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Project updates

SunSet by Mecanoo chosen for Sluisbuurt development

Project updates

Mecanoo’s Delft Railway Station marks 10 years of innovation

Project updates

De Nederlandsche Bank named finalist for the Amsterdam Architecture Award 2025

Publications

Mecanoo appoints Richard Hagg as new Technical Director

Events

Arne Lijbers to speak at Workspace Design Show London 2025

Events, Project updates

La Llotja Theatre and Conference Centre marks 15 years with a grand celebration

Events

Francine Houben, Mecanoo & 40 Years of Iconic Architecture at Not Just Library in Taipei

Project updates

A new era for De Nederlandsche Bank: Headquarters welcomes staff back

Publications

The Year in Review: 2024

Publications

RIBA's '100 Women Architects in Practice’ profiles the heroines of building change for a new generation

Events

Nuno Fontarra embarks on an Asian tour to showcase Mecanoo’s visionary architecture

Publications

Radio Mecanoo: Plant en dier centraal in Habitat Royale

Project updates

Jacob’s Pillow unveils opening date & artists for new landmark Mecanoo-designed Doris Duke Theatre

Events

Francine Houben to speak at Rotterdam's "Make It Happen" 10-year anniversary celebration

Events, Publications

Cultivating Connection: Mecanoo Is Architizer’s 2024 Firm of the Year

Project updates

Mecanoo and Raumplan to lead transformation of Museum Dr8888 into a future-proof cultural hub

Project updates

Unanimous approval for IQLN: Stratford’s skyline and community to be transformed

Project updates

Honouring History: The New Vision for Kamp Westerbork

Events

Rethinking Healthcare: Mecanoo and Redesigning Psychiatry at Dutch Design Week

Project updates

Nature meets mobility: Mecanoo and Royal HaskoningDHV shape the future of mobility at Ede-Wageningen train station

Publications

Radio Mecanoo: Op zoek naar humane ruimtelijke ordening

Project updates

Mecanoo leads design for Utrecht University’s Van Unnik building transformation

Events

Dijkendag Event in Rotterdam to Explore Adaptive Reuse of Dike Infrastructure

Publications

Radio Mecanoo: De transformatie van De Nederlandsche Bank

Events

Four Decades of Celebration: Mecanoo’s Legacy of Creativity and Innovation

Events

Mecanoo’s Rodrigo Louro to Speak at Architizer Future Fest 2024

Publications

A Day with Lyanne Oosterhof on Madame Architect

Publications

Radio Mecanoo: HIC Heiloo en Redesigning Psychiatry

Project updates

Behind the development of a visionary project: The reimagined Doris Duke Theatre

Publications

Interview with Mecanoo’s Sara Navrady and Trinity College on the Lawson Centre for Sustainability

Project updates

Nuno Fontarra on finding inspiration and the significance of multidisciplinary arts at Saadiyat Cultural District

Project updates

Groundbreaking ceremony marks start of Mecanoo’s new Taoyuan Station

Project updates

Historic Havenziekenhuis set for residential transformation in Rotterdam

Publications

Radio Mecanoo: Francine Houben at Torpedo Theater in Amsterdam

Project updates

Rotterdam's iconic Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen moves forward with Mecanoo’s ambitious renovation plans

Events, Project updates

Cartesius Utrecht wins the Blue Zone Festival Award

Events, Project updates

Macau Central Library construction underway at UNESCO World Heritage Site

Publications

Moleskine: Mecanoo - Inspiration and Process in Architecture

Project updates

TextielMuseum one step closer: Tilburg City Council approves development plans

Project updates

Mecanoo designs inclusive, multi-use masterplan for London’s Stratford Town Centre

Events, Project updates

DC Public Library wins the Institute of Museum and Library Service Award for Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library

Project updates

Saadiyat Cultural District Abu Dhabi: One of the greatest concentrations of cultural institutions is on track for 2025 completion

Events, Project updates

Francine Houben honoured with 2024 NAF Ambassadors' Award for the renovation of Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library

Project updates

Mecanoo selected to design the new Bavarian Insurance Chamber on Munich‘s Maximilianstrasse

Events

Nuno Fontarra presents ‘From Concept to Construction: Deciphering Mecanoo’s Design Process’ at Macao Cultural Centre

Project updates

Natural beauty: Mass timber at Trinity College’s Lawson Centre for Sustainability

Project updates

Planning permission granted to De Kaai masterplan in Rotterdam

Project updates

Mecanoo's transformative design for the Perth Museum revives Scotland's community pride

Events

Design Process in Architecture with Nuno Fontarra at TU Delft's BAU

Project updates

Mecanoo selected to develop a new mix-used in Slovakia’s Sky Park Masterplan

Events

Francine Houben distinguished with The Order of the Netherlands Lion

Events

Francine Houben, Mecanoo & 40 years of iconic architecture at the Donner Rotterdam

Publications

Mecanoo and Beyer Blinder Belle Update the New York Public Library's Beaux-Arts Main Branch – Architectural Record

Publications

WAN Awards Practice of the Year Mecanoo on the challenges and rewards of social housing design

Events

Madame Architect Presents: Francine Houben and Susanna Sirefman at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library

Publications, Project updates

Mecanoo transforms a disused railway track into a Green Corridor

Project updates

Mecanoo unveils ambitious Stadionpark Galgenwaard Masterplan for Utrecht

Project updates

Mecanoo’s Perth Museum to open with historic Jacobite artifacts in 2024

Publications

The Year in Review: 2023

Publications

Mecanoo's architectural legacy unveiled in stunning new book: People Place Purpose Poetry

Project updates

Mecanoo's Kaohsiung Vision: Public Engagement paves the way for a Pioneering Social Housing Development

Events

Building with Purpose: Francine Houben Presents at 'Lunch with an Architect' on December 15

Project updates

Mecanoo secures triple Gold at the World Architecture News Awards

Events

Francine Houben inspires Macao with innovative design visions

Events

The Visionary's Journey: Becoming a Game Changer with Francine Houben at BODW’s Business of Design Week 2023

