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Wiel Arets Architects - Contact Details Wiel Arets Architects - Amsterdam De Lairessestraat 41, 1071 NS Amsterdam, the Netherlands Phone: +31 20 5776000 Wiel Arets Architects - Berlin Joachimstaler Straße 10, 10719 Berlin, Germany Phone: +49 30 88774210 Wiel Arets Architects - Maastricht D’Artagnanlaan 29, 6213 CH Maastricht, the Netherlands Phone: +31 43 3512200 Wiel Arets Architects - Zürich Badenerstrasse 585, 8048 Zürich, Switzerland Phone: +41 43 8186200 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Wiel Arets Architects News Allianz Headquarters in Zürich - building news Design: Wiel Arets Architects photo © Jan Bitter Allianz Headquarters Zürich - 11 Jun 2013 This is an office complex occupying two buildings linked by a series of bridges and interlocked by a central staircase rising the height of the entire building within a centrally positioned void. The building is an office complex linked and interlocked by a series of bridges and voids. Once completed, the Allianz Headquarters will be composed of a high-rise tower and a five story building, both with a program of mainly office space, set within an urban plan based on a modified block structure. Wiel Arets - Dean of IIT College of Architecture Wiel Arets Architect - update 8 Mar 2013 Illinois Institute of Technology Provost Alan Cramb announced on August 7th, 2012 the appointment of Wiel Arets as the new dean of the IIT College of Architecture. Born in the Netherlands, Arets, an internationally acclaimed architect, educator, industrial designer, theorist, and urbanist, is known for his academic progressive research and hybrid design solutions. He is currently the professor of building planning and design at the Berlin University of the Arts. His architecture and design practice, Wiel Arets Architects, has multiple studios throughout Europe and its work has been nominated for the European Union’s celebrated ‘Mies van der Rohe Award’ on numerous occasions. Anna van Buerenplein Tower, Den Haag, The Netherlands Design: Wiel Arets Architects photo : Jan Bitter Anna van Buerenplein Tower - 24 Dec 2012 he AvB Tower will be located on the Anna van Bueren square in the center of The Hague and is an extension of the ‘commuter-leisure’ concept currently emerging in the world’s metropolises The Anna van Bueren square serves as the lobby for AvB Tower, within which a hybrid program will be realized that can be seen as an extension of the commuter-leisure concept. Wiel Arets: Autobiographical References images : Wiel Arets Architects Wiel Arets: Autobiographical References (Birkhaüser, 2012) is a new book edited by Robert McCarter and designed by Irma Boom. ISBN 978-3-0346-0811-4 Pages: 536 €49,95 / $69.95 New book by Wiel Arets Architects: images : Wiel Arets Architects The book offers a unique and unparalleled view of this internationally renowned architect. Arets’ optimistic outlook towards the future, which he calls ‘A Wonderful World: A New Map of the World’, underlies his global philosophy. This book presents Arets’ lectures on that topic, debates between him and other thinkers and makers, 60 exemplary designs from his studio, and an extensive series of interviews with Arets. Within these texts his background, education, projects, and teachings are interwoven in a discussion that highlights the evolution of his career. Campus Hooglviet, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Design: Wiel Arets Architects photo : Jan Bitter Wiel Arets Architects : Campus Hooglviet - 30 Oct 2012 This is a new educational and cultural area located on the southern edge of the city composed of six buildings encompassing two vocational schools, an art studio, sports building, lyceum, restaurant, retail, and housing facilities. Each building has an outdoor patio linking the campus’ public space with each building’s private interior. Truman Plaza, Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany Design: Wiel Arets Architects (WAA) picture : Jan Bitter Truman Plaza - 10 Sep 2012 The Truman Plaza consists of offices, retail, health and sports facilities, which together form an urban setting around a central plaza within a leafy borough on the edge of Berlin. This building is part of a larger master plan that balances its historical urban context with its integration of a delicate onsite forest. The project constitutes offices, retail, health and sports facilities, which together form an urban setting situated around a central plaza within this leafy borough on the edge of Berlin. About