Award ceremony 2016 RIBA International Fellowship

Edward Schuurmans, a partner at KCAP, is chairing the 43rd BNA Kubus Award in his function as a board member of the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects, BNA. Since 1965, the BNA Kubus has been awarded to an architect or spatial designer who excels in craftsmanship and conceptual work, contributing to the development of the profession and archi-tecture 'in general', and who has built up a recognizable and innovative oeuvre. At the end of June, the jury will meet twice to decide who will be the new recipient of the prestigious award. Edward says: "The BNA Kubus is a special recognition for excellent spatial designers. The Kubus Award contributes to the awareness of the value of spatial quality in our living environ-ment, both within our profession and beyond." In 2018 Francine Houben received the 42nd Kubus from Hedy d'Ancona. The jury will announce her successor in July. The award ceremony will take place on 4 November 2021, as the final act on the BNA Architects' Day. Chairman of the jury: Edward Schuurmans, Partner KCAP and BNA Board Member. Jury secretary: Harm Tilman, architecture publicist. Members of the jury: Francine Houben, founding partner Mecanoo and recipient of the BNA Kubus in 2018, Marc Koehler, Marc Koehler Architects, Heleen Aarts, CEO Amvest, Ed Nijpels, chairman IABR, chairman Abe Bonnemafonds and chairman Uit-voeringsoverleg Klimaatakkoord. Portrait Boudewijn Bollmann

Very proud that our Triple-Dike project in Shenzhen (CN) won third prize at Rethinking The Future 2021!Team KCAP+Felixx developed a new dike typology considering the local and social context of the existing coastal communities. The project integrates water safety strategies with ecological shoreline restoration, seawall construction, landscape, and public space remodeling. It recreates the tourism identity of Dapeng and promotes local economic development. On the premise of ecology and safety, it combines local culture with the geographical environment and shows the coastline's beauty and diversity.According to the jury, East Dike is "a visionary project" and is "[…] defining new architectural language[…]". Congratulations to our clients and collaborators: Water resource bureau of Shenzhen Municipality, China Resources Land Urban Operation Management, Felixx Landscape Architects & Planners, Shenzhen Hope Design, CCCC Water Transportation Consultants and Deltares. 

Our projects Hogekwartier in Amersfoort commissioned by De Alliantie and Science Park Amsterdam, a masterplan we developed in collaboration with Karres en Brands Landscape Architecture and Urbanism, are nominated for the SKG audience award. The audience award is part of the SKG Award for sustainable area developments and organized by the chair of Area Development of the Delft University of Technology. SKG (Stichting Kennis Gebiedsontwikkeling) connects a growing number of public, private, and third sector organisations involved in area development across The Netherlands. The main goal is to promote a professional, reflective area development practice aimed towards a sustainable built environment. That is precisely the topic of the both projects you can vote for: for Hogekwartier in Amersfoort, KCAP proposed an urban redevelopment masterplan for the post-war neighbourhoods of Amersfoort to improve and renew these areas. Concerning the masterplan of Amsterdam Science Park, KCAP used a historical polder layout to provide a straightforward template for this university campus expansion, with flexibility for variation and future developments and great emphasis on outdoor meeting places. As both projects provide a sustainable built environment that is in line with the SKG award’s criteria, they are nominated for the audience award. Do you want to help us win? You can vote for our projects until the 29th of March on the website of Gebiedsontwikkeling.nu. The winners will be announced on the 31st of March.  

Yesterday, the ULI Germany Leadership Award 2018 was presented in Offenbach, Germany. Kees Christiaanse received the prestigious award in the category Urban Planning. The prize is awarded annually by the Urban Land Institute Germany to important personalities from the real estate industry and politics who have committed themselves to sustainable urban development and a better quality of life in the urban centres of Germany through their special commitment and courage. Stephanie Baden, Executive Director ULI Germany: ‘The Leadership Award of ULI Germany stands for excellence and best practice in the responsible handling of our urban spaces. Our winners are aware of the lasting impact that their own actions have on our built environment. For this reason, the members of the jury of ULI Germany are honouring Prof. Kees Christiaanse with the Leadership Award 2018. Kees is one of the most outstanding personalities in the field of urban design, and I am extremely pleased that our jury has honoured him for his remarkable achievements this year.’ Laudator and member of the jury Franz-Josef Höing, Chief Building Director of the Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg: ‘In urban planning, similar to an apartment, we need shelves that are beautiful, resilient, expandable, flexible for the uncertain that is yet to come - we call it the future. The most convincing shelves often come from Kees Christiaanse's studio. I don't know anyone else who focuses on the factual with such a clarity, who can describe the mechanisms that affect our built environment - the social, the political and the economic equally - so precisely.’ Since 2005, the ULI Germany Leadership Award is awarded annually in the categories Real Estate Management, Urban Design, Young Leader and Lifetime Achievement and since 2017 also as Innovation Award.

