In Progress: Allianz Headquarters / Wiel Arets Architects
Architects: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: Wallisellen, Switzerland
Design Team: Wiel Arets, Felix Thies, Maik Ilmer
Area: 72,000 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Jan Bitter
In Progress: Schwäbischer Verlag / Wiel Arets Architects
Architects: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: Karlstraße 20, Ravensburg, Germany
Design Team: Wiel Arets, Bettina Kraus, Carsten Hilgendorf, Uta Böcker, Tobias Gehrke, Ramón Alvarez-Roa, Ole Hallier
Area: 13,800 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Jan Bitter
Book Presentation and Signing of Wiel Arets: Autobiographical References
The Graham Foundation of Chicago will host a book presentation and signing of Wiel Arets: Autobiographical References, a new book edited by Robert McCarter and designed by Irma Boom exploring the notion of ‘A Wonderful World’. The event will take place Friday, February 1st at 6:00pmCST. The evening will begin with a discussion and debate between Arets and McCarter, introducing the book’s origins as well as the work of Wiel Arets Architects, after which signed copies of the publication will be available for purchase. More information after the break.
In Progress: AvB Tower / Wiel Arets Architects
Architects: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: The Hague, The Netherlands
Project Team: Bettina Kraus, Jochem Homminga, Joost Körver, Rob Willemse, Raymond van Sabben, Thorsten Schneider, Ramon Alverez Roa
Collaborators: Janosch Welzien, Jasper Stevens, Martin Tessarz, Tobias Bam- berg, Steffen Winkler, Carlatta Giacomin
Area: 24,000 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: Jan Bitter
Wiel Arets: Autobiographical References Book Event
Wiel Arets: Autobiographical References (Birkhaüser, 2012), the new book edited by Robert McCarter and designed by Irma Boom, will be presented at a book launch event November 13th. ‘do you read me?!’, the renowned Berlin bookshop, will host the first presentation and signing of the publication in their ‘Reading Room’ located in Berlin-Tiergarten. The evening will begin at 7:00pm with a discussion on the topic of ‘A Wonderful World’, Arets’ optimistic outlook towards the future our of continuously ‘shrinking’ world, followed by a book signing session with Wiel Arets.
In Progress: Campus Hoogvliet in Rotterdam / Wiel Arets Architects
Architects: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: Lengweg
3192 BM, Rotterdam
, The Netherlands
Design Team: Wiel Arets, Bettina Kraus, Joris van den Hoogen, Jos Beekhuijzen
Collaborators: Mai Henriksen, Jochem Homminga, Joost Korver, Marie Morin, Julius Klatte, Sjoerd Wilbers, Benine Dekker, Anne-Marie Diederich
Consultants: ABT BV, Wetering Raadgevende Ingenieurs BV
Client: Woonbron
Area: 41100 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Jan Bitter, Courtesy of Wiel Arets Architects
In Progress: Truman Plaza / Wiel Arets Architects
Located in Berlin Zehlendorf, the Truman Plaza parallels the adjacent Clayallee and is part of a larger master plan that balances its historical urban context with its integration of a delicate onsite forest. Designed by Wiel Arets Architects, the project, which is currently in progress, includes 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. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Dutch Architect Wiel Arets Named Dean of IIT’s College of Architecture
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Provost Alan Cramb announced today 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.
Arets, who was dean of the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam from 1995-2002, will join IIT this fall and will lead an academic program originally shaped by the vision and work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Considered by many to be one of the founders of modern architecture and design, Mies chaired the IIT architecture program from 1938-1958 and designed the IIT Main Campus, home to many of his iconic structures including S.R. Crown Hall.