us Architect studio based in The Netherlands image : Wiel Arets Architects Wiel Arets Architects (WAA) was founded by Wiel Arets in 1983, and today the office has studios in Amsterdam, Berlin, Maastricht, and Zürich – with an international team of architects and administrators globally engaged in architecture, education, product design, publishing, research, and urbanism. WAA's output is acclaimed for its craftsmanship and hybrid-solutions, both achieved through extensive research. Wiel Arets Architects Experience Wiel Arets was born in Heerlen, the Netherlands, in 1955. His father was a printer and his mother was a fashion designer, and from them he learned both the love of books and reading, as well as a deep respect for craft, materials and making. After completing engineering school in Heerlen, he attended architecture school at the Technical University Eindhoven (TUE). Arets has always been inspired by the works and thinking of the filmmaker, Jean-Luc Godard. Upon graduating from the TUE in 1983, Arets went on a six-week research trip to Japan, where he met and wrote articles for the Dutch magazine De Architect on the work of Ando, Maki, Shinohara, Hasegawa, Yamamoto, and others. Wiel Arets, architect: picture : Jan Bitter Starting in 1986, Arets taught at the Architecture Academies of Amsterdam and Rotterdam, and from 1988-92 he was invited by Alvin Boyarsky to teach the Diploma Masters Unit at the Architectural Association in London. From 1991-94, Arets was invited by Bernard Tschumi to teach at Columbia University in New York, and during this same time he was invited by John Hejduk to teach at Cooper Union, also in New York. From 1995-2002, Arets was the Dean of the Berlage Institute, and co-founded the journal HUNCH as a way of documenting and presenting the research work of the school. Since 2004, Arets has been a tenured Professor at the UdK, Berlin, as well as teaching as a visitor at selected schools including the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and Washington University in St. Louis. He is on the Advisory Council for the Princeton University School of Architecture. Starting in 1995 with the Stealth furniture line produced by Lensvelt, Arets has been involved in product design in both mass and limited production. Since 2001 he has designed almost one hundred products for the Italian company Alessi, including the Il Bagno dOt series of bathroom fixtures, a salt shaker, pepper mill, corkscrew, coffee maker, mixer, tea-and-coffee piazza, espresso cup, saucer and spoon, tableware, hand mixer, and other kitchen products, as well as jewelry, a mobile phone, and a wristwatch; in 2009 Arets received the Good Design Award for his Salt.it, Pepper.it, and Screw.it Alessi products. Arets has also worked with the jewelry maker Leon Martens, as well as designed three chairs that have gone into production, including the B’kini Chair by Gutzz and the Jellyfish Chair by Quinze & Milan. In 1997, Arets built his home and office in Maastricht, where his practice then moved from Heerlen. A second office was opened in Amsterdam in 2004, and a third office was opened in Zurich in 2008. In 1997, Arets was one of ten finalists in the competition to design the addition to the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The University Library Utrecht, which was completed in 2004, was the subject of the monograph, Living Library (Prestel, 2005). In 2005 Arets received the Rietveld Prize for the design of the University Library Utrecht, and that same year he received the BNA Kubus Award for his entire oeuvre. In 2010, Arets won the competition to design the IJhal at Centraal Station in Amsterdam, and current works under construction include Allianz Headquarters, Zürich, Switzerland; Medienhaus Schwäbischer Verlag, Ravensburg, Germany; Anna van Beurenplein Tower, Den Haag, the Netherlands; The B Tower, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and a Cathedral and new urban district in Cape City, Ghana. Wiel Arets Architects Awards Wiel Arets Architects - Acknowledgments & Awards 2012 Communication Arts Typography Annual Award, STILLS: A Timeline of Ideas, Articles & Interviews 1982-2010 (010 Publishers) 2011 Geurt Brinkgreve Bokaal, De Nieuwe Liefde 2010 Best Dutch Book Design, STILLS: A Timeline of Ideas, Articles & Interviews 1982-2010 (010 Publishers) Best Book Design Worldwide, Nomination, STILLS: A Timeline of Ideas, Articles & Interviews 1982-2010 (010 Publishers) Mies van der Rohe Award, Nomination for The V Tower ContractWorld Award 2011 for The V Tower