Wim Quist (Amsterdam, 1930 – there, 2022) graduated from the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam in 1960, after which he established himself as an architect in Rotterdam. The geometric box shape and the visible construction are important themes in Quist's work. Characteristic are the regularly recurring diagonals in his design. From 1975 to 1979 he was Chief Government Architect. In 1995 he merged his own office with Architektenburo Wintermans into Quist Wintermans Architekten. In Rotterdam there are several buildings by him, such as the Schaardijk drinking water complex (1977), the Maritime Museum (1986), the (new) Rotterdamse Schouwburg (1988), the Willemswerf office building (1989) and the Robeco office building (1992). Quist received the AJ van Eyck Prize (1970), the BNA Kubus (1986), the David Roëll Prize (1990) and the Oeuvre Prize for Architecture from the Fonds BKVB (2007), among others.
