The redevelopment of the Stationspostgebouw in The Hague is official. Developer LIFE.NL, PostNL, Fosbury &Sons, the municipality of The Hague and developer SENS real estate gave the official start sign ...
Construction work of our project East Dike in Shenzhen is progressing fast and the design is taking shape. Team KCAP + Felixx is supervising the construction process on site together ...
Student Residence Massy taken into use
11-12-2019
The student residence in Quartier Atlantis in Massy, south of Paris, has been taken into use. With its sculptural appearance, which is inspired by a massive rock, the building marks ...
On November 29th, the development agreement for the MARK high-rise project in Leidsche Rijn has been signed by alderman Klaas Verschuure (Leidsche Rijn) on behalf of the municipality of Utrecht ...
The construction of Inntel Hotel Marina Beach The Hague has reached its highest point. This was officially celebrated on the construction site on November, 22nd. The 4-star hotel will become a ...
Green Gustav Rooftop shows itself
25-11-2019
The roof landscape on top of our building the Gustav on the Zuid-as of Amsterdam is beginning to take shape. This will soon be a meeting place for the studio ...
Werkplaats Overvecht is an initiative of a group of 10 business organisations and housing corporations to create a plan for the transformation of Overvecht neighborhood in Utrecht, together with residents ...
Workshop urban water landscape Shenzhen
13-11-2019
On 12 and 13 November, KCAP's Kees Christiaanse , Ting Chen, Anna Gasco and Ya-Hsin Chen, attend a 2-day brain storming workshop “Flow-Morphing: The Urbanist Action on Shenzhen’s Water Landscape ...
The Piekstraat tower is nominated as one of three Rotterdam projects for the award 'Meest Markante Rotterdamse Vastgoedproject 2019'. During the 'Rotterdamse Vastgoedborrel' on November 7th, you can cast your ...
Construction nearing completion in Crissier
22-10-2019
Our residential project OASSIS in Crissier is nearing completion fast. The facade of one building has been finished and the first apartments were delivered. The project is set in the ...
Green light for Humanities Campus Leiden
21-10-2019
On 17 October, the city council of Leiden approved the urban development plan and the ‘image quality plan’ for the Humanities Campus, both designed by KCAP. As such, green light ...
Eindhoven's station area will transform from a monofunctional area, dominated by infrastructure and offices, into a lively and mixed, dense urban district. Are you interested in how this area, which ...
Today, we welcomed a Korean delegation with representatives of the Incheon Port Authority, port operating companies and the Labour Union at KCAP. This visit is the start of the delegation’s ...
KCAP meet-up in Zurich
07-10-2019
We would like to share with you our convivial aftermovie of our KCAP meet-up in Zurich. All KCAP staff of Rotterdam, Zurich and Shanghai met for a thrilling weekend ...
Jump over the Elbe river
25-09-2019
After visiting Grasbrook in Hamburg, KCAP, as one of six firms, starts working on new concepts for developing this old harbour area into a vibrant new neighbourhood. Main challenge will ...
KCAP, in collaboration with CITYFÖRSTER, won the competition to design a new cultural district for Bratislava. The ambitious project includes a state-of-the-art concert and congress venue which will become a ...
KCAP shortlisted for the Moscow Rizhsky freight yard competition in a consortium with SVESMI. Goal of the project is the comprehensive redevelopment of the freight yard and creation of a ...
We are looking forward to being on board of the Clipper Stad Amsterdam in Hamburg on October 11th with Space&Matter, Amsterdam Trade & Innovate and the Netherlands Business Support Office ...
KCAP + FELIXX have won the international competition for the redevelopment of the 130-kilometer coastline of Dapeng, a green peninsula in the bay between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. In September ...
Meet KCAP at Expo Real in Munich
11-09-2019
Meet our delegates at Expo Real in Munich, Holland Metropool stand 230, hall A2! We are happy to welcoming you at the stand or arrange a meeting on the fairgrounds. Contact ...
Busan North Port Redevelopment
04-09-2019
This summer, KCAP participated in the International Competition of Busan North Port Redevelopment Phase 2. Busan already proceeded with the 1st phase of redevelopment in the old North Port. This ...
The Grand Projet launched in Singapore
29-08-2019
The Grand Projet was launched today in Singapore. The 600-pages-book is a collection of four years comparative research by the Future Cities Laboratory on the making and impact of urban ...
A livable future for Hamburg
22-08-2019
‘Magistralen’ is this year’s theme of the International Bauforum 2019 Hamburg. Magistralen is the German word for arterial corridors. In this case the seven largest arterial corridors of the city. ...
From Border City to Open City
01-08-2019
KCAP has presented an urban plan for the development of Futian. KCAP’s urban design vision proposes a strategy to turn Futian, Shenzhen’s City Centre into a vibrant urban city centre ...
