Bob Van Reeth
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| Born | 26 February 1943 Temse, German-occupied Belgium |
| Died | 30 September 2025 (aged 82) |
| Occupation | Architect |
Bob Van Reeth (26 February 1943 – 30 September 2025), who usually signed as bOb Van Reeth,[citation needed] was a Belgian architect.
Life and career
[edit]Bob Van Reeth started working as an architect in 1965 with designing buildings in Mechelen and Kalmthout. In 1972, he became a teacher at the Nationaal Hoger Instituut voor Bouwkunst (The National Higher Institute for Architecture) in Antwerp. The same year, he started the group Krokus with Jean-Paul Laenen and Marcel Smets. The group worked on the restoration of the old centre of Mechelen.
In the 1980s, Van Reeth designed a new building for the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege in Antwerp. Later buildings include in 2007 a new wing for the Westvleteren Abbey, and the black-and-white Huis Van Roosmalen facing the Scheldt in Antwerp.[1] Close by stands the Zuiderterras, a grand café on the quay.[2] He also led the company AWG (Architect Work Group) Architecten, which won the architectural concours for the design of a memorial and documentation centre about the Holocaust in Mechelen.[3]
In January 1998, Van Reeth became the first Flemish Government Architect (Vlaams Bouwmeester), a function he held until 1 June 2005 when Marcel Smets succeeded him.[4]
Van Reeth died on 30 September 2025, at the age of 82.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ "Batibouw: 50 jaar evolutie in architectuur en bouwen" (in Dutch). Batibouw. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ↑ "Antwerp: food, fashion and fun". The Daily Telegraph. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Bob Van Reeth ontwerpt Holocaustmuseum" (in Dutch). De Tijd. 5 July 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ↑ Anne Brumagne (6 April 2005). "Hommage aan een bouwmeester:Bob Van Reeth" (in Dutch). Brussel deze week. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ↑ "Eerste Vlaamse bouwmeester en visionair architect bOb Van Reeth overleden op 82-jarige leeftijd". GVA. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
External links
[edit]- AWG website
- Bob Van Reeth at IMDb
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