Leonard van Veldhoven is a Dutch architect, hotelier and writer.[1]

Biography

Van Veldhoven was born in 1947 in The Hague.[2]

In 1975, he founded his architectural firm, Van Veldhoven Partners.[3] In 1985 Van Veldhoven founded Bastion Hotels, a hotel chain which expanded to 32 locations, including one in Germany, over the following decade.[2][4][5]

In 1995, Van Veldhoven shifted his focus from architecture and hospitality to travel and writing.[3] His travels through the Americas from 1996 to 1999, and a subsequent six-year sailing journey beginning in 2000 with his wife, artist Miriam Janssen, inspired a series of travel narratives and a novel titled White Sky.[3]

Van Veldhoven has also contributed to the study of comtoise clocks, including the comprehensive Mayet Morbier Comtoise and a multilingual dictionary about the subject.

After relocating to Montolieu, France, in 2005, he continued his research into local history and clockmaking, resulting in publications that detail the village's heritage and the lives of a local clockmaking family through turbulent historical periods, such as Montolieu, son histoire et ses watchers and A box full of memories, chronicle of a French family in turbulent times: 1835-1964.[3]

Bibliography

  • To the Heart of America[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Gebouw van de maand: de oranje koepelwoningen". zoetermeer actief (in Dutch). 29 May 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Gebouw van de maand: Het verhaal achter de oranje koepelwoningen - interview Leonard van Veldhoven" (in Dutch). 29 May 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Boeken Leonard van Veldhoven". De Slegte (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Curator weet Bastion te redden met 'vriendelijke' doorstartoperatie". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). 13 February 1996. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Snelle expansie keten Bastionhotels". NRC (in Dutch). Amsterdam. 21 December 1994. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Boeken / kaarten". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). 9 August 2003. Retrieved 3 January 2024.


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