On Thursday, November 30th, Kees Christiaanse received the ARC17 Oeuvre Award during the official award ceremony in Amsterdam. The ARC17 Oeuvre Award is annually awarded to a person who makes a lasting and innovative contribution to the improvement of the built environment. Click here for a report of the ceremony (in Dutch).

KCAP Zurich ranks as top architecture office in the German speaking region (Germany, Switzerland and Austria). This is the result of a survey of the German magazines FOCUS and Baumeister held among 10.000 architects who were asked to each recommend ten colleagues in eight categories. In total, from over 2600 recommended offices, a selection of 278 architects with the most recommendations has been defined. KCAP Zurich is listed in the category 'urban planning' with the maximum rank of 'very frequently recommended'. The special of FOCUS magazine is available since late October in the stores.  

'The Golden City' - the masterplan by KCAP+ORANGE for Vasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg, has been awarded an International European Property Award 2016-17. Developer Glorax Development has received the 'Highly Commended' honour.

Kees Christiaanse has been appointed as a member of the prestigious ‘Akademie der Künste – Academy of Arts’ Berlin.  The Berlin Akademie der Künste, founded in 1696, is one of the oldest cultural institutes in Europe. It is an international community of artists and has a current total of 400 members in its six Sections (Visual Arts, Architecture, Music, Literature, Performing Arts, Film and Media Art) Members of the Akademie der Künste are artists who are deemed to have made a particular contribution to contemporary art, or who have performed a great service in a neighbouring field of any of the arts represented in the Academy. The academy’s members are at the heart of the Academy and are actively involved in shaping the institution.  

What started last year as a one time research by Dutch daily NRC is extended to be published on an annual base: the NRC Cultuur Top 100. Kees Christiaanse/KCAP is also in 2016 listed as one of 7 Dutch architects and one of 100 creative minds with international radiance. Who perfomed the most abroad in 2015? Who was published the most often in foreign newspapers? Who inspired foreign colleagues? And who earned the most abroad? NRC's culture editorial staff collected data on hundreds of Dutch 'culture makers' and asked an expert jury to rank the artists and cultural institutions considering their influence abroad. Click here to view the NRC Cultuur Top 100.      

Starting today, RIBA organises the Royal Gold Medal Week in London. During three days, various 2016 RIBA awards will be officially handed over to the prize winners. Kees Christiaanse is one of them, receiving one of 9 announced 2016 RIBA International Fellowship awards. This prestigious lifetime honour rewards the particular contributions to architecture by non-UK architects. This year's RIBA Gold Medal will be awarded to Zaha Hadid, the first female architect to receive this honour. Click here for more inofrmation about the Gold Medal Week.

Per January 2016, Irma van Oort has been assigned member of the 'Commissie Welstand en Monumenten' Rotterdam. The main goal of the committee is to guarantee the esthetical quality of the built environment and future developments in Rotterdam. The committee consists of independent professionals who evaluate and advise on behalf of the Municipality of Rotterdam. The members, also assigned by the Municipality, hold their position for a period of 3 years.

KCAP is listed as one of 7 architects in the Culture Top 100 of the Dutch daily NRC. Who perfomed the most abroad in 2014? Who was published the most often in foreign newspapers? Who inspired foreign colleagues? And who earned the most abroad? NRC's culture editorial staff collected data on hundreds of Dutch 'culture makers' and asked an expert jury to rank the artists and cultural institutions considering their influence abroad. The result: the first NRC Culture Top 100.

Kees Christiaanse receives the prestigious lifetime honour ‘RIBA International Fellowship’. Today, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announced 9 new 2016 RIBA International Fellowships which reward the particular contributions non-UK architects have made to architecture. ‘It is for his profound thinking and creative, responsible work at the interface of architecture and urbanism, and his understanding of the synergies between design, knowledge, strategy and process management, that the RIBA is awarding Kees Christiaanse the International Fellowship,’ says Louisa Hutton, who nominated Kees Christiaanse. The 2016 RIBA International Fellowships will be presented at a special event at the RIBA in London on the 1st of February 2016. Click here to view the official website of the RIBA International Fellowships.  

All 8 shortlisted projects of the RTV audience award/Rietveldprijs have been portrayed by RTV Utrecht. Watch the film portrait here. Click here to cast your vote for P+R De Uithof by KCAP/studioSK.

P+R De Uithof by KCAP/StudioSK is shortlisted for the RTV Utrecht Publieksprijs 2015, the audience award of Rietveldprijs! Cast your vote until September 30th!

P+R De Uithof in Utrecht by KCAP/StudioSK is one of 8 shortlisted projects for the prestigious Rietveldprijs. This biannual award is granted to excellent architecture realised in Utrecht. Up from late June you can cast your vote for the audience award. Click here for more information.

The aim of the award is to highlight recent, excellent examples of architectural creativity of works which are less than two years old and to underline that modern architecture is socially and culturally rooted in European cities and is important to people's everyday lives. By the end of January the winner will be chosen by a professional jury. Click here for more information.