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Key projects by Herman Hertzberger
Here's a selection of projects by Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger, who was named as this year's Royal Gold Medal recipient this morning.
![Montessori School, Delft (1960-66) Montessori School, Delft (1960-66)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Montessori-School-Delft-1960-66_1.jpg)
Top: portrait by Hans van den Bogaard
Above: Montessori School, Delft (1960-66), photograph is by Johan van der Keuken
Hertzberger will receive the prize in February 2012 - more details in our earlier Dezeen Wire story.
![Montessori School, Delft (1960-66) Montessori School, Delft (1960-66)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Montessori-School-Delft-1960-66_2.jpg)
Above: Montessori School, Delft (1960-66), photograph is by Herman van Doorn
Here's Hertzberger's biography from the RIBA:
Born in 1932 Herman Hertzberger opened his own firm of architects in 1960, the present-day Architectuurstudio HH in Amsterdam. One of his major influences on 20th century architecture was to challenge the early modernist belief that ‘form follows function’ - that the shape of the building was defined by its purpose.
![Lin Mij (textile workshop) Amsterdam (1962-64 – demolished) Lin Mij (textile workshop) Amsterdam (1962-64 – demolished)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Lin-Mij-textile-workshop-Amsterdam-1962-64-%E2%80%93-demolished_1.jpg)
Above: Lin Mij Textile Workshop, Amsterdam (1962-64), demolished, photograph is by Jan Versnel
Hertzberger believes that the core function of a building does not provide the total solution to space usage: it is a framework that should enable its users to interpret and define how they inhabit it.
![Lin Mij (textile workshop) Amsterdam (1962-64 – demolished) Lin Mij (textile workshop) Amsterdam (1962-64 – demolished)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Lin-Mij-textile-workshop-Amsterdam-1962-64-%E2%80%93-demolished_2.jpg)
Above: Lin Mij Textile Workshop, Amsterdam (1962-64), demolished, photograph is by Jan Versnel
His buildings offer flexible ‘in between’ spaces that encourage our deeper human needs of dwelling and social activity.
![Centraal Beheer Apeldoorn (1968-72) Centraal Beheer Apeldoorn (1968-72)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Centraal-Beheer-Apeldoorn-1968-72_1.jpg)
Above: Centraal Beheer Apeldoorn (1968-72), photograph is by Aviodrome Luchtfotografie
His celebrated Montessori School in Delft (1960-66) rethought the way that classrooms were laid out, with L-shaped rooms creating different zones.
![Centraal Beheer Apeldoorn (1968-72) Centraal Beheer Apeldoorn (1968-72)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Centraal-Beheer-Apeldoorn-1968-72_2.jpg)
Above: Centraal Beheer Apeldoorn (1968-72), photograph is by Willem Diepraam
Images of children playing and learning on broad wooden steps as a creative space inspired many architects of schools across northern Europe.
![Centraal Beheer Apeldoorn (1968-72) Centraal Beheer Apeldoorn (1968-72)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Centraal-Beheer-Apeldoorn-1968-72_3.jpg)
Above: Centraal Beheer Apeldoorn (1968-72), photograph is by Willem Diepraam
His exemplary workplace Central Baheer in Apeldoorn (1968-72) was designed with the needs of the individual at its core and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment in The Hague (1979-90) was one of the first buildings to develop the idea of the internal street or elongated atrium to encourage social interaction and get light into all the rooms.
