Schroder house, 1925 - Present
End of the line The schroder house located in the Netherlands was built by Gerrit Rietveld in 1925. The building is at the end of a set of row blocks. The house was the last house of the row on the block. This house was the only building designed in complete accordance with the De Stijl style which used primary colors. The house built was very unique and stood out in its surroundings. A widow commissioned Rietveld to build her a new house for her and her three children after her husband died. She wanted a smaller home that was more functionable. “ When her husband died in 1923 after a prolonged illness, she was unable to remain living in such a big house”. Mrs Schroder knew Rietveld before hiring him to build the now famous house that is the Schroder house in the netherlands. “She had confidence in Rietveld’s ability as he had already created a room for her in the house on Biltstraat so that she had her own space in such a huge pl...