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Jaap Bakema
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<p>Jacob Berend "Jaap" Bakema (8 March 1914 – 20 February 1981) was a Dutch modernist <a href="/facts/Architect/pv0f9bYq">architect</a>. He is notable for design of public housing and involvement in the reconstruction of <a href="/facts/Rotterdam/p8LbhGmE">Rotterdam</a> after the <a href="/facts/Second_World_War/2efV5L1U">Second World War</a>, and especially his work with <a href="/facts/Jo_van_den_Broek/EV89aYWM">Jo van den Broek</a>. The firm was renamed Van den Broek en Bakema in 1951. Bakema is also noted for his impact on the direction of <a href="/facts/Modernist_architecture/T3F1gFrv">modernist architecture</a>. </p>