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| KAAN Architecten | |
|---|---|
| Practice information | |
| Partners | Kees Kaan, Vincent Panhuysen, Dikkie Scipio |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Location | Rotterdam |
| Significant works and honors | |
| Buildings | Supreme Court of the Netherlands, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Paleis Het Loo |
| Website | |
| http://kaanarchitecten.com | |
KAAN Architecten is a Dutch architectural firm based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with two additional offices in São Paulo and Paris. It was established in 2014 by architects Kees Kaan, Dikkie Scipio and Vincent Panhuysen following the dissolution of Claus en Kaan Architecten.[1]
History
[edit]KAAN Architecten originates from Claus en Kaan Architecten, founded in Amsterdam in 1988 by Kees Kaan and Felix Claus. The second office of the firm was established in Rotterdam in 1997, where Dikkie Scipio and Vincent Panhuysen soon became partners.[2] In 2014, after 26 years of partnership, the Rotterdam office continued the practice under the name KAAN Architecten.[3] Two additional branches were established in Brazil (2015) and in France (2019).[4] In 2025, KAAN Architecten announced the appointment of associate partners Renata Gilio, Marco Lanna, Antony Laurijsen, and Hrvoje Smidihen.[5]
Academia
[edit]Kees Kaan has been professor of Architectural Design since 2006 at Delft University of Technology, holding the Chair of Materialization and initiator of the Complex Projects Chair from 2012. From 2019 to 2025 Kaan was the Chairman of the Architecture Department.[6] Dikkie Scipio has held the Chair of Architectural Design at the Münster University of Applied Sciences in Germany since 2019.[7]
Notable works
[edit]The following list includes the selected works by KAAN Architecten and, before 2014, by its predecessor Claus en Kaan Architecten.
- Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague (2004)[8]
- Embassy of the Netherlands, Maputo, Mozambique (2004)[9]
- Education Center, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam (2013)[10]
- Supreme Court of the Netherlands, The Hague (2016)[11]
- Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium (renovation, 2022)[12][13]
- Paleis Het Loo, Apeldoorn (underground extension, 2023)[14][15]
- Amsterdam Courthouse (2020)[16]
- New Terminal Schiphol Airport (ongoing)[17]
- SPAAK European Parliament (ongoing)[18]
Selected awards and recognition
[edit]- Rotterdam Architecture Prize | Education Center, Erasmus MC (2013)[19]
- ARC16 Architecture Award | Supreme Court of the Netherlands (2016)[20]
- Nomination for the Mies van der Rohe Award | Education Center, Erasmus MC (2015)[21]
- Nominations for the Abe Bonnema Prize | CUBE (2019)[22]
- BNA Award | Identity and Iconic Value | Paleis Het Loo (2024)[23]
- Nomination for the Mies van der Rohe Award | Paleis Het Loo (2026)[24]
- Dezeen Awards | Website of the Year | MINUTES[25]
Since 1994, projects by KAAN Architecten (including the works of Claus en Kaan Architecten) have been regularly included in the annual publication 'Architecture in the Netherlands Yearbook' over more than three decades.[26][27]
Selected publications
[edit]- Amsterdam 2050: Complex Projects (TU Delft OPEN Publishing, 2019)[28]
- PORTRAITS (Park Books, 2022)[29]
- The Courthouse: Architecture for the Public Good (nai010, 2023)[30]
- Reflections – Renewing Paleis Het Loo (nai010, 2023)[31]
- Bridging Time (nai010, 2022)[32]
- Building Narratives: Instances from the Architecture of Dialogue (nai010, 2026)[33]
Gallery
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Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands, KAAN Architecten
Embassy of the Netherlands, Maputo, Mozambique, KAAN Architecten
Education Center, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, KAAN Architecten
Supreme Court of the Netherlands, The Hague, The Netherlands, KAAN Architecten
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium, KAAN Architecten
Paleis Het Loo, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, KAAN Architecten
References
[edit]- ↑ van Doorn, Alijd (October 2014). "Start-ups zijn goed voor de vernieuwing van het vak". de Architect (in Dutch) (45): 50–53.
- ↑ Ayers, Andrew (2020-03-10). ""Master storytellers", interview with Kees Kaan (KAAN Architecten)". L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ "Claus en Kaan uit elkaar". www.dearchitect.nl (in Dutch). 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ Architecten, KAAN. "KAAN Architecten". architectenweb.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ Gulickx, Michelle (2026-02-12). "Na wereldwijde ervaring zegt Renata Gilio (Kaan Architecten): 'Het architectuurvak in Nederland is juridisch een droom'". www.dearchitect.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2026-03-26.