![Diagoon Housing, Delft (1969-70) Diagoon Housing, Delft (1969-70)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Diagoon-Housing-Delft-1969-70_1.jpg)
Above: Diagoon Housing, Delft (1969-70)
![Apolloscholen, Amsterdam (1980-83) Apolloscholen, Amsterdam (1980-83)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Apolloscholen-Amsterdam-1980-83_1.jpg)
Above: Apolloscholen, Amsterdam (1980-83), photograph is by Frits Dijkhof
![Apolloscholen, Amsterdam (1980-83) Apolloscholen, Amsterdam (1980-83)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Apolloscholen-Amsterdam-1980-83_2.jpg)
Above: Apolloscholen, Amsterdam (1980-83)
![YKK Dormitory, Kurobe, Japan (1991-98) YKK Dormitory, Kurobe, Japan (1991-98)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_YKK-Dormitory-Kurobe-Japan-1991-98_1.jpg)
Above: YKK Dormitory, Kurobe, Japan (1991-98)
![YKK Dormitory, Kurobe, Japan (1991-98) YKK Dormitory, Kurobe, Japan (1991-98)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_YKK-Dormitory-Kurobe-Japan-1991-98_2.jpg)
Above: YKK Dormitory, Kurobe, Japan (1991-98)
![Chasse Concert Hall, Breda (1992-95) Chasse Concert Hall, Breda (1992-95)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Chasse-Concert-Hall-Breda-1992-95_1.jpg)
Above: Chasse Concert Hall, Breda (1992-95), photograph is by Herman van Doorn
![Chasse Concert Hall, Breda (1992-95) Chasse Concert Hall, Breda (1992-95)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Chasse-Concert-Hall-Breda-1992-95_2.jpg)
Above: Chasse Concert Hall, Breda (1992-95), photograph is by Herman van Doorn
![Waternet Head Office, Amsterdam (2000-05) Waternet Head Office, Amsterdam (2000-05)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Waternet-Head-Office-Amsterdam-2000-05_1.jpg)
Above: Waternet Head Office, Amsterdam (2000-05), photograph is by Duccio Malagamba
![Waternet Head Office, Amsterdam (2000-05) Waternet Head Office, Amsterdam (2000-05)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Waternet-Head-Office-Amsterdam-2000-05_2.jpg)
Above: Waternet Head Office, Amsterdam (2000-05), photograph is by Duccio Malagamba
![Media Park and Housing Cologne, Germany (2004-04) Media Park and Housing Cologne, Germany (2004-04)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Media-Park-and-Housing-Cologne-Germany-2004-04.jpg)
Above: Media Park & Housing Cologne, Germany (2004-04), photgraph is by Duccio Malagamba
![NHL University Leeuwarden (2004-10) NHL University Leeuwarden (2004-10)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_NHL-University-Leeuwarden-2004-10_1.jpg)
Above: NHL University Leeuwarden (2004-10), photograph is by John Lewis Marshall
![NHL University Leeuwarden (2004-10) NHL University Leeuwarden (2004-10)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_NHL-University-Leeuwarden-2004-10_2.jpg)
Above: NHL University Leeuwarden (2004-10), photograph is by John Lewis Marshall
![NHL University Leeuwarden (2004-10) NHL University Leeuwarden (2004-10)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_NHL-University-Leeuwarden-2004-10_3.jpg)
Above: NHL University Leeuwarden (2004-10)
![Coda Shelter for Culture (museum) Apeldoorn (2004-11) Coda Shelter for Culture (museum) Apeldoorn (2004-11)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Coda-Shelter-for-Culture-museum-Apeldoorn-2004-11_1.jpg)
Above: Coda Shelter for Culture (museum) Apeldoorn (2004-11), photograph is by Herman van Doorn
![Coda Shelter for Culture (museum) Apeldoorn (2004-11) Coda Shelter for Culture (museum) Apeldoorn (2004-11)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Coda-Shelter-for-Culture-museum-Apeldoorn-2004-11_2.jpg)
Above: Coda Shelter for Culture (museum) Apeldoorn (2004-11), photograph is by Herman van Doorn
![Faculty of Science University of Utrecht (2006-11) Faculty of Science University of Utrecht (2006-11)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Faculty-of-Science-University-of-Utrecht-2006-11_1.jpg)
Above: Faculty of Science University of Utrecht (2006-11)
![Faculty of Science University of Utrecht (2006-11) Faculty of Science University of Utrecht (2006-11)](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/12/dezeen_Faculty-of-Science-University-of-Utrecht-2006-11_2.jpg)
Above: Faculty of Science University of Utrecht (2006-11), photograph is by Rob Hoekstra