Project updates

Building Beauty Awards celebrates Mecanoo's aesthetic mastery in One Silk Street

Events

Exploring the transformation and reuse of vacant buildings at Pakhuis de Zwijger with Arne Lijbers

Project updates

Villa BW receives the Future House International Residential Award hosted by Global Design News and The Chicago Athenaeum

Events

The Romance of the Journey: Exploring the future of cities and mobility at Dutch Design Week

Publications

TU Delft rising to 48th spot in THE ranking

Project updates

Celebrating a milestone: Foundation stone laid for Mecanoo and Metaform's ambitious Velodrome and Sports Complex in Luxembourg

Events

Exploring innovative workspaces: Architect Arne Lijbers headlines Workspace Design Show 2023

Project updates

Construction starts at the new European Investment Bank designed by Mecanoo and Buro Happold

Publications

Floris Overheul appointed to new BNA Board

Events

Arne Lijbers presents 'From Train to City' at 'Architecture in the Foyer' virtual event

Publications

Mecanoo's Library of Birmingham marks 10 years: A decade of knowledge and inspiration

Events, Project updates

Official opening of Heerlen City Hall and Municipal Offices during Cultura Nova Festival

Project updates

Manchester's character, materiality, and historic past honored in Mecanoo's One Silk Street

Project updates

Phase 2 Begins: Cartesius Utrecht Transformed into a Sustainable Urban Oasis

Project updates

Mecanoo and Meng in collaboration with LOLA Landscape Architects win International Design Competition for Shenzhen Guangming Scientist Valley

A Perspective for Rotterdam South at Rotterdam Architecture Month

Project updates

The first phase of the new Ede-Wageningen Train Station canopy is now completed

Project updates

Mecanoo designs new GGZ High Intensive Care Centre

Project updates

Reconceptualizing Urban Housing Exhibition on liveable collective housing featuring women-led practices from around the globe

Project updates

25th Anniversary of Library Delft University of Technology

Project updates

Jacob’s Pillow announces building plans for the reimagined Doris Duke Theatre

Project updates

Mecanoo designs future-proof mixed-used Amstel Design District in Amsterdam

Project updates

SAMPLE - Circular district shapes winning plan for Buiksloterham in Amsterdam

Publications

Anne-Marie van der Weide on her new role as Director of Landscape Architecture

Publications

Mecanoo tops Architizer's 30 Best Architecture Firms in the Netherlands

Project updates

Mecanoo shortlisted for St. Lawrence Centre Redevelopment - A new cultural hub for the city of Toronto

Project updates

Mecanoo completes first phase of South Thamesmead

Events, Project updates

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library wins AIA Interior Architecture Award

Events

Join Mecanoo at the final event of WALK-IN at the Delft University of Technology

Project updates

Mecanoo completes Villa BW cladded with multicoloured glazed tiles

Publications

Mecanoo appoints Floris Overheul as new partner

Publications, Project updates

The Year in Review: 2022

Project updates

Mecanoo wins tender for nature-inclusive residential building at Amsterdam Zuidas

Publications

Render vs Reality: How Mecanoo masters the image in design - Architizer

Publications

Dutch Dwellings - The Architecture of Housing by Dick van Gameren

Publications

“Sustainable mobility requires a holistic approach” - Francine Houben

Project updates

Jacob’s Pillow selects Mecanoo to reimagine the new Doris Duke Theatre

Events

THE NEW OPEN [Minds] workshop with Lydia Giokari

Publications

How Mecanoo Is using AI as a sketchbook and library of ideas - Architizer

Events

Francine Houben joins the discussion panel “Looking back to the Future: 20 Years IABR”

Events

Arne Lijbers guest speaker at LEAF International 2022

Events

Francine Houben at Bloomberg’s CityLab2022

Project updates

Planning permission granted to Brink Tower, set to become an energy positive and inclusive neighbourhood in Amsterdam

Project updates

Mecanoo, Boparai and Hamlet design the largest wooden housing project in Europe

Project updates

Construction starts at the new European Investment Bank designed by Mecanoo and Buro Happold

Events

Deutsches Architekturmuseum presents Adaptive Architecture – Building Upon the Existing

Events, Project updates

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library receives the Design Citation of Merit at the Docomomo Modernism in America Awards

Events, Project updates

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library wins the Library Award at the International Architecture Awards 2022

Events

Happy Birthday Henk Bouwer - the model maker and artist turns 80

Project updates

Inspired by the industrial heritage the Hoge Wiek Tower represents the gateway to the city centre

Project updates

Student Campus (Y)ours in Leiden officially opens

Project updates

Mecanoo wins approval for The Grace high-rise ensemble in The Hague

Events

Het Rijks Vocational School & Jorismavo wins the Architectuurprijs Nijmegen 2021

Events, Project updates

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library announced as a winner in the 2022 ALA/IIDA Library Interior Design Awards

Project updates

Unilever Benelux Headquarters delivers an interior depicting a city, with streets and shops – the Unilever City

Project updates

Tilburg chooses Mecanoo and ABT for the design research of the TextielMuseum and its surroundings

Project updates

Taichung Green Corridor wins the World Landscape Architecture Award of Excellence/Built Urban Design

Events, Project updates

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library recognised with the AIA/ALA Library Building Award

Events

Francine Houben to lecture on the Heerlen City Hall and Municipal Offices

Events, Project updates

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library awarded twice at the IIDA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Awards

Events

LIVE from NYPL: Francine Houben & Elizabeth Leber - Designing a 21st-Century Library

Events

The Architects Series - A documentary on: Mecanoo

Project updates

Transformation of the former office building 'De Ster' into a residential tower has started

Project updates

A striking patterned facade wraps Mecanoo's Heungkuk Tower in Busan

Project updates

Mecanoo designs the new Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi, home to some of the rarest specimens on the planet

Project updates

Mecanoo selected for Royal-Rivoli transformation

Project updates

De Nieuwe Overdekte, a new cultural hotspot in Alkmaar

Project updates

Cartesius Utrecht: world-class sustainable urban development gets approved

Project updates

Mecanoo transforms World Port Centre Rotterdam interior into a coherent activity-based space

Events, Project updates

LocHal Public Library shortlisted for the EU Mies van der Rohe Award 2022

Events, Project updates

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library renovation wins US Building of the Year 2021

Events, Publications

Mecanoo Antonio Paoletti wins Architecture Drawing Prize 2021

Publications, Project updates

Film: A Legacy of Mies and King - Renovating the Public Library of Washington D.C.