- ↑ "C.H.C.F. Kaan". TU Delft Research Portal. Retrieved 2026-07-29.
- ↑ "Dikkie Scipio lehrt in Münster - Deutsche BauZeitschrift". www.dbz.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- ↑ "Netherlands Forensic Institute / KAAN Architecten". ArchDaily. 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ↑ "Netherlands Embassy / KAAN Architecten". ArchDaily. 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ↑ Mairs, Jessica (2015-06-09). "Kaan Architecten adds study centre to a Rotterdam hospital". Dezeen. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ↑ Frearson, Amy (2016-04-05). "Kaan Architecten completes new Supreme Court of the Netherlands". Dezeen. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ↑ Morris, Ali (2021-04-12). "Kaan Architecten hides "autonomous" extension at the heart of Antwerp's Royal Museum of Fine Arts". Dezeen. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ↑ Siegal, Nina (2022-09-20). "The Royal Museum With a White-Cube Gallery Inside". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Astbury, Jon (2023-04-27). "Kaan Architecten's underground extension to Dutch museum is designed to "radiate grandeur"". Dezeen. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ↑ van Dijk, Harmen (2023-04-21). "Paleis Het Loo gaat ondergronds – de verbouwing is klaar". www.trouw.nl. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
- ↑ "Courthouse Amsterdam / KAAN Architecten". ArchDaily. 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ↑ Gibson, Eleanor (2017-09-12). "Kaan Architecten unveils new terminal for Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport". Dezeen. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ↑ Weessies, Ronnie. "KAAN Architecten wint aanbesteding voor gebouw Europees parlement". architectenweb.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2026-03-26.
- ↑ "Onderwijscentrum Erasmus MC". Rotterdamse Architectuurprijs. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ↑ "Winnaars Arc16 Awards". Cobouw. 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ↑ "Education Centre Erasmus MC". Fundació Mies van der Rohe. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ↑ "Nominaties". Abe Bonnema Stichting. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ↑ "Paleis Het Loo wins BNA Best Building of the Year 2024". Paleis Het Loo. 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ↑ "Museum Paleis Het Loo". EUmies Awards. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ "MINUTES wins Website and Video of the Year – Dezeen Awards 2022". Dezeen. Dezeen Media. 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ↑ Brouwers, Ruud, ed. (2012). 25 jaar architectuur in Nederland: = 25 years of architecture in the Netherlands. Architectuur in Nederland. Rotterdam: NAI Uitgevers. pp. 95–96. ISBN 978-90-5662-849-9.
- ↑ Architecture in the Netherlands : yearbook 1993-1994. NAi Uitgevers. 1994. pp. 90–91. ISBN 90-72469-65-8.
- ↑ Kaan, Kees; Stancic, Ivana; Triggianese, Manuela; Smidihen, Hrvoje (2019). Amsterdam 2050: Complex Projects. Delft: TU Delft OPEN Publishing. ISBN 978-94-6366-184-3.
- ↑ Colombo, Alice; Kaan, Kees; KAAN Architecten, eds. (2022). Portraits: 15 buildings. Zurich: Park Book. ISBN 978-3-03860-285-9.
- ↑ Beaufort, Dianna; Lanna, Marco; Panhuysen, Vincent; Brouwers, Ruud; KAAN Architecten, eds. (2023). The courthouse: architecture for the public good. Rotterdam: nai010 Publishers. ISBN 978-94-6208-705-7.
- ↑ Alkemade, Floris, ed. (2023). Reflections: renewing Paleis Het Loo. Rotterdam: nai010 publishers. ISBN 978-94-6208-807-8.
- ↑ Bertels, Inge; Vandyck, Frederik; Bühler, Melanie; Mey, Louis De; Scipio, Dikkie; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Belgium), eds. (2022). Bridging time. Rotterdam: nai010 publishers. ISBN 978-94-6208-743-9.
- ↑ Kaan, Kees; Triggianese, Manuela; Soylev, Yagiz; Colombo, Alice (2026). Building Narratives: Instances from the Architecture of Dialogue. Rotterdam: nai010 publishers. ISBN 978-94-6208-954-9.
External links
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Ibelings, Hans (2001). Claus en Kaan. Rotterdam: NAi Publishers. ISBN 978-90-5662-228-2. (the predecessor firm)
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