Campus Opera is the transformation of a 1950s modernist building located in the historic city centre of Antwerp. Formerly the Provincial Safety Institute, the building was originally designed in 1946 by Marc Appel and Jan Welslau. B-architecten…
Today marks the start of a new phase in our vision for the St Godelieve abbey site, which we see as a flexible framework that accommodates various uses, without compromising its rich heritage. The second restoration phase is formally inaugurated in…
The new Solidaris Oost-Vlaanderen headquarters will accommodate a range of functions: not only will the health insurance office be located here, there will also be space for 380 back-office workstations and meeting rooms for mixed-use activities by…
At B, we are always striving to make our planet greener. And for Christmas, we are doing the same. In the past, we have already invested in planting 1,000 trees as part of a reforestation project in Armenia.
For 2025, we are building further…
Move'Hub exemplifies B-architecten’s commitment to crafting architecture that engages deeply with its context, mediating between the demands of urban regeneration and the nuanced needs of its environment. Situated in Brussels’ South Station…
History linked to innovation In 2019, the city council decided to upgrade the outdated town hall building. Along came the decision to keep the nerve centre of services and administration in the city centre. Our design, for which we joined forces…
Different functions Built in 1952 in the centre of Overijse, the Market hall served as a covered market place for many years. Over time, however, the place mainly became an event location. The neighbouring secondary school GITO and primary school…
We provided the participants with the necessary basic knowledge and focused on getting to work in practice: design principles you can immediately use, good practical examples, sources and tools, and so on . Afterwards, we took the participants on a…
The Renaat Braemprijs is a brand new, triennial architectural prize for residential projects in the province of Antwerp that demonstrate the quality and added value of ‘new forms of housing’, a collective term for all the ways in which one can live…
Last year, we chose to make our planet greener for Christmas. We invested in planting 1,000 trees as part of a reforestation project in Armenia. Meanwhile, one year later, the trees are being carefully monitored as they grow. Here, you can follow…
Also the brand new Ravelingen events hall, a project we built in Knokke-Heist, was nominated for this year's FEBE Award in the category Precast in Buildings. In short: at B we have collected numerous awards and nominations with a range of diverse…
However, Roeselare town hall faced stiff competition. Indeed, the project shared this category with six strong fellow nominees: the observatory and educational trail in Rèves, the heat strategy of the City of Mechelen, the greening of the Groeninge…
For this project, we chose to work with Go Forest — a young, Belgian company with a warm heart for our planet that has chosen to help save nature by planting trees. They operate in different parts of the world, always in collaboration with local…
For decades, Groningen has been organising architecture manifestations in which design research and practice are brought together. Manifestatie Bouw Anders (Manifestation Build Differently) was organised in 2022 and revolved around diversity in…
The new sports complex was built on the former race track in Heusden-Zolder. It contains a 250-metre indoor cycling track with central sports fields with 1,000 fixed and 1,000 mobile seats. The building houses a gymnasium, an exercise lab, a medical…
To highlight the sustainable ambitions of this brand new city project, two trees were planted as a symbolic foundation stone. Board members of KdG and Meir Corner and mayor Bart De Wever were given the honor of planting the first trees. At the…
Pixii - Material selection training series for building with a positive impact This training series for architects, designers, contractors, engineers, engineering firms and interested individuals examined material use as a key focus in the…
Together with Anton Maes (CEO Brainmove) and Kristiaan Borret (Bouwmeester-Maître Architecte Brussels Capital Region), B-architect Sven Grooten was a guest speaker on Maarten Van Acker's panel at the conference The Future of the Office. Even more…
On Thursday 7 September, we participated in the colloquium with our presentation The Foundlings of B. Joint Ventures for Quasi-Heritage Objects. In it, we looked back at some key adaptive reuse projects since the early days of B-architecten; we are…
Dutch version There is free admission between 11 and 16h. You can meet the B-family, discover our projects with a word of explanation, follow a tour around our workplaces or just stroll around in our cosy, sunlit courtyard garden. In short: no…
With our new restoration division B-juxta, we not only welcomed 30 wonderful people into the family, we are now based in Ghent as well. At the same time, we are busy building our B-cinema, a new office space on the scale of more than 100…
Jan Peumans, chairman of Sportcomplex Vlaanderen/Heusden-Zolder gave the starting signal after which, among others, Minister of Sport Ben Weyts and inspirer and former cyclist Marc Wauters set off on their bikes. This means that the finishing line…
For the design, we are working together with Binst Architects, VK Architects & Engineers and aNNo. The project is a combination of new construction and redevelopment of three heritage buildings. Our design translates the stately buildings that…