Publications

Mecanoo appoints three new partners

Publications, Project updates

The Year in Review: 2021

Project updates

Margarinefabriek redevelopment: Production location becomes new Rotterdam city district

Project updates

A melting pot of buildings and spaces, KAMPUS celebrates the vibrancy and diversity of Manchester's Canal Street

Project updates

Mecanoo selected to design Utrecht’s Galgenwaard Masterplan

Project updates

Mecanoo designs expansion plans for Kruisherenhotel Maastricht

Project updates

Mecanoo completes new OBA Library Postjesweg

Project updates

Co-Creation Centre and Nonohouse at TU Delft’s Green Village

Project updates

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library reopens after a Humanistic Transformation

Publications

DETAIL x 2 Libraries

Events, Project updates

Mecanoo designs ‘Calder Now’ exhibition Kunsthal Rotterdam

Project updates

Mecanoo & CHYBIK + KRISTOF shortlisted for Prague’s Vltava Philharmonic Hall Competition

Events, Project updates

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library wins prestigious Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award

Project updates

Hart 010: a new gateway to Rotterdam City Centre

Project updates

Mecanoo completes Zinzia Psychiatric Care Centre Oranje Nassau’s Oord

Project updates

Mecanoo’s Taichung Green Corridor reuses the old railway to connect different parts of the city

Project updates

Mecanoo completes modernization of OBA Mercatorplein Library

Events

Francine Houben honoured with the ABB LEAF Lifetime Achievement Award

Publications

Francine Houben and 'The Library of the Future'

Events, Project updates

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library wins MASterworks Best Adaptive Reuse Award

Events

Francine Houben to deliver keynote at LEAF International Forum 2021

Project updates

Mecanoo designs new cinema and residential complex in Lelystad

Events, Project updates

Grand opening of The Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's Treasures

Events

International Architecture Awards exhibition "The City and the World"

Events

Masterly – The Dutch in Milano with Francine Houben

Events

Mecanoo receives 2021 European Prize for Architecture

Publications

The Wall Street Journal: A Catalog of Delightful Details

Publications

Francine Houben in interview with 'The Talks': “What's most important is the senses”

Project updates

De Kwartiermaker: a new urban beacon for Amsterdam

Project updates

Mecanoo designs offices for Dutch company Nemag

Project updates

Manifesto Rotterdam Zuid: An integral vision for a sustainable and future-proof development for the South

Project updates

Reimagining the New York Public Library - Before and After. A New-Generation Library reopens in Midtown Manhattan

Project updates

Mecanoo and Beyer Blinder Belle revitalize New York’s largest circulating branch, the Stravros Niarchos Foundation Library

Project updates

Construction completed on UK’s largest engineering campus at The University of Manchester

Publications

Armand Paardekooper Overman and Pieter Hoen new Associate Partners at Mecanoo

Publications

Francine Houben - The Library Whisperer - Marmoleum Stories

Events

Francine Houben awarded with the Female Frontier Award - Architect of the Year 2021

Publications

a+u monograph: mecanoo

Project updates

Mecanoo selected to design the new Macau Central Library in UNESCO World Heritage Site

Events

Francine Houben discusses the approach to preservation and adaptive reuse at the Reuse and Renewal Virtual Summit

Project updates

Mecanoo and MAYU completes Tainan Public Library inspired by the local culture and designed for the tropical climate

Project updates

The future of Dordrecht outlined with the vision for Spoorzone Dordrecht 2040

Events, Project updates

Mecanoo awarded Architecture-Cultural Award at Architizer A+Firm Awards

Publications, Project updates

The Year in Review: 2020

Project updates

De Satelliet makes way for the renovation of the DNB complex

Project updates

Mecanoo's Maritime Center provides new scenic route for Rotterdam

Project updates

Mecanoo completes interior transformation of Blaak555

Publications

Francesco Veenstra appointed New Chief Government Architect/Rijksbouwmeester

Project updates

LocHal Library wins 'Beste Bibliotheek van Nederland 2020 Award’

Project updates

Mecanoo designs new RET Metro interior: Dynamic, modular and flexible.

Events

Francine Houben discusses “People Place Purpose Poetry” at Cornell University

Project updates

Mecanoo designs masterplan for The Hague Central Library

Publications

America’s libraries are essential now - and this beautifully renovated one gives us hope - The Washington Post

Project updates

Mecanoo develops Delft Campus vision

Events, Publications

Armand Overman discusses energy efficiency at BUILD UP’s Expert Talks

Publications, Project updates

Innovation: Co-Creation Centre pavilion fully supported on glass

Project updates

Xior team wins Brink Tower, connecting two neigbourhoods in Amsterdam-North

Events

2021 International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition – Before and After a Global Pandemic

Project updates

Urban Renewal: Hulme Living Leaf Street Housing in Manchester

Events

Francine Houben TU Delft Alumnus of the Year 2020

Project updates

Catalyst and Connector: Mecanoo presents vision for the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen

Events

Spotlight on Design: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library at National Building Museum

Publications

Francine Houben about the coronavirus “We have to design walkable and bikeable cities” – Archello

Events

Mecanoo joins 'Data and Knowledge Hub Healthy Urban Living'

Events, Publications

Francine Houben at Dezeen's Virtual Design Festival in collaboration with 'Architects, not Architecture'

Project updates

Mecanoo presents Masterplan Marktkwartier Amsterdam

Publications

Letters from Lockdown: The future is about “forward to basics” says Francine Houben