Amsterdamse Nieuwbouwprijs, Nomination for 4 Towers Osdorp Victor de Stuers Award, Nomination for The H House Dutch Design Award, Nomination for Zenden Hotel & Sport School Amsterdam Architecture Prize 4 Towers Osdorp 2009 Good Design award for Alessi Il Bagno dOt Washbasin and Alessi products Screw.it, Salt.it and Pepper.it The Great Indoors Award, Nomination for Hotel Zenden iF Product Design Award for Alessi Il Bagno dOt Shower Cabin 2008 Dutch Design Award, Nomination for B’kini chair 2007 AIT Office Application Award for University Library Utrecht 2006 Architecture Prize Apeldoorn, Nomination for Housing Kloostertuin Nederlandse Scholenbouwprijs, Nomination for Sports Campus Leidsche Rijn 2005 Mies van der Rohe Award, Nomination for University Library Utrecht BNA Kubus for Oeuvre Concrete Award for University Library Utrecht Rietveldprijs for University Library Utrecht Nationale Renovatieprijs for Glaspaleis Nederlandse Bouwprijs for Glaspaleis 2004 Bouwfonds Award voor Vitale Monumenten for Glaspaleis 2003 Mies van der Rohe Award, Nomination for Hedge House, Wijlre 2002 Architectuurprijs Apeldoorn for Showroom & Office Kwakkel 1998 UIA Nomination as one of world’s thousand best buildings of the 20th century for the Academy for Art and Architecture 1996 Mies van der Rohe Award, Nomination for Police Station 1995 Concrete Award for Academy of Art and Architecture 1994 Mies van der Rohe Award, Special Mention Emerging Architect for Academy of Art and Architecture Victor de Stuers Award for Academy of Art and Architecture 1991 Edmund Hustinx for Oevre 1989 Rotterdam Maaskant Award for Oeuvre 1988 Charlotte Köhler Award for Oeuvre 1987 Victor de Stuers Award for Beltgens Fashion Shop Wiel Arets Architects Projects Buildings by Wiel Arets Architects, alphabetical: Academy for Arts & Architecture, Maastricht, The Netherlands 1993 picture from Wiel Arets Architects Maastricht Academy of Art & Architecture The A House, Tokyo, Japan 2007- under construction image from architects A House Tokyo Allianz Headquarters, Zürich, Switzerland 2008- under construction picture from Wiel Arets Architects Allianz Headquarters Zürich AZL Pension Fund, Heerlen, The Netherlands 1995 picture : Jan Bitter AZL Pension Fund B Tower, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2012 photo : Jan Bitter B Tower Boxtel Police Station, The Netherlands 1997 picture : Jan Bitter Boxtel Police Station E Tower, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 2012 photo : Jan Bitter E Tower Eindhoven Hotel Zenden, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2009 photo : Joao Morgado Hotel Zenden The Jellyfish House, Marbella, Spain 1999- under construction photograph : Jan Bitter Jellyfish House Pradolongo Housing / Living Madrid, Madrid, Spain 2008 photo : Christian Richters Photography Pradolongo Housing Tower Hoge Heren Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2001 picture : Jan Bitter Tower Hoge Heren Rotterdam Utrecht University Library, The Netherlands 2004 picture : Jan Bitter Utrecht University Library V House, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2006-12 photo : Jan Bitter V House Maastricht V Tower, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 2009 photo : Jan Bitter V Tower Eindhoven More architecture projects by Wiel Arets online soon Wiel Arets Architects Staff Information Directors Architect Studio led by Wiel Arets Wiel Arets Architects Biography Wiel Arets was born 1955 in Heerlen, the Netherlands, and graduated from the Technical University of Eindhoven in 1983. In the same year he established Wiel Arets Architects in Heerlen. In 1997 the office was moved to Maastricht. In 2004, a second office was opened in Amsterdam, with a third opening in Zürich during 2008. The work of Wiel Arets Architects has been widely published in magazines and several monographs, such as El Croquis, have been produced. The firm’s work has been recognized through various awards and nominations; the 1988 Charlotte Köhler Award, the 1989 Rotterdam Maaskant Award, the ‘1994 Mies van der Rohe Pavilion Award for European Architecture’ with special mention ‘Emerging Architect’, the 1998 UIA Nomination as one of world’s thousandth best buildings of the 20th century for the Academy of Art and Architecture in Maastricht, the ‘2005 BNA Kubus Award’ for the entire oeuvre, the Rietveld Prize given in 2006, and the 2011 ContractWorld Award for the V Tower in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Wiel Arets - Further Information

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