Jobs

Employer: Delft University of Technology

Title: Professor of Architecture and the Aesthetics of Mobility

Country: Netherlands

Start Date: January 01, 1999

Employer: Mecanoo architecten

Title: Founder and Director

City: Delft

Country: Netherlands

Start Date: January 01, 1984

Employer: Academy of Architecture

Title: Lecturer

City: Mendrisio

Country: Switzerland

Start Date: January 01, 2000

End Date: January 01, 2001

Employer: Havard Design School

Title: Visiting Professor

Country: United Kingdom

Start Date: January 01, 2007

Collaborators

Country: delete

Apprenticeships

No apprenticeships on record

Awards

Name: Maaskant Prize for young architects

Date Received: January 01, 1987

Exhibitions

Notable Projects

Education

Institution: Delft University of Technology

End Date: January 01, 1984

Licensing

Professional Affiliations

Organization: International Architecture Biennial Rotterdam

Role: Director

Start Date: January 01, 2003

Organization: Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

Role: Honorary Fellow

Start Date: February 02, 2007

Organization: Royal Institute of British Architects

Role: Honourary Fellow

Organization: American Institute of Architects, AIA

Role: Honorary Fellow

Start Date: January 01, 2007

Publications By

Title: Mecanoo Architects: composition, contrast, complexity

Co-author: C. Richters (photographer) and P. Mason (translator)

Publisher: Birkhauser

Date Published: April 01, 2001

Notes: 1 edition, April 1, 2001.

Publications About

Title: Preacher woman [Francine Houben]

Author: Naomi Stungo

Publication: RIBA Journal

Volume: 110

Issue: 5

Page: 22-23

Date Published: January 01, 2003

Notes: May 2003. Profile of Dutch architect Francine Houben on the occasion of the first Rotterdam architecture biennale, which she is curating.

Title: Mecanoo: pragmatics & poetics

Author: Beth Kapusta

Publication: Azure: Design Architecture & Art

Volume: 18

Issue: 143

Page: 92-97

Date Published: January 01, 2002

Notes: Sept-Oct 2002.

Title: Mecanoo: Dutch Open-Air Museum, Arnhem, The Netherlands.

Author: GA Document

Publication: GA Document

Volume: 58

Page: 59-63

Date Published: January 01, 1999

Notes: April 1999. New buildings for the museum set in a 44 acre park, including a shop, cafe and galleries. Project director: Francine Houben. Design: 1995-1998. Construction: 1999-2000.

Title: Mecanoo: university library, Delft, The Netherlands

Author: Bart Lootsma

Publication: Domus

Volume: 812

Page: 22-29

Date Published: January 01, 1999

Notes: Feb. 1999.