Project updates

Courtyards and communal identity define Mecanoo's housing at North West Cambridge Development

Publications

Floornature: Architecture, the pandemic and the future of design by Mecanoo

Project updates

Mecanoo wins competition to masterplan 'Senezh Management LAB' in Russia

Publications

A fresh look for mecanoo.nl

Project updates

Mecanoo get started with development of Spoorzone Dordrecht

Project updates

Update: Mecanoo fully committed and operational

Publications

AV Proyectos Dossier Mecanoo

Publications

Journal der Künste 12

Publications

Mecanoo Masters of Architecture series monograph by Hachette

Project updates

Design renovation of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen by Mecanoo

Events

Francine Houben will take on the position of Louis Kahn Visiting Professor at the Yale School of Architecture

Project updates

BPD, Dura Vermeer and Mecanoo win a tender to develop an area in Holland Park West, Diemen

Events

Francine Houben awarded with the International Prize, Prix des Femmes Architectes 2019

Events

The Nonohouse: a house that absorbs nitrogen

Project updates

Mecanoo reinterprets the Dutch farm typology in Villa Vught

Project updates

Strandeiland IJburg: two 'islands' with distinct character

Events

Rotterdam Zuid - A vision for Harbour and City by Francine Houben

Events, Project updates

New York Public Library’s main branch opens new research space

Events

Journey to the Future - A Passenger Experience at the Dutch Design Week

Project updates

Mecanoo’s KAMPUS celebrates Manchester’s vibrancy and diversity

Publications

'Architects and Designers on the Bauhaus legacy' - Francine Houben

Events

Join Armand Paardekooper at Walk 21 in Rotterdam

Events, Project updates

National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts awarded at the MIPIM Asia Awards

Events

Francine Houben at the event series 'Architects, not Architecture' at the Kunsthal Rotterdam

Publications

National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts named one of TIME Magazine's 'Greatest Places'

Project updates

Minister Kajsa Ollongren to open second phase of Student Campus ‘Yours Leiden’

Project updates

Mecanoo shortlisted in final three for the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen renovation

Project updates

Mecanoo completes The Place Taipei with a design that strengthens the distinct identity of the context

Project updates

The NYPL Branch Chair designed by Thos. Moser wins the Architizer A+ Award

Project updates

Mecanoo awarded 1st Prize at Futian Civic Culture Center Competition

Project updates

Trinity College's new building to be designed by Mecanoo in partnership with RDHA

Events, Project updates

Mecanoo wins two Architizer A+Awards and is presented with the Special Honoree Award

Project updates

Mecanoo part of the Co:MK:U team shortlisted to design the new Milton Keynes University Campus

Project updates

Co-Creation Centre at TU Delft Campus - The Green Village starts next phase

Events

The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra praises the acoustics of the National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts

Events, Project updates

LocHal receives the Habitat award at the Dutch Design Awards 2019

Events

Francine Houben tours China and shares Mecanoo's humanistic approach: People, Place, Purpose and Poetry

Project updates

LocHal nominated for the Dutch Design Awards and the IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year

Events

Transformance: Francine Houben on Libraries, Mobility and Learning

Project updates

Video update on the £250m KAMPUS development in central Manchester

Events

Francine Houben to deliver the Utzon lecture at the UNSW in Sydney

Events, Project updates

LocHal awarded twice at the BNA Building of the Year'19

Events

Arne Lijbers new Associate Partner at Mecanoo

Events

Armand Paardekooper joins the Dutch delegation at the New York Smart Cities

Mecanoo completes Erasmus Campus Student Housing

Mecanoo’s masterplan Lo Recabarren in Santiago De Chile is set to start in September

Events

Francine Houben on the Super Jury of the World Architecture Festival 2019

Events

Dick van Gameren lectures at Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements

Events

Join Carmen Pereira and Fedele Canosa at the Nationale Bibliotheekcongres 2019

Project updates

Mecanoo designs a harmonious ensemble of two towers in The Hague

Project updates

Mecanoo will transform the monumental Meneba factory near Amsterdam into a thriving community

Events

From Collection to Connection: Friso van der Steen at TK Forum 2019

Events

Computers In Libraries 2019 Conference with Carmen Pereira and Fedele Canosa

Project updates

Mecanoo presents Masterplan West Kaohsiung

Project updates

Mecanoo reveals alternative proposal for Hengli International Headquarters in Shenzhen

Project updates

Perth City Hall Museum & Gallery transformation plan gets final approval

Events

Dick van Gameren appointed Dean of the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment

Project updates

Groundbreaking ceremony for the ‘Orange Nassau’s Oord’ psychiatric care centre

Project updates

Mecanoo wins Frankfurt Grand Central 140-meter-high tower

Project updates

Nieuw Land will become the largest man-made natural park in the world

Project updates

Mecanoo's Longgang Cultural Centre in Shenzhen opens to the public

Project updates

National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts finalist at the MIPIM 2019

Publications

The New York Times "In Taiwan, an Invitation to a ‘Living Room’ for Culture"

Events

Join Francine Houben at BNA’s “MakeHappen! Inspiration Night 2019”

Project updates

Mecanoo completes interior design for LocHal, a world-class library for Tilburg

Project updates

Transparency defines Mecanoo’s Glass Villa on the lake in Cotswolds

Project updates

Mecanoo selected for the renovation of the DNB (De Nederlandsche Bank) in Amsterdam

Project updates

Mecanoo and Ayesa's Palace of Justice nominated for the EU Mies van der Rohe Award 2019

Events

BNA Kubus awarded to Francine Houben

Events, Project updates

Kaohsiung Station scheduled for completion in 2023 is now open to the public

Events, Project updates

Join NS, Mecanoo and Gispen and experience the train interior of tomorrow at DDW Eindhoven

Events, Project updates

Mecanoo completes world's largest performing arts centre in Taiwan

Events, Project updates

Grand Opening of the National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts in Taiwan

Events, Project updates

NS, Mecanoo and Gispen share their common vision of a train interior at the Innovation Expo