Green light for The Twins in Overhoeks
19-07-2019
The municipality of Amsterdam has approved the building permit for phase 3.2 of the new residential district Aan het Ij with KCAP’s The Twins being part of it. The Twins ...
Fan-shaped Cruquius
18-07-2019
Underground parking spaces for 190 vehicles and a fan-shaped layout become visible at the Cruquius-wharf building site. KCAP has drawn up the urban development plan for this former industrial erea ...
Zuiderzicht Antwerp reaches highest point
05-07-2019
Zuiderzicht Antwerp celebrates the reaching of the highest point. Zuiderzicht is a new addition to the skyline of Antwerp. As part of the development Antwerp Nieuw Zuid, the residential tower ...
The team HawkinsBrown with KCAP, Grant Associates, BuroHappold Engineering and Sam Jacob Studio is one of the five finalist teams in the MK:U International Design Competition. Today, Milton Keynes Council (MKC), ...
Book Night Kees Christiaanse "Textbook"
12-06-2019
On June 27, Kees Christiaanse will speak about his "Textbook", published with nai010 Publishers last year. The Textbook covers 30 years of his thinking about cities. It is a collection ...
Design Piekstraat tower approved
23-05-2019
The aesthetic building commission (Commissie Welstand en Monumenten Rotterdam) has given green light for the design of the residential tower on the tip of Piekstraat. Piekstraat is a unique location. Old ...
The new neighbourhood “Aeschbachquartier” in Aarau, a town with 22.000 inhabitants between Zurich and Bern, has been completed. KCAP Architects&Planners designed the masterplan of the neighbourhood and realized several buildings, ...
Climate Resilient Cities: The Dutch Approach
10-05-2019
As urban planner, KCAP is facing the challenges of ecology and constantly strives to develop futureproof and resilient cities for future generations. With our broad multidisciplinary approach to complex design ...
Circular work locations of the future
18-04-2019
Climate change and depletion of materials necessitate a transition to a circular economy. And how do we take into account other developments that have an impact on working in the ...
Start construction Cruquiuswerf Amsterdam
12-04-2019
Construction of Cruquiuswerf Amsterdam has started and was officially celebrated on Friday, April 12th. The former industrial area of Cruquiuswerf is being transformed into a vivid neighborhood voor living and ...
Aeschbachquartier Aarau officially opened
05-04-2019
The Aeschbachquartier in Aarau, planned by KCAP Architects&Planners and Studio Vulkan Landschaftsarchitekten, was officially opened on April 4 by real estate developer Mobimo. Events for the public will take place ...
The urban plan and the ‘image quality plan’ of KCAP for the Humanities Campus of the Faculty of Humanities in Leiden was released last week by the Municipal Executive Board ...
Start construction Kade Noord Zutphen
03-04-2019
Yesterday, the official start construction ceremony for Kade Noord in Zutphen was celebrated. Within the urban plan of KCAP for Noorderhaven Zutphen, Kade Noord provides for high-quality homes and apartments ...
The existing national stadium is next to the Atomium the center piece of the area of NEO Brussels, the urban transformation project of KCAP. Renovation of the stadium is a radical ...
Book launch 'Potato Plan Collection'
19-03-2019
We are pleased to announce the UK Book Launch of The Potato Plan Collection – 40 Cities through the Lens of Patrick Abercrombie. With an introduction by Kees Christiaanse, Peter ...
Many cities face the challenge to provide for more housing in inner-city areas. So does the city of The Hague, where in the coming years the former industrial and port ...
On Tuesday, March 5th, the Incheon Metropolitan Government, South Korea and KCAP have signed a cooperation agreement. Based on the recent commission of KCAP for the Conceptual plan of lncheon Inner ...
Built in 1949 originally for PTT Post, the nowadays logistic e-commerce company PostNL will return to the ‘Stationspostgebouw' in The Hague and use it as its headquarters. With the return ...
Building permit for The Student Hotel Delft
31-01-2019
The building permit for The Student Hotel Delft is approved and the site preparations are starting. The construction of the hotel on this central location on the foresquare of Delft ...
KCAP and local partner CAUPD have won the Longgang Riverfront Competition in Shenzhen, China. The joint proposal for the 80 ha riverfront area was awarded first prize unanimously by the ...
10 years after winning the competition (MEP) for 'Parc du Simplon' in Renens, the first buildings are standing and the construction of the appartements and offices is progressing quickly. The ...
With the present legal validation, the planning phase is completed and Swiss Prime Site will soon launch the first stage of construction. Starting in 2015, KCAP designed the masterplan for ...
Within the Urban Space Concept by KCAP and Studio Vulkan for the “University District Zurich Centre” (Hochschulgebiet Zürich Zentrum, HGZZ), every single building is developed in a separate architectural competition. ...
KCAP wishes Happy New Year 2019
08-01-2019
KCAP wishes you a prosperous and happy New Year! We thank you for your trust and cooperation and are looking forward to new encounters and collaborations in 2019! Enjoy our new ...