To be able to start, we needed to raise at least 11,000 euros. To reach that goal, we called on your support. With a total amount of no less than 15,215 euros, we not only exceeded the necessary milestone to be able to participate, we also raised a…
Actual construction work started early 2023 and is now in full swing. Work is currently in progress on the shell of the sports hall, the first part of the new building. The drainage of the sports hall has already been installed and columns have been…
Roeselare's new town hall is increasingly taking shape: storey after storey, we are getting closer to finishing the most sustainable town hall in Flanders. The renovation and construction works currently taking place are meant to restore and improve…
In the Olympus Mobility app, we searched for and found a combination of all mobility services that get the members of our growing team from point a to point b in a fast, easy and sustainable way. Olympus Mobility paid us a visit and recorded our…
De Ligne police station
Friday 21 April
Marcel Lambrichs, Olivier Strebelle, Pol Bury
1973-1980
Renovation B-architecten – OSAR
This triangular former bank building was designed in the 1970s by Marcel Lambrichs in a…
On Thursday 2 March, we welcomed none other than François Schuiten to our Bcafé. Schuiten lives and works in Brussels and Paris and his work as a (comic) artist has earned him considerable recognition - just think of his well-known collaboration…
Our teams are in full preparation to boost their fitness to the maximum by the start of the event. In addition, our colleagues are organising various activities to raise money. But we are going for more. That is why we are calling on you to support…
A future for the abbey The existing convent faces the Hortus Conclusus. This garden is the heart of the site, around which abbey life took place. As the most sacred garden, it was an important place of silence and contemplation. The sisters of the…
How exactly are we doing this? By replacing outdated and energy-hungry buildings with an ecological new building, energy costs will fall by 70 per cent. In addition, the new town hall will save no less than 1 million litres of drinking water per…
B-juxta evolved from the Ghent-based JUXTA, which has its roots in Architectenbureau Van Acker – later Avapartners. Since its establishment in 1967, the office grew into an important player in Flanders in the field of restoration, renovation and…
For this project, we chose to work with Go Forest — a young, Belgian company with a warm heart for our planet that has chosen to help save nature by planting trees. They operate in different parts of the world, always in collaboration with local…
On 15 December, we had the pleasure of welcoming Tom Callebaut to our Bcafé. Callebaut is a senior lecturer in interior architecture at KU Leuven. Furthermore, he works as a freelance consultant for architectural competitions. It is in this context…
“Die site ligt te wachten op de komst van de B-architecten, die de gebouwen renoveren en er nieuwbouw aan toevoegen. Bressers Erfgoed neemt het historische aandeel voor zijn rekening. De architecten willen het historisch monument zo veel mogelijk in…
The former slaughterhouse (locally known as ‘Schluechthaus’) is located in Luxembourg City’s Hollerich district. The City of Luxembourg launched the European architectural competition last August. The 2.5 hectare site has a strategic location near…
Campus Aquafin, the reimagined headquarters of Aquafin, has been nominated for the Belgian Construction Award '22. Together with two other contestants, our project was chosen as the best in the category 'Climate Future Award', a recognition granted…
On 20 October, we received a visit from architect and ULB researcher Apolline Vranken during our monthly Bcafé. She gave a talk on 'the female city' - and its many benefits. Recently, the newspaper De Standaard also published an article about her…
B-architecten was born exactly 25 years ago. With the renovation of the Beursschouwburg as their very first project, the design office immediately put itself permanently on the architectural map of Belgium. Many projects followed, including Muntpunt…
Our project GO! talent has been shortlisted for the FEBE Elements Awards in the category ‘Outstanding Precast’. In October we will learn which one of the last three nominees wins the award. Fingers crossed! GO! talent, formerly known as the Royal…
Like 17 other design teams, B-architecten was commissioned to translate the high ambitions of this manifesto into a design study that examines how we should and want to live in the near future. The locations studied are spread throughout the…
Jan Denoo of Endeavour and Stadsform paid us a visit and gave a lecture during our monthly Bcafé. As an urbanist he researches, designs and guides urban transitions at Endeavour and sets up critical urban dialogues as curator of Stadsform. In…
Another season full of creativity, growth, challenging projects and enriching moments has passed. And it has been one of highlights: we published a new book, opened a second office in the heart of Brussels and welcomed no less than 24 new…
The striking dome complex adjoins the historic centre of the North Brabant city and covers an area of more than three hectares. It includes various monumental buildings, with the impressive domed prison as the eye-catcher. It was built between 1882…
Now that the demolition and archaeological survey have been successfully completed, the construction phase can begin. The town hall, the belfry (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and surrounding heritage buildings will be seamlessly connected to a…
Yesterday, we attended the Belgian Building Awards ceremony. We were happy to receive the BBA 2021, which we won with our circular office project Mundo-a. In 2022, our co-housing project Qville received a nomination.
