Claus en Kaan Architecten
Claus en Kaan Architecten was a Dutch architecture firm founded in 1987 by Felix Claus and Kees Kaan,[1] led together with partners Vincent Panhuysen and Dikkie Scipio.
History[edit]
Claus was born in 1956 in Arnheim and Kaan was born in Breda, in 1961. They both graduated from Delft University of Technology in 1987.[2]
They formed the firm of Claus en Kaan Architecten in 1987.
Claus en Kaan designed the master plan of the IJburg district of Amsterdam and later moved their offices to a building they designed in the district.[2]
Kees Kaan and Felix Claus once stated that their ambition was to extinguish the schism between low practice and high theory,[3] between architecture that serves its immediate objective and architecture that speaks over the heads of its users to colleagues and critics.[4][relevant?]
On 15 January 2014 the company released a statement announcing the ending of the partnership between Claus and Kaan as from 1 January 2014.[5] After such ending, Felix Claus started a partnership with Dick van Wageningen.[6]
Notable works[edit]
In 2004 opened the Dutch Embassy in Maputo, Mozambique. The building unites Dutch design and techniques with locally sourced materials and constraints, bringing the office spaces up to a European standard, whilst still taking into consideration history and the locality of the place.[7] The Netherlands Architecture Institute publishers said of the building: "It is an exceptional building, designed to a Dutch vision yet constructed using African materials".[8]
In 2008 Claus en Kaan completed a crematorium [9] in the Belgian town of Sint-Niklaas, it won the 2009 Dutch National Concrete Award, the Betonprijs and was nominated for the ESCN award in 2010.[10] Catherine Slessor, editor of the Architectural Review called it ‘a powerful statement, evoking timelessness, elementality and a connection with nature’.[11]
The firm designed the House of Culture and Administration in Nijverdal.[12]
It has also designed "social housing" projects in Ypenburg, at The Hague Vinex-location under the MVRDV masterplan.[13][14] The firm has completed an "upscale collection of boxy units" named Rietvelden, after the "Dutch modernist master" Gerrit Rietveld, in a suburban development in Ypenburg.[15]
The firm also designed Mövenpick's 408-room hotel tower that opened in 2007 in Amsterdam's harbor area. The hotel has "a 20-story exterior striped in alternating bands of glass, white concrete and green granite — not unlike an enormous Popsicle."[16]
Selected works[edit]
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- 2012–2014 -National Military Museum, Soesterberg, Netherlands
- 2012 – Supreme Court of the Netherlands, The Hague, Netherlands
- 2010 – Gedempte Zalmhaven, Rotterdam
- 2008–2012 – Central Judicial Collection Agency, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
- 2008–2009 -Dwelling Edmond Halleylaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2008 – El Prat de LLobregat, Barcelona, Spain
- 2007–2011 -Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen, Netherlands
- 2006–2009 -Central Post, Rotterdam
- 2006–2009 -Vancouver, Rotterdam
- 2006–2009 -Villa Trapman, Nieuwveen, Netherlands
- 2006–2011 -AM Headquarters, Utrecht, Netherlands
- 2005–2010 -Palace of Justice, Amsterdam
- 2005–2008 -Local Government Office, Amsterdam
- 2005–2007 -CK Office, Amsterdam
- 2004–2010 -District Water Board Brabantse Delta on Bouvigne Estate, Breda, Netherlands
- 2004–2008 -Apartments Eekenhof, Enschede, Netherlands
- 2004–2008 -Crematorium Heimolen, Sint Niklaas, Belgium
- 2004–2007 -Municipal Archives 'De Bazel', Amsterdam
- 2004–2006 -Academy of Architecture', Amsterdam
Publications[edit]
- Berg J., Ibelings H., Claus en Kaan Architecten: Ideal Standard, Buildings 1988–2009, Amsterdam, Prototype Editions, 2009
- Forjaz J., Gaunt R., Ibelings H., Claus en Kaan Architecten. The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Mozambique, Rotterdam, NAi Publishers, 2005
- Costanzo M., Claus en Kaan. L’architettura dell’attenzione, Torino, Edilstampa, 2004
- Yamamoto R., Beauftragt: Claus en Kaan Architecten, Berlin, Aedes, 2002
- Ibelings H., Claus en Kaan. Building, Rotterdam/Beijing, NAi Publishers, 2001/2004
- Claus F., van Dongen F., Schaap T., IJburg. Haveneiland en Reitlanden: brief design plan, Rotterdam, 010 Publishers, 2001
- Claus en Kaan, Michel H., Richters C., Claus en Kaan, Amsterdam, ABC Architectuurcentrum Haarlem, 2001
- Ferrater C., Claus en Kaan. New generations in the Dutch tradition, Barcelona, Editorial Gustavo Gili, 1997
Gallery[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Schittich, Christian (2010-01-01). In Detail Small Structures: Compact dwellings Temporary structures Room modules. De Gruyter. pp. 174–. ISBN 978-3-03-461518-1. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ a b Schittich, Christian (2011-01-01). In Detail Work Environments: Spatial concepts Usage Strategies Communications. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 168–. ISBN 978-3-03-461520-4. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ Ibelings, Hans; Strauven, Francis (2000). Contemporary Architects of the Low Countries. Flemish-Netherlands Foundation, Stichting ons Erfdeel. ISBN 978-90-75862-44-7. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "Claus en Kaan Architecten – archipedia". architectenweb.nl. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ^ "Claus en Kaan uit elkaar". dearchitect.nl. 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
- ^ "Felix Claus". www.mchmaster.com. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
- ^ "Dutch embassy Maputo Mozambique – Claus en Kaan architecten". Archined.nl. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ^ "NAi Publishers: Claus en Kaan Architecten – The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Mozambique". Naipublishers.nl. Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ^ "Crematorium Heimolen, St. Niklaas (B)". Cementenbeton.nl. Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ^ "Award". ECSN. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ^ Slessor C., Heimolen Crematorium by Claus en Kaan Architecten, Sint Niklaas, Belgium, "The Architectural Review", April 1, 2009
- ^ Sokol D., For a Dutch village's House of Culture and Administration, Claus en Kaan and Claudy Jongstra bridged past and present Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, "Interior Design", March 1, 2008
- ^ "Mvrdv – Ypenburg". Mvrdv.nl. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ^ Raymund R., Double Dutch; housing in Amsterdam, "The Architectural Review", February 1, 1997
- ^ Hawthorne C., The Dutch Retouch Suburbia, "The New York Times", January 15, 2004
- ^ Williams G., Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre, "The New York Times", January 21, 2007
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