Events

Join Francine Houben at Weiwuying Master Talk Series

Project updates

Mecanoo and Metaform win Mondorf-les-Bains Velodrome and Sports Complex together with Pohl Architekten

Project updates

Mecanoo’s Manchester Engineering Campus Development Tops Out

Events, Project updates

Mecanoo designs Action <-> Reaction exhibition at Kunsthal

Project updates

Mecanoo completes new Delft City Hall and Train Station

Events

Francine Houben is awarded the BNA Kubus Prize

Events

Courtyards and Communal Identity by Mecanoo at Open Cambridge 2018

Project updates

Mecanoo transforms Delfland Water Authority into a cohesive whole with new identity

Project updates

Second phase Student Campus Yours Leiden kicks off

Project updates

Botanical park and museum 'Eden Holland' - one step closer

Events, Publications

“Francine Houben, a Dutch Architect with Global Success” series premiere on July 12th

Project updates

Mecanoo designs Cartesius Utrecht

Project updates

Mecanoo completes Masterplan Villa Industria inspired by the industrial heritage of Hilversum

Events

Kaohsiung Station 2023 Exhibition shows Mecanoo’s ambitious design

Project updates

Keith Haring mural revealed at Mecanoo’s new masterplan after being hidden for 30 years

Events

Past, Present, Future - about being an architect yesterday, today and beyond

Events, Project updates

Palace of Justice finalist in the World Architecture Festival

Events

Lecture: The beginning of Mecanoo

Project updates

Mecanoo to transform Taichung railway line into green corridor that connects the city

Events

Join us at the impressive LocHal in Tilburg for another edition of Dag van de Bouw

Project updates

Mecanoo unveils greenery-filled social housing for Kaohsiung

Publications

KLM Holland Herald: Architect Francine Houben on a mission in Taiwan

Events

Film Screening: A Legacy of Mies and King at the American Institute of Architects DC

Events

Francine Houben to receive the International Honorary Fellow Award from the Architecture Institute of Taiwan

Project updates

Mecanoo shortlisted for Ottawa's new central library

Events

Opening keynote Facades+ NYC by Francine Houben

Events, Project updates

World's largest single-roof performing arts center by Mecanoo nears completion

Publications

Mecanoo - Inspiration and Process in Architecture out now!

Project updates

Consortium Jongen-Mecanoo-ABT-Dijkoraad wins City Hall Heerlen

Events

Pieter Hoen and Johan Hanegraaf talk about Digital Technology at LI London Digital CPD

Events

Meet us at the MIPIM real estate event in Cannes

Events

Open House New York: New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Library Renovation

Events

Nuno Fontarra lectures at AIA Shanghai

Events

Amsterdam University College model at Modellenbureau ARCAM exhibition

Project updates

Mecanoo and Silo win Frame Awards People’s Vote for Zaans Medical Center

Events

Francine Houben joins “The Power of 10” at IE School of Architecture and Design

Events

Uit de Kunst: Francine Houben lecture at The Dutch Academy of Arts

Events

Exhibition: Social Housing – New European Projects

Project updates

Mecanoo and Ayesa complete the Palace of Justice in Córdoba

Project updates

Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building recognized with the Honor Award for Design Excellence at BSA Awards

Events, Project updates

Zaans Medical Centre nominated for Frame Awards - Healthcare Centre of the Year

Events

Francine Houben | NPO Radio 1: Het Allermooiste - Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting

Project updates

National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts wins Digital prize at Idea-Tops Awards

Project updates

Mecanoo and Gispen win ARC17 Furniture Award for HUBB

Events

Interactive light sculpture show at National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts

Project updates

Langebrug Student Housing wins RAP Leiden Award

Project updates

Balfour Beatty awarded to construct the Manchester Engineering Campus designed by Mecanoo

Project updates

Eurojust: Classic beauty in the dune landscape

Events

Learning Environments with Arne Lijbers at Raumwelten

Project updates

HUBB nominated for ARC17 Furniture Award by De Architect

Project updates

New York Public Library Unveils $317 Million Master Plan - The New York Times

Events

Johan Hanegraaf on Virtual Reality at VR Days in Amsterdam

Project updates

Lindbergh exhibition at Reggia di Venaria in Turin

Events

EX LIBRIS: The New York Public Library by director Frederick Wiseman

Events

Francine Houben joins debate at The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory

Project updates

Mecanoo wins Shenzhen North Station Urban Design competition

Project updates

Perth & Kinross appoint Mecanoo for Perth City Hall renovation

Events

Francine Houben to give lecture in Medellin, Colombia

Project updates

Mecanoo clads Seoul office tower in black linear patterns

Project updates

Library of Birmingham included in Royal Mail Landmark Buildings Stamp Set

Project updates

South Thamesmead regeneration wins Housing Design Award

Project updates

Mecanoo shortlisted thrice for World Architecture Festival Awards

Project updates

Mecanoo pavilion completes Château St. Gerlach estate

Project updates

Dedalo Minosse Special Prize for Library of Birmingham

Project updates

Zaans Medical Centre: a place to feel better

Events

Francine Houben lecture in Munich

Events

Francine Houben and Dick van Gameren participate in International Social Housing Festival

Project updates

Competition design for Perth City Hall unveiled

Events

Winners 2017 Mecanoo B.15 Modelmaking Awards announced

Events

Dick van Gameren curates Charles Correa exhibition

Events

HOME featured in the exhibition ‘Night Time Is The Right Time’

Events

Mecanoo present its approach to Virtual Reality in Venice

Project updates

Groundbreaking at Tainan Public Library

Events

Francine Houben to give opening lecture at InDeSem

Events

“A Legacy of Mies and King” at Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam

Events

Francine Houben appointed European Cultural Parliament member

Events

Keynote by Francine Houben at ‘Dag van de Projectontwikkeling’

Project updates

Mecanoo selected to design library interior in Tilburg

Project updates

SILO-Mecanoo cooperation for Zaans Medical Centre wins multiple international prizes

