Building News:
Birmingham Library, England : Mecanoo win
Mecanoo pavilion at Salone di Mobile Milan, Italy : A Piece of Banyan
Swimming Pool and Sports Centre het Marnix, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mecanoo architecten : Amsterdam building
Montevideo, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Mecanoo architecten : Rotterdam tower
Taiwan National Performing Arts Centre, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2009-12
image from Mecanoo architecten 041207
Architecture competition winners
Taiwan project
Palace of Justice Córdoba, Spain
2008-11
Spanish building
Competition win, 50,000sqm, E 43m
Municipal office building and Train Station, Delft, Netherlands
Dutch architecture
La Llotja theatre and congress centre, Lleida, Spain
Spanish building
Da Vinci College, Dordrecht, Netherlands
2007
Dutch building
FiftyTwoDegrees, Jonker Bosplein 52, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2006/08 phased
86m high
semi-conductor industry knowledge centre
Mecanoo architecten : FiftyTwoDegrees Building
Mecanoo architecten
Founding director/architect : Prof. ir. Francine M.J. Houben
Founded in 1984 by Francine Houben, Henk Doell, Chris de Weijer, Roelf Steenhuis, Erick van Egeraat. The architects had worked on an architecture competition in Rotterdam, 1980. Steenhuis left in 1989; van Egeraat in 1995
Mecanoo Architecten - www.mecanoo.com
Key Mecanoo Buildings:
University buildings, Wageningen, Netherlands
University buildings, Utrecht, Netherlands
Luxurioesen house, Rotterdam Kralingen, Netherlands 1989-91
Public Library, Almelo, Netherlands 1992-94
Mecanoo Buildings, all - chronological:
Parkhotel, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1998-2000; 2001-02
Roman Catholic Chapel St Mary of the Angels, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1998-99, 2000-01
Office building, Utrecht, Netherlands
1996-99, 1998-2000
National Heritage Museum, Arnheim
1995-98, 1999-2000
Erweiterung Naturkunde Museum Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1995
Delft Technical University Library, Delft, Netherlands
1993-95, 1996-98
Public Library, Almelo, Netherlands
1992-94
Herdenkingsplein, Maastricht
1991-92, 1993-94
Faculty of Economics & Management, Utrecht, Netherlands
1991-92, 1993-95
University Building, Wageningen
1990
Isala College, Silvolde Doetinchen
1990-93, 1993-95
House, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1989-90, 1990-91
Ringvaartsplasbuurt Oost Housing, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1988-91, 1991-93
More info on Mecanoo Architects soon
Mecanoo architecten : Dutch Buildings
Birmingham Library, central England
2008-
Shortlist of 7 practices announced Mar 2008 for new library:
Foreign Office Architects, Foster + Partners, Hopkins, Mecanoo, OMA, Schmidt Hammer Lassen, Wilkinson Eyre
Est. £193m
New York Architecture
Iconic Buildings
Foxhill Housing, Sheffield, north England, UK
2006-
Sheffield Buildings
Delft Technical University Library
Photograph by Christian Richters
World Architects
Mecanoo Architects Competition : BBC Scotland, Glasgow, UK
World Architecture : e-architect - a guide to key buildings across the globe
Mecanoo architecten former partner - Erick van Egeraat
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Mecanoo architecten - page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt
Website : www.mecanoo.com