Sybold van Ravesteyn

House built by Van Ravesteyn for himself around 1934 in what was then unspoilt country around Utrecht.

Sybold van Ravesteyn (born Sijbold van Ravesteijn, 18 February 1889 – 23 November 1983) was a Dutch architect. He designed many train stations, many now demolished, a zoo, public buildings such as theatres, as well as residences, interiors and furniture.

Biography Sybold van Ravesteyn was born 18 February 1889 in Rotterdam. After he studied civil engineering at the Delft University of Technology (1906–1912), van Ravesteyn worked as an engineer for the Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen and became a specialist on reinforced concrete. He married Dora Hintzen in 1915, with whom he had three sons and a daughter. Van Ravesteyn was influenced by his wife's interest in art. He started to design furniture for his own use, influenced by the Amsterdamse School and later De Stijl movements. In 1921 he became an architect for the Nederlandse Spoorwegen. His first own design was a goods shed and offices in Arnhem (1924). Remodelling of jhr. M.R. Radermacher Schorer's house, Utrecht (1927) Water tower, Roermond (1928), Sybold van Ravesteyn's own house, Prins Hendriklaan, Utrecht (1932-1934) Lutterade railway station (1931) (demolished) Spekholzerheide railway station (1933) Kerkrade Centrum railway station (1933) (demolished) Remodelling of Rotterdam Blaak railway station (1934) (destroyed in the Rotterdam Blitz) Holiday home De Zephyr, Bergen aan Zee (1936) Remodelling of Utrecht Centraal railway station (1936–1940) De Holland insurance building, Dordrecht (1937–1939) Restored and converted (2012-15) into the Netherlands National Education Museum Royal yacht Piet Hein (interior) (1937) Diergaarde Blijdorp (1937–1940, ) Kunstmin theatre in Dordrecht (remodelling) (1938–1940, ) A dining room in the SS Nieuw Amsterdam (1938) Roosendaal railway station (remodelling) (1949) Vlissingen railway station (1950) Theatre of Vlaardingen (1951) Dutch Reformed church De Hoeksteen, Emmeloord (1951) 's-Hertogenbosch railway station (1952) Nijmegen railway station (1954) Rotterdam Centraal railway station (1950–1957) (demolished)

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