Project updates

Mecanoo to design Amsterdam International Community School

Events

Kunstuur to focus on MLK Library renovation

Project updates

Two Architizer A+Awards for HUBB

Events

Francine Houben lecture at Columbia GSAPP

Project updates

Lindbergh exhibition at Kunsthalle in Munich

Events

Mecanoo presents vision for Milan’s railway yards

Project updates

Mecanoo and Gispen win Red Dot Award for HUBB

Events

Université de Mons awards Honorary Doctorate to Francine Houben

Project updates

Grand Gatehouse for Keukenhof

Events

Paul Ketelaars to give keynote at ‘De Nacht van het Onderwijs’

Project updates

New vision for Oldham Coliseum Theatre unveiled

Events

Fedele Canosa to present MECD at Next Generation Learning Spaces conference

Project updates

Eurojust moves into new premises in The Hague International Zone

Project updates

Life Sciences Incubator at Utrecht Science Park officially opened

Events

Housing the present and securing homes for the future

Project updates

HUBB lands at Delft University of Technology Library

Project updates

Mecanoo two-time finalist for 2017 Architizer A+ Awards

Project updates

HOME awarded for universal design

Events

Nuno Fontarra to give keynote at PLÅT17

Project updates

Video: A sneak peek at Córdoba’s Palace of Justice

Events

Mecanoo at MIPIM Cannes

Events

Exhibition Daylight in architecture

Events

Francine Houben in Munich to talk about the Library of Birmingham

Project updates

Mecanoo wins prestigious architecture prize in Boston

Events

“A Legacy of Mies and King” screening in Washington DC

Project updates

Highway and City: Mecanoo envisions the future of the A13 highway in Rotterdam

Project updates

Boston’s Bolling Building finalist for Rudy Bruner Award

Project updates

Experience the future of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library

Project updates

Taekwang Country Club Café ArchDaily Building of the Year finalist

Events

Mecanoo B.15 Modelmaking Awards 2017

Publications

FRAME: ‘Education is no longer just for the young’

Events

Francine Houben takes on Visiting Professorship at the Yale School of Architecture

Publications

Francine Houben in Elegance

Project updates

Zaans Medical Centre receives BREEAM-NL Very Good certification

Publications

Op-ed in Place North West: “Design for unpredictable change”

Events

Reimagining the Public Library Francine Houben lecture in Chicago

Project updates

Oldham Coliseum Theatre announces move to new building

Publications, Project updates

Video: Revisiting La Llotja Theatre and Conference Centre

Project updates

Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol wins European Hotel Design Award

Events

Dutch Masters at Pakhuis de Zwijger: Francine Houben meets Hesje Andersson

Project updates

First look at New York Public Library renovation

Events

Ellen van der Wal to give lecture in Hamburg

Events

Housing: a global perspective – Dick van Gameren lecture at WAF

Events

Francine Houben lecture at Architectural Record Innovation Conference

Project updates

Langebrug Student Housing officially opened

Events

Francine Houben talks about libraries for the future in New York

Project updates

Planning consent for South Thamesmead regeneration

Project updates

Eden Soestdijk unveiled

Project updates

Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building Boston’s favourite preservation project

Publications

Córdoba Palace of Justice featured in AV Proyectos

Project updates

MECD Highly Commended at Architecture Tomorrow 2016

Events

Prince William and Kate Middleton visit MECD site

Project updates

ID College and ROC Leiden officially opened

Events

Francine Houben to speak at World Design Capital Taipei

Events

Friso van der Steen talks about Toneelschuur at Cross CoMix Rotterdam

Project updates

Highway and City: Mecanoo envisions the future of the A13 highway in Rotterdam

Construction of Zaans Medical Centre completed

Project updates

Mecanoo designs Peter Lindbergh exhibition Kunsthal Rotterdam

Project updates

Bolling Building wins The American Architecture Award

Project updates

Manchester City Council finalist for RIBA Client of the Year

Events

People Place Purpose exhibition in Alkmaar

Events

Dick van Gameren to speak at Z Axis Conference in India

Project updates

NCKU Tainan to host Elad Eisenstein lecture

Project updates

First implementation of HUBB at Fontys Campus

Publications

Progress gathers pace on Mecanoo’s Wei-Wu-Ying Centre for the Arts

Project updates

Bolling Building achieves LEED Gold rating

Events

Francine Houben in College Tour Rotterdam

Project updates

HOME Arts Centre wins RIBA National Award

Events

People, Place, Purpose: Francine Houben lecture at The Berlage

Events

Winners 2016 Mecanoo B.15 Modelmaking Awards announced

Project updates

Kaohsiung Station design revealed

Events

Affordable for whom? Dick van Gameren talks social housing at RIBA

Project updates

University of Manchester receives approval for engineering campus

Events

Screening “A legacy of Mies and King” documentary film in Amsterdam

Events

The Mecanoo Mansion at RIBA exhibition “At home in Britain”

