His good contacts with businessmen earned him commissions for offices , shops and houses .
Cuypers was trained in the architectural practice of his uncle Pierre Cuypers and in 1881 set up his own office in Amsterdam .
Cuypers ' good contacts with businessmen earned him commissions for offices , shops and houses .
Cuypers was trained in the architectural practice of his uncle Pierre Cuypers and in 1881 set up his own office in Amsterdam .