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In Progress: E’ Tower / Wiel Arets Architects
Architects: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: Mathildelaan, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Project Team: Wiel Arets, Freyke Hartemink, Daniel Meyer
Photographs: Jan Bitter
In Progress: B’ Tower / Wiel Arets Architects
Architects: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: Hennekijnstraat 50, 3012 Deelgemeente Centrum, The Netherlands
Project Team: Wiel Arets, Bettina Kraus, Carsten Hilgendorf, Joris van den Hoogen
Collaborators: Kam Bava, David Luque, Marie Morin, Deniza Radulova, Sash Reading, Jasper Stevens, Michal Switalski, Cindy Wouters, Aynav Ziv
Photographs: Jan Bitter
Flashback: KNSM Island Skydome / Wiel Arets Architects
Architects: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: KNSM-Laan 451, 1019 Zeeburg, The Netherlands
Project Team: Wiel Arets , Elmar Kleuters, Paul Kuitenbrouwer, René Thijssen
Collaborators: Anca Arenz, Ivo Daniëls, Jo Janssen, Maurice Paulussen, Henrik Vuust
Project Year: 1996
Photographs: Jan Bitter
Flashback: AZL Pension Fund Headquarters / Wiel Arets Architects
Architect: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: Heerlen, the Netherlands
Project Year: 1995
Photographs: Wiel Arets Architects, Jan Bitter
Flashback: Academy of Art & Architecture / Wiel Arets Architects
Flashback: One of Archdaily’s goals is to bring you up to date information about projects that are being designed and constructed around the world. We’ve created a new category to cover inspiring projects that were constructed between the 1990′s and the early 2000′s.
Architects: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: Maastricht, The Netherlands
Project Year: 1993
Photographs: Jan Bitter
In Progress: Allianz Headquarters / Wiel Arets Architects
The Allianz Headquarters is an office complex linked and interlocked by a series of bridges and voids that aims to progress the 21st century work environment by becoming a second home to employees.
Architect: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Photographs: Jan Bitter
In Progress: E Tower / Wiel Arets Architects
The E Tower is a high rise residence that will serve as a landmark within its newly built urban environment while seeking to bring the amenities of a world class hotel to tower’s residents The E Tower is located in an area of Eindhoven whose urban plan was drawn up by the Dutch landscape firm West 8. The original brief for the area includes the E Tower, the E Block and a slender end piece of the adjacent Block J, which are all apartment buildings in this emerging district. A gap between the E Tower and Block J will shape the area’s entrance while simultaneously providing an outdoor space. Each building in this emerging district has been named after one of the world’s cities with the E Tower taking the title of ‘New York’, aptly reflecting its prominent stance within the cluster.
Architect: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
Video: Wiel Arets at the The Mackintosh School of Architecture
The Mackintosh School of Architecture recently made us aware that their Friday Lecture Series is available to watch online. We will be showcasing a few periodically over the next couple of weeks. Among other topics, in this video Wiel Arets talks about the world becoming one big city in the near future. It is a fairly engaging talk that you should check out.
In Progress: Regiocentrale Zuid Levee Control Center / Wiel Arets Architects
Architects: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: Maasbracht, The Netherlands
Client: Rijkswaterstaat Maas- werken
Project Year: Under Construction
Project Area: 1850 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Wiel Arets Architects
De Nieuwe Liefde / Wiel Arets Architects
Architects: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Client: Amerborgh Monumenten BV
Project team: Bettina Kraus, Gwendolyn Kerschbaumer, Julius Klatte, Dennis Villanueva, Marie Morin
Project area: 1,960 sqm
Project year: 2007 – 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of Wiel Arets Architects
Utrecht Library / Wiel Arets Architects
Architect: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Client: University Utrecht
Consultants: ABT Adviseurs; Huygen Installatieadviseurs bv; Heijmans-IBC Bouw bv
Acoustic Advisor: Adviesbureau Peutz & Associates bv
Façade Advisor: Permasteelisa Central Europe bv
Project Area: 36,250 sqm
Project Year: 2004
Photographs: Jan Bitter & Andrea Giannotti
H House / Wiel Arets Architects
Architects: Wiel Arets Architects
Location: Maastricht, the Netherlands
Design team: Satoru Umehara, Harold Herman, Daniel Meier, Dennis Villanueva, Alex Kunnen, Francois Steul
Project area: 130 sqm
Project year: 2005 – 2010
Photographs: Wiel Arets Architects
STILLS: A Wiel Arets Architects exhibition
After more than 25 years of continuous innovation, the time for an oeuvre exhibition on the work done by Wiel Arets Architects has come. With more than 250 projects, 20 monographs, a series of products in production, countless lectures and professorships given by Wiel Arets, and four new office publications in the works, the timing seems right.
STILLS shows the development of the oeuvre, shows the projects, expands upon the theoretical background and offers insight into the sources of inspiration and fascination of Wiel Arets himself. From his very early beginnings to his striking and unique personal vision on the future of urban development exemplified by the utopian ‘Zuidstad’ model.
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