Project updates

Thamesmead proposals revealed

Events

Francine Houben on Learning Environments at IABR

Events

New York Lecture Francine Houben

Project updates

RIBA North West Award for HOME

Project updates

Delft Station wins Architizer A+Award

Events

Mecanoo lecture at Manchester School of Architecture

Publications

Francine Houben - CLAD magazine

Project updates

Construction New Premises Eurojust reaches highest point

Events

Exhibition update: Milan and Brisbane

Publications

Mecanoo’s Cultural Center in Shenzhen Set to Top Out in April - Archdaily

Events

Utrecht University awards Honorary Doctorate to Francine Houben

Project updates

Construction of the Córdoba Palace of Justice

Events

Francine Houben at Yale School of Architecture

Events

Mecanoo B.15 Modelmaking Award 2016

Project updates

Shenzhen project wins Architectural Review MIPIM Future Project Award

Publications

Mecanoo finalist for three Architizer A+ Awards

Publications

HOME on RIBA North West Awards shortlist

Publications

Blue Streak: Municipal Offices and Train Station Delft – Architectural Record

Events

Francine Houben at Velo-city Conference in Taipei

Project updates

Mecanoo wins Tainan Public Library competition

Events

Grand Opening Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Events

Francine Houben lecture in Rotterdam

Project updates

Entrance hall for Keukenhof spring gardens tops out

Events

Mecanoo lecture in Amsterdam by Sylvie Beugels and Arne Lijbers

Publications

Francine Houben to be awarded Honorary Doctorate

Publications

Mecanoo new member firm Van Alen International Council

Events, Project updates

Mecanoo and Gispen launch Room to Learn

Project updates

First phase Municipal Offices Delft completed

Publications

Mecanoo's magnificent 2015

Project updates

Mecanoo team shortlisted for Soestdijk Palace redevelopment

Project updates

Mecanoo’s iconic Hilton open to the public

Publications

Connie Janssen Danst & Mecanoo: Dancing on architecture

Publications

Can Architect Francine Houben Remake the Public Library? - curbed.com

Events, Publications

Francine Houben receives Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Prize for lifetime achievement

Publications

People Place Purpose: New monograph Francine Houben/Mecanoo

Events

'Let’s Gro' Francine Houben in Groningen

Publications

Francine Houben, Martha Thorne and Christine Murray on women in architecture

Project updates

Mecanoo completes renovation iPabo Amsterdam

Project updates

ROC ID College tops out

Publications

Francine Houben about NYPL on Nieuwsuur

Publications

DC Public Library Releases More Renderings of the MLK Library Renovation - Architect Magazine

Project updates

DCPL executive director talks about MLK modernisation

Project updates

Manchester housing development submitted for approval

Events

Unbuilt Mecanoo at Dutch Design Week

Publications

How Architecture Is Born: The Visionary Process of Mecanoo - Architizer

Publications

Giuseppe Gallo abstracts Mecanoo's architecture - Designboom

Events

International perspectives on Chicago and the future of urban change

Events

Francine Houben at Hay Festival Segovia

Project updates

Construction of Health Boulevard starts

Project updates

Mecanoo to lead New York Public Library renovation

Project updates

Mecanoo designs Keith Haring exhibition in Kunsthal

Project updates

The University of Manchester announces £350 million engineering campus designed by Mecanoo

Project updates

Zaans Medical Centre tops out

Events

Mecanoo celebrates three decades

Project updates

Life Sciences Incubator is the first BREEAM-NL Outstanding lab

Project updates

Start of construction at Hotel Château St. Gerlach

Publications

Archdaily In Progress: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts

Events

Four lectures in South Africa by Friso van der Steen

Events

Francine Houben guest at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

Publications

Casting a critical architectural eye on Boston’s building boom

Publications

The proposed future of Mies van der Rohe's only library - Architect Magazine

Events

Mecanoo photo exhibition at AIA Headquarter in Washington DC

Project updates

Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award for Library of Birmingham

Publications

Delft University of Technology among greenest in the world

Publications

Mecanoo Projects in Delft - Map

Events

Francine Houben to give lecture at AIA in Washington

Project updates

First phase student campus Leiden completed

Events

Winners Mecanoo B.15 Modelmaking Awards announced

Project updates

Brickwork of Bolling Building wins BAC Craft Award

Events

Sebastiaan Kaal to present MLK Library plans at National Building Museum in Washington DC

Project updates

SILO’s design for Fontys R3 wins Gold European Design Award

Events

Francine Houben to speak in Amsterdam and The Hague

Events

Building HOME in Manchester

Events

Mecanoo B.15 Modelmaking Award

Events

Chris Perry to present at RIAS Convention

Events

Francine Houben to speak at National Gallery in Prague

Events

Innovative Design Alternatives Summit Boston features Francine Houben

Publications

Francine Houben wins prestigious Dutch cultural prize

Events, Project updates

King opens monumental cultural heritage museum

Project updates

Mecanoo opens iconic new municipal building in Boston

Publications, Project updates

A closer look at those MLK Library renderings - Architect Magazine

Events

Francine Houben guest at Harvard’s Design Competition Conference

Publications

Alexandra Lange on what makes the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building a model for urban redevelopment

Project updates

Palace of Justice in Córdoba is under construction

Publications

LOBBY interviews Francine Houben

Events

Dick van Gameren in India to lecture on affordable housing

Project updates

Peabody selects Proctor and Matthews Architects and Mecanoo for regeneration of Thamesmead

Events

Francine Houben to deliver keynote in Taiwan on National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts

Project updates

Mecanoo and Gispen to collaborate on learning environment of the future

Events

Fedele Canosa gives lecture at Isala Theater

Project updates

Birmingham Library wins Civic Trust Award for Universal Design

Events, Project updates

Mecanoo expands Manchester office

Project updates

Arriving in Delft is an unforgettable experience

Project updates

Boston Public School department moves into new home

Project updates

M for Rotterdam - 10 years of Montevideo

Project updates

Vast hand-drawn mural to complete Boston’s Bruce C. Bolling Building

Events

Kinderacademie Delft (Children's Academy) visits Mecanoo

Project updates

Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol – work in progress

Publications

Mecanoo gets abstracted by Giuseppe Gallo

Publications

Dutch architect’s design brings light to Dudley Square

Publications

Mecanoo's memorable 2014

Project updates

Mecanoo designs cycling route in China

Publications

Designboom exclusive - interview with Francine Houben

Project updates

New vision for Oldham’s Coliseum Theatre and Heritage Centre

Events

Dick van Gameren lecture in Glasgow

Publications, Project updates

New short film of Delft Train Station

Publications

A People's Palace – exhibition catalog now on sale at NAi (Nieuwe Instituut)

Events

Business of Design Week Hong Kong features Francine Houben

Project updates

New Noorderpoort School Opens in Stadskanaal

Events

National Manifestation Heat in the Delta

Project updates

Birmingham Library wins again and bags Mies Award nomination

Events

Francine Houben at Apeldoorn conference in Liverpool

Publications

Remembering Mayor Menino – “It’s a new day in Dudley”

