Anatomy of a Landmark feat. Cruz y Ortiz – “Studio Amsterdam” presentation
The Landmark studio, part of Kees Kaan's Complex Projects chair, is hosting "Studio...
03 2015
Chair Introduction – spring 2015
Last February 12th, 2015 Kees Kaan and Mitesh Dixit opened the new academic year of Complex...
IN CHICAGO research studio launch
Kees Kaan’s Chair Complex Projects, in collaboration with ARCHEWORKS and ChicagoComplex is pleased to announce...
Chair Introduction – autumn 2014
Kees Kaan and Olindo Caso will give a general introduction of the new...
Cruz y Ortiz visiting professors for ‘Anatomy of a Landmark’
From September 2014, the ‘Anatomy of a Landmark’ studio, part of Kees Kaan’s...
Complex Projects: Design or Planning?
The new book "New Urban Configurations" featuring an article by Kees Kaan has...
Chair Manual 2014
The Chair of Complex Projects (CP) targets all scales of the architectural thinking,...
Chair Opening Lecture – spring 2014
Kees Kaan will give the Complex Projects (spring ’14) chair opening lecture about...
Masterplanning Central Prat – Kees Kaan
Kees Kaan will be giving a lecture at the TU Delft as the...
Light | Structure | Emergence – Mark P.Sarkisian (SOM, San Francisco – US)
Mark P.Sarkisian (partner of Seismic and Structural Engineering at SOM - Skidmore, Owings...
Chair Introduction – autumn 2013
Kees Kaan, Mitesh Dixit, Roberto Cavallo and Aldo Trim will give a general...
Sustainable High-Rise in Dutch cities
What is sustainable? And, could high-rise be sustainable at all?...
Dutch profiles: Claus en Kaan Architecten
Kees Kaan started collaborating with Felix Claus as Claus en Kaan Architecten in...
Vertical Cities Asia – Seoul 2012 winning projects
The two Delft teams run by Complex Projects won the first shared prize...
Architecture in the Netherlands
The current architectural debate is characterised by the threat of a split between...
Escape from cavity wall
Kees Kaan in conversation with Siebe Bakker on ‘ Escaping the Cavity Wall’....
The Choice
The essence in making a choice is found in the source from which...
03 2015
Third construction phase of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands
The highest point of the building has been reached, the new volume of the Supreme Court stands out from The Hague city fabric. ...
Education Center Erasmus MC is shortlisted for Mies van der Rohe Award 2015
KAAN Architecten's project is shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015. ...
ISMO presented during the opening of Paris-Saclay exhibition
The Institut des Sciences Moleculaire d'Orsay project has been officially presented last November 29th, 2014 during the opening weekend of the Paris-Saclay's exhibition "Paris-Saclay. Le Futur en Chantier(s)"....
Education Center Erasmus MC nominated for European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015
KAAN Architecten project for the new Education Center of the Medical Center - Erasmus University in Rotterdam has been nominated for the biennial European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe...
Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay exhibited in Paris for “Paris-Saclay. Le Futur en Chantier(s)”
The project Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay will be part of the exhibition “Paris-Saclay. Le Futur en Chantier(s)” from November 28th to December 20th 2014 at the Maison de l’architecture en Ile-de-France in Paris....
District Water Board Brabantse Delta on show at the Foundation pour l’Architecture, Brussels
The project for the District Water Board on the Bouvigne Estate in Breda has been nominated, within 134 projects, for the triennial Philippe Rotthier Prize and will be on show in Brussels at the...
Second construction phase of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands
The building has seen a step out of the excavation site with the concrete structure of the public ground floor and the steel beams of the upper office level. ...
Domus 983 features PLANTA and Kees Kaan essay “Time puts everything in place”
The September 2014 issue of the Italian magazine dedicates four pages to KAAN Architecten's project and exhibition of PLANTA at the Venice Biennale. Down here the full text....
“Invisible” Dikkie Scipio – ZAAL Z number 10
They built solid and well-planned structures in the 19th century, which means the building can take quite a bit. Its Neo-Classical architecture is proud and majestic, qualities that for many years were not much...
City Hall Park on show for “The City as a Vision” exhibition at Frac Centre
The project for the City Hall Park of São Bernardo do Campo municipality in São Paolo (Brazil), designed together with DOMAIN, will be part of the new exhibition “The City as a Vision” opening...
Kees Kaan at the Strelka Institute (Summer Programme 2014)
On Monday June 30th, 2014 Kees Kaan will take part in the first event of "Rethinking Europe – European experience in the city development" series, dedicated to Amsterdam development case at the Strelka Institute for Media,...
“Not ideal” Dikkie Scipio – ZAAL Z number 9
Nearly all old buildings have some amount of asbestos. In the last century it was an extremely popular building material because it was cheap, easy to work, strong and served as insulation. Asbestos is...
PLANTA: Collateral Event – la Biennale di Venezia
During the 14th International Architecture Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, PLANTA, organized by Fundació Sorigué and curated by the Dutch office DOMAIN, will show KAAN Architecten's architectural project with an...
First construction phase of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands
This morning in The Hague, a Supreme Court committee together with the project consortium representatives, officially announced the inception of the first construction phase of the new Supreme Court of the Netherlands building designed...
