About Len Hoogerbrug
Lived 1929 – 2019 (aged 89). Len Hoogerbrug was a Dutch and New Zealand architect.
Leendert Jacob Johannus Hoogerbrug (25 June 1929 – 16 April 2019), generally known as Len Hoogerbrug, was a New Zealand architect whose practice was based in Hawke's Bay.
Architectural career Born in Hilversum, Netherlands, on 25 June 1929, Hoogerbrug studied architectural engineering in Utrecht before migrating to New Zealand in 1951. Initially he worked as a draftsman for Mandeno, Frazer and Galbraith in Dunedin, and then for J.D. Allingham.
In the early 1960s, Hoogerbrug made an extended overseas tour through Australia, Asia, and Europe, and in 1963 he completed St James's Church in Hastings, which received a New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) merit award in 1964.
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Dutch-born New Zealand architect
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Len Hoogerbrug was born on 25 June 1929 in Hilversum.
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Len Hoogerbrug died on 16 April 2019 in Hastings, New Zealand.
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Len Hoogerbrug was an architect.
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Len Hoogerbrug was Dutch and New Zealand.
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