Project updates

First train goes through Delft railway tunnel

Publications, Project updates

Banyan Plaza - Taiwan mega-theatre under construction

Publications

A People's Palace - Aedes Architecture Forum video

Project updates

Mecanoo and BuroHappold to design the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg

Project updates

Mecanoo nominated for Public Building Architect of the Year

Events

Symposium Technical Innovations in Architecture

Publications, Project updates

Birmingham's new central library has won a BBC online vote to find Britain's favourite new building

Events, Publications

A People’s Palace: Behind The Scenes at Mecanoo’s Upcoming Exhibition in Berlin

Publications

RTL Late Night with Francine Houben

Events

A People’s Palace. The Library of Birmingham and Other Buildings for the Public - Mecanoo exhibition in Berlin

Mecanoo designs new entrance building for the world famous Keukenhof gardens

Publications

Boundaries and decoration: Sofia Pereira of Mecanoo on the Library of Birmingham

Project updates

Library of Birmingham on Blueprint Awards shortlist

Publications

Civil Engineering - Modern Arches, ‘Supercore’ Define Cultural Complex

Project updates

Opening renovated Fontys R3 building in Eindhoven

Events

Paul Ketelaars to speak at symposium in Sittard

Events

2014 Stirling Prize Stories in London

Project updates

Mecanoo and Movares to design train station area Ede

Project updates

Station Delft ready for testing

Events

Exhibition update: Milan, Paris and Heerlen

Events

The Libraries of the Future - Francine Houben in the Library of Rotterdam

Project updates

Mecanoo designs open life sciences campus Pivot Park

Events

New website launch!

Publications

Mecanoo's Library of Birmingham in the UK hits record numbers

Events

Dick van Gameren speaks at Swedish seminar on public housing

Start construction Life Sciences Incubator at Utrecht Science Park

Publications

Mecanoo on architecture and healthcare

Events

Francine Houben at Conversations on Architecture in Boston

Publications

The New York Times - Transforming, but Not Disrupting

Project updates

Construction begins of Mecanoos Three Cultural Centers & One Book Mall

Project updates

Next phase developing Zaans Medisch Centrum

Publications

In Mekelpark all students come together - Francine Houben

Events

First Mecanoo Studio 3 in Soongsil University completed

Publications, Project updates

National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Wei-Wu-Ying) - work in progress

Project updates

Historical city map graces the vaulted ceiling of Delft’s new train station

Project updates

Mecanoo selected for new Peabody projects panel

Project updates

Library of Birmingham shortlisted for RIBA Stirling Prize

Events, Project updates

Rabobank Westelijk Mijnstreek Advice Centre opened

Project updates

Opening of the Amsterdam International Golf Club

Events

14th International Architecture Biennale: Fundamentals

Publications

Inside Outside - Petra Blaisse in 'De Canvasconnectie'

Publications

Whistling Rock Golf Clubhouse - documentary

Project updates

Mecanoo appointed to design Manchester Engineering campus development

Events

Dag van de Bouw 2014 (Construction Day)

Events

Future of the Education Facilities - KIYFE Spring Symposium

Events

Dutch housing design: standards and ideals

Events

Architectenbal 2014

Publications

ARCHITECT Visits: Mecanoo

Project updates

Kaap Skil, Maritime and Beachcombers Museum on Texel receives Special Commendation

Project updates

Mecanoo commissioned to design new Rijndam physical rehabilitation centre

Events

Ellen van der Wal speaks at the great schools congress

Project updates

The Library of Birmingham wins 5 RIBA awards

Publications

Boston Bricks with a Dutch Touch - documentary

Project updates

Manchester arts centre HOME designed by Mecanoo tops out

Project updates

Mecanoo’s design for University of Cambridge housing scheme receives planning approval

Events

Dick van Gameren lectures in Santiago de Chile

Publications

A Tale of Two Houses - The Wall Street Journal

Publications

Q&A: Francine Houben of Mecanoo Architecten

Project updates

Child Centre Mill opened

Project updates

Mecanoo wins Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington D.C.

Events

Francine Houben is UK Woman Architect of the Year

Project updates

Mecanoo to design masterplan in Santiago de Chile

Publications

GEM Magazine/Birmingham & Solihull

Publications

AD Interviews: Francine Houben/Mecanoo

Project updates

Official start construction Zaans Medical Center

Publications

Mecanoo’s Francesco Veenstra on “Sustainability as Social Responsibility”

Project updates

Mecanoo among final three for redesign Washington MLK Library

Events

Kaohsiung International Arts Container Festival

Publications, Project updates

A+ Winners Mecanoo Tell Us How To Weave Together A Community From Brick

Project updates

Mecanoo to design theatre and heritage centre in Oldham, United Kingdom

Project updates

Mecanoo team wins competition in Warsaw

Project updates

Sterren college wins architecture award of Haarlem

Project updates

Mecanoo designs residential tower in Amsterdam

Events

RIBA "Pushing Boundaries" Series

Project updates

Mecanoo to design school in Leiden

Project updates

Mecanoo team shortlisted for Washington MLK Library

Publications

BLUEPRINT 330 - Library of Birmingham

Events

Francine Houben lectures in the Santiago, Chile

Publications

BBC The Culture Show - The People's Palace

Project updates

Fontys School of Sport Studies wins WAF Award

Publications

Redefining the Library

Events, Project updates

Library of Birmingham opens on the 3rd of September

Events

Dudley Square exhibition at Boston Architectural College

Project updates

Noorderpoort in Stadskanaal tops out

Publications

"Libraries are the most important public buildings"

Publications

Vogue Nederland - August

Project updates

Two projects nominated for a total of three awards

Events

Projects by Dick van Gameren on show in Triennial Milan

Events

Francine Houben talks in Tainan

Events

Lecture for School of Architecture and Society of Politecnico

Events

Francesco Veenstra lectures at smart lighting 2013

Events

Housing in Addis Abeba

Events

Mecanoo showcases stations in Istanbul

Project updates

Anne Frank primary school, a prime example of durability

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