DETAIL cover features Education Center Erasmus MC
The May 2014 issue of the German magazine dedicated to refurbishment projects presents a review of our Rotterdam project....
Education Center Erasmus MC featured in The Plan 073
On the April 2014 issue of The Plan an article by Michael Webb "Restraint and invention in Dutch architecture" is an overview on architecture in the Netherlands and talks about our refurbishment project....
Survey at the marble quarry
Vincent Panhuysen went to Alicante for a material research. ...
KAAN Architecten and DOMAIN have developed a visual concept design for City Hall Park in São Paulo (Brazil)
City Hall Park of São Bernardo do Campo occupies a position of strategic significance in the metropolitan region of São Paulo. The planned intensification of mobility throughout the site inevitably renders its emergence as...
KAAN Architecten wins Bezuidenhoutseweg 30 PPP contract
The Government Buildings Agency has selected the design of KAAN Architecten for the Facilicom Consortium PPS B30 as winner of the PPP contract for the Bezuidenhoutseweg 30 project in The Hague....
Kees Kaan at Talking Architecture – Fundació Sorigué
A video of the first "Talking Architecture" event has been released by Fundació Sorigué....
FIZ Future urban design competition – BMW Group
KAAN Architecten has been selected for the next phase of the FIZ Future urban design competition in Munich launched by BMW Group....
KAAN with EGM architecten in design competition of the CHU Île de Nantes
Together, KAAN Architecten and EGM architecten are about to draft a design for the new Nantes hospital. They will do this in consortium with the French J.Pierre Pranlas Descours Studio (JPPD) for urban development,...
Kees Kaan at the Fundació Sorigué for the Architecture Weekend
On November 23rd and 24th, 2013 the Fundació Sorigué and its director Ana Valles hosted the Architecture Weekend inside the Kiefer Pavilion, located in the industrial complex at the Sorigué Group quarry near Balaguer,...
Dreamhouse wins Benelux Aluminium Award for Sustainable Renovation 2013
An independent jury composed by figures from the world of architecture, technology and media based in the Netherlands and in Belgium, among whom chairman prof. Jan Brouwer (architect, NL) and vice-chairman Thomas Dierickx (architect,...
Education Center Erasmus MC wins Rotterdam Architecture Award 2013
Theme of this year: transformation. ...
Building site of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts
KAAN team went visiting the building site of the museum renovation in Antwerp (Belgium)....
“Surprises” Dikkie Scipio – ZAAL Z number 8
The construction of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts is challenging, but the design teams always manage to find a solution together to enable the implementation of the design itself. Every shipyard has surprises,...
Bottiére Chênaie on Le Moniteur
A short review of the proposals for the ZAC Bottiére Chênaie in Nantes, France on the November 25th, 2013 edition of Le Moniteur....
Education Center Erasmus MC is featured on PI cover
Inside the October/November 2013 issue a full review of the renovation project....
Dreamhouse nominated for the Reynaers Projectprijs 2013
The renovation project of the retail corner store in the Rotterdam's Lijnbaan is short listed for the aluminium special prize....
“Wait a little while longer” Dikkie Scipio – ZAAL Z number 7
In 2003 we agreed the Museum should be kept as a monument because a rapidly changing environment would increase its historical significance. Regeneration of the urban axis is now the foundation of the building’s...
AM Headquarters has been selected for the Rietveld Award
Vincent Panhuysen presented the project in an interview with the award commitee....
Student Dwellings wins the Leiden Architecture Audience Award 2013
KAAN Architecten wins the yearly prize thanks to the public preference....
“Built to impress” Dikkie Scipio – ZAAL Z number 6
The blueprint for the refurbishment and extension of the museum is ready: a monumental building entrusted to paper in flat and folded form. Is huge for a reason: it was designed and built to...
Student Dwellings are nominated for the Leiden Architecture Award 2013
From June 5th, 2013 will start the official voting period. ...
Dreamhouse retail corner store opening
Rotterdam’s Lijnbaan area has been enriched: bejewelled not with an artificial gem but with a distinguished eye-catcher....
The depot of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts has been officially opened
Last Monday the depot was officially opened by the Flemish Minister for Environment, Nature and Culture in Belgium, Joke Schauvliege together with Dikkie Scipio, partner and project leader....
“Nude” Dikkie Scipio – ZAAL Z number 5
The building work has been completed, demolition can begin. We are gradually revealing what has remained hidden for so long. The museum will later be completely exposed, showing us its true beauty before we...
Crematorium Aalst wins the open competition
The winner proposal of the Belgian open call is presented by Vincent Panhuysen, a crematorium that is to be built in the marshy pastures of Aalst, Oost Vlaanderen, mid-way between Brussels and Gent in...
“A work in progress” Dikkie Scipio – ZAAL Z number 4
A work in progress, the storage area, a cavernous empty space at the heart of the building vaulted like a cathedral, awaits the many valuable works that will fill it. Shelves and paintings a...
The winning proposal for the Supreme Court of the Netherlands
The Government Housing Agency has commissioned the PPP project to the consortium 'Poort van den Haag'....
Zuidwijk De Burgen nominated for Rotterdam Architecture Award 2012
The urban design and dwellings project will be competing for the yearly Dutch prize. ...
