Johannes Hendrik ("Jo") van den Broek, (October 4, 1898, Rotterdam - September 6, 1978, The Hague) was a Dutch architect influential in the rebuilding of Rotterdam after World War II.
He joined with Johannes Brinkman in 1936, after the death of Brinkman's partner Leendert van der Vlugt. The firm's work during this time including a new terminal building for the Holland-America cruise line.
From 1948 onward, van den Broek worked with Jacob B. Bakema. After Brinkman's death, the architectural firm was known as Van den Broek and Bakema. They collaborated to design landmarks and neighborhoods in Rotterdam and around the Netherlands, and participated in the 1957 Interbau project in Berlin.
The firm still exists to this day and is now known as Broekbakema.
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