Jordanus Roodenburgh

Jordanus (Daan) Roodenburgh (23 July, 1886 – 4 February, 1972) was a Dutch urban-architect and former General director of AFC Ajax.

[1] Born 23 July 1886 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Daan started his career working for K.P.C.

[2] In 1936 at age 50 he competed in the Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin in the Mixed Architecture event for Sports venues with his construction of Het Houten Stadion,[3] the first proper stadium for his local football club AFC Ajax.

During his career he designed apartment buildings, churches, schools, furniture, fire departments, theater, fabric stores, shops and more primarily in the city of Amsterdam and its surrounding area.

Daan Roodenburgh was the architect of Het Houten Stadion on the Middenweg in Watergraafsmeer, Amsterdam, and he also built the team's second stadium De Meer Stadion, while the later reconstruction of the stadium was also attributed to his name.