Learn more about…
Historical link with the new design Our approach to the historical site and the position of the new town office stems from the urban planning visions of architect Viérin, who was appointed after WWI to rebuild the city of Nieuwpoort. With the market…
Roeselare town hall - Belgian Construction Award The town hall of Roeselare received the Belgian Construction Award in the category 'circular building' - a recognition of the efforts made by design team B-architecten, Bressers and Arcadis together…
By means of design research, B-architecten want to create a new, integrated urban meeting space where neighbourhood residents can come together informally. Since time immemorial, water has been a reason to come together, but many water elements have…
We are happy to announce that B-architecten and CORES Development have been commissioned to design the Beveren Gravenplein project in collaboration with LAND and Cenergie. The project site next to the Gravenplein provided an optimal context for a…
"Een (betekenisvolle) omgeving krijgt esthetische kwaliteit wanneer de gelukte structurering van het samenspel van Plek en Wereld ook nog Bildfähig of ‘beeldig’ is: wanneer een omgeving aan de esthetische blik een ‘beeld’ suggereert. De esthetische…
Our projects Centr'Al and Station of Laken were both nominated, respectively in the categories 'small intervention' and 'large intervention', and they were given a beautiful place in this issue - a great way to end another year full of exciting…
B is B is – a compact combination of a capital B and a present tense verb that resembles a conclusion, appears as vivid as it is simple. And it makes sense. For what began modestly yet ambitiously as B-architecten at the end of the last century, is…
The exhibition Coming of Age presents an overview of the most sensational architectural competitions in Flanders and Brussels in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s by means of 10 cases, of which our design for the Beursschouwburg is one. Through original…
Viganò's research focuses on the study of new forms of urbanisation and explores the concept of cities as renewable resources. She analyses the concept of the horizontal metropolis as a vision for planetary urbanisation, examines the consequences of…
Our cohousing project Qville, former Quarantine stables and a listed monument in a natural and farmland area in Essen, has been nominated for this year’s Res Awards in the category ‘residential development’. The 1,7 ha domain counts 44 near zero…
De Ligne police station, a model of sustainability We are proud to announce that B-architecten and Osar architects have been commissioned by the city of Brussels to design the De Ligne police station. The De Ligne police building appears small to…
Find out more about our projects and the themes we set great store by as a design studio: sustainability and circular building, cohousing projects, B-bis’ smaller-scale architecture and more. Meet the B-family, discover our best scale models with a…
Great news: our project Erasmus University College has been nominated for the Brick Awards '22. The Brick Award is an international established award and presents outstanding brick architecture from all around the world. From the highest number of…
The ISA site offers exceptional opportunities for optimising the urban core of Temse. It is located at the intersection of several different contexts where future urban interventions are planned, or in some cases have already started. Determined by…
The Antwerp Fashion Museum is housed within the 19th century ModeNatie building, a true landmark in the city’s architectural heritage, and one which was in need of a thorough renovation and redesign. B-architecten chose to look at Marie-José Van…
Every two years, the Brussels Architecture Prize rewards outstanding architectural projects that contribute to the spatial quality of the Brussels-Capital Region. This year the prize will be awarded for the first time. Don’t hesitate to vote for…
As with all other projects, the plans were characterised by sustainable integration into the urban fabric, with three challenges being specifically recognised. On the one hand, forging connections between the new Evenepoel buildings and their…
From July 10 onward, we will be celebrating our summer break. We wish you a sunlit vacation full of relaxing activities and cold refreshments. Back at your service from Tuesday August 3.
See you after! Greetings from
Adam,…
ANTWERP. POWERED BY CREATIVES. brought together 22 award-winning designers from the province of Antwerp to show the various design talent our region has to offer. The designers were divided into four teams, each of which was invited to think about…
Aquafin's current main office is spread over three plots in a small SME zone. In their design, B-architecten centralised all the workplaces on the central plot in an existing concrete structure, which they expanded with several smaller volumes. They…
The category Circular Building is new this year and as its name suggests, it awards the most circular building project. For the evaluation of this category, the jury considered to what extent circular building principles were applied. The use of…
Originally from Belgium, Gilles Retsin is an architect and designer living in London. He studied architecture in Belgium, Chile and the UK, where he graduated from the Architectural Association. His design work and critical discourse has been…
The video features Turnova and Mundo-a, two of our recent projects. Also have a look at Roeselare Town Hall, KdG Campus Meir and MINT: three projects in which BIM plays an important role.
