | Pieter van der Zwan |
| Address | Korte Houtstraat 112 |
| The Hague, 2511 DB Netherlands | |
| Telephone | +31 70 785 2460 |
| Fax | +31 70 785 2460 |
| int.cons@tiscali.nl | |
| Web Site |
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Pieter van der Zwan (The Hague, August 10, 1950) is a Dutch based designer with a special interest in restauration of 17th, 18th and 19th century houses. His projects are mainly located in the historical inner cities of Amsterdam and The Hague, with occasional assignments in the south of France, London and New York. For over ten years he spent part of the year in his apartment in New York. Since painting has become a part of his work in recent years, he travels between Holland and Spain during the winter "not for the temperature but for the light".
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His projects vary from restauration and decoration of just a single room up to gutting a whole house to the bare historical structure, then restauring the house into it's original state. Hereby important later style additions are respected and left intact. Since the founding of his bussiness in 1986, he designed restaurations in over 30 major canal houses in Amsterdam only. His most recent project was the conversion of two apartments into one, which included the restauration of a very important early 18th century "tuinzaal" (a 40-foot long ballroom at the garden side of the house) along Amsterdam's Keizersgracht. For this tuinzaal he designed a trompe l'oeil ceiling painting in a traditional 18th century shape, but with modern elements in the choice of subjects.
[edit] Pubilications by Pieter van der Zwan
- Hofjes in Amsterdam, Stadsdrukkerij Amsterdam 1979. About the Alm's Houses in Amsterdam, very often built by wealthy merchant families, traditionally around a courtyard.
- Had je me maar, Post- en Gemeentegiro Amsterdam 1979. About beggars, streetmusicians and streetlife in pre second worldwar Amsterdam.
[edit] Publications about Pieter van der Zwan
- De burcht van Boudewijn Büch (Büch's castle), Avenue #10 1990, pages 80-87. About the library he designed for TV travel show host and famous Dutch writer Boudewijn Büch. Originally for 30.000 books, this library was reviewed on TV and in some publications as the most beautiful and biggest private library built in Holland in the twentieth century. Later the amount of books would more than triple until Büch's untimely death in 2001.
- In sprekend evenwicht (An eloquent balance), Résidence July-August 1992, pages 154-159. About work in his own Amsterdam canalhouse that in 17th century had belonged to Frans Banningh Cocq, the central figure in Rembrandt's Nightwatch and that he restaured from 1987-1990.
- Bericht uit drie steden (A report from three cities), Objekt Spring 1996 Pages 84-89. About his life and work in and traveling between his apartments in Amsterdam, The Hague and New York.
- Dancing with demons, Penny Valentine and Vicky Wickam, St Martin's Press 2001. The authorized biography of his friend Dusty Springfield, who lived in his house for half a year before going back to England, where she had a comeback in the late eighties. (not for the architecturally interested)
- De bibliotheek van Boudewijn Büch (BB's library), Frans Mouws, Aspekt 2008, Pages 15-46. A whole chapter was dedicated to his work for and friendship with Büch, mentioned here above in the first publication.