"Door de complexiteit van zijn ontwerpen was…
Mundo-a is the result of a limited architectural competition, initiated by Mundo-Lab. The task was to design a bio-ecological, passive office building for socially engaged organisations on a complex urban site in Antwerp. The result is an exemplary…
"Brussels Staatssecretaris voor Stedenbouw Pascal Smet kondigde [...] aan dat hij aan een grondige hervorming van de stedenbouwkundige regelgeving werkt onder de naam “Good Living”. Het moet een ambitieus kader worden om alle Brusselse gebouwen,…
To our most recent Bcafé, a monthly after work event where we invite guest speakers to give a lecture for all B's, we invited Birgit Clottens. The Associate Director in Architecture at ORG talked about their practice while focusing on ORG ELEMENTS…
Television channel ATV broadcast a report on the ecological co-housing project Qville. Watch the whole episode here.
Smets' quest for the ‘Fundamenten van het Stadsontwerp’, a very appropriate title, is not a long-winded textbook, but a fascinating and accessible essay. Twenty short chapters analyse central concepts from the practice of urbanization and urban…
"Fusies en hervormingen in het hoger onderwijs deden de voorbije jaren dromen van een ander soort schoolgebouwen. Zo bedacht de Erasmushogeschool voor haar nieuwe Campus Kanal in Brussel een nieuwe definitie. Via een architectuurwedstrijd zocht ze…
"Het stadsbestuur gaat voor de realisatie van dit project een langetermijnovereenkomst aan met Heem, een jonge projectontwikkelaar met ervaring in cohousingprojecten op unieke locaties. Er werd een erfpachtformule uitgewerkt waarbij de stad eigenaar…
"Door een uitgebreide digitale inventarisatie, gekoppeld aan een BIM-model, wil Arcadis een correct beeld genereren van het circulair potentieel van de te slopen panden. Op basis hiervan gebeurt de informatiedoorstroming naar de aannemer (via…
"B-architecten won samen met HP Engineers en Mouton de ontwerpwedstrijd voor de verbouwing van de voormalige UCO-fabriekshal. Het gaat om de renovatie van bestaande kantoren en ateliers voor sociale tewerkstelling. Bovenop de bestaande fabriekshal…
"B-architecten schreef in op de ontwerpwedstrijd met een progressief idee. Een kantoorgebouw ontworpen als een brug met een houtstructuur tussen beide wachtgevels boven de site. Architect Collier: “We volgen met Mundo-a letterlijk de contour van de…
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B-architecten - Nieuwe bronnen van ontmoeten in de stad
B-architecten ambiëren via ontwerpend onderzoek een nieuwe, geïntegreerde stedelijke ontmoetingsruimte te scheppen, waar buurtbewoners informeel kunnen…
"De Turnhoutsebaan in Borgerhout is sedert enkele jaren een opvallende eyecatcher rijker waarin de kleur groen de hoofdrol speelt. Mundo-a is een project dat zich onderscheidt van de appartementsgebouwen in de straat, want in dit passief gebouw…
In an accompanying interview, Benoît Moritz says about Muntpunt: "Le sociologue E.Klinenberg a récemment publié un ouvrage intitulé “Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic…
“Het functionalisme wordt soms zodanig toegepast dat er maar één functie meer mogelijk is voor een bepaalde ruimte, wat een enorme verarming betekent voor onze bebouwde omgeving. De voorbije maanden is echter duidelijk geworden dat een situatie snel…
Roeselare bouwt het meest duurzame stadhuis van Vlaanderen In 2024 opent het nieuwe stadHUIS van Roeselare. Dit zal ook meteen het meest duurzame stadhuis van Vlaanderen zijn, dankzij de hoge duurzaamheidsnormen waaraan het zal voldoen en de keuze…
Including offices, social housing, a nursery, a commercial space and a passage for emergency vehicles from the UMC Sint-Pieter, the project is characterized by a mixed and intense program. Yet with its pure volumes, subtle material variation and…
We're honoured to be nominated for the International Brick Awards 2020 with the Depart project in Kortrijk. The ecological event hall quickly became one of Belgium's most talked about concert and party locations of recent years.
Nieuwe campus Karel de Grote Hogeschool wordt trekker voor heropwaardering Meir. Ontwerpers hebben veel aandacht voor duurzaamheid, behoud van erfgoed en mobiliteit De plannen voor de bouw van de nieuwe campus voor de Karel de Grote Hogeschool (KdG)…
De jury prijst de fascinerende stedenbouwkundige inpassing van het kantoor en de radicale uitgangspunten op het gebied van circulariteit. Met dit project daagt B-architecten uit om anders naar de stad te kijken en zet het bureau een nieuwe standaard…
"Een stad groeit niet vanzelf. Het is hard werken om de gebouwde hardware in overeenstemming te brengen met de socioculturele en economische software. Ook al leven en groeien steden, we maken beter een onderscheid tussen een ‘natuurlijke stad’ en…
"Le parti pris architectural révèle la prouesse technique de construire dans les conditions exiguës d’implantation des fondations pour les bâtiments. Tout en redéfinissant le cadre urbain d’une façon élégante à la surface, le projet nous permet de…
