B-architecten, B-bis, B-city, B-juxta. Back in 1997, Evert Crols, Dirk Engelen and Sven Grooten set up an independent office for architecture: B-architecten was born. The three had met during their education in Antwerp and Amsterdam. At the internationally oriented Berlage Institute, it became clear that Evert, Dirk and Sven shared a common design interest. Today, the office is located in Antwerp and Brussels.
Ten years after the foundation of B-architecten, they started a new initiative together with Sebastiaan Leroy: B-bis architecten became an office that focuses on small architectural projects, residential interior design, offices and shops, scenographies for exhibitions and performing arts, temporary installations and furniture design.
In 2020, B-city was launched as a third B-platform with the aim to shape and supervise complex urban projects. The core of its ambition is to work on large-scale projects that carry the potential of becoming new city districts.
Today, B is the sum of four studio divisions called B-architecten, B-bis, B-city and B-juxta have naturally grown into an office of more than 60 people. Each B-team has its particular focus and way of functioning, yet they all share a distinct innovative view on the variety of projects the B-platforms stand for.
Ten years after the foundation of B-architecten, they started a new initiative together with Sebastiaan Leroy: B-bis architecten became an office that focuses on small architectural projects, residential interior design, offices and shops, scenographies for exhibitions and performing arts, temporary installations and furniture design.
In 2020, B-city was launched as a third B-platform with the aim to shape and supervise complex urban projects. The core of its ambition is to work on large-scale projects that carry the potential of becoming new city districts.
Today, B is the sum of four studio divisions called B-architecten, B-bis, B-city and B-juxta have naturally grown into an office of more than 60 people. Each B-team has its particular focus and way of functioning, yet they all share a distinct innovative view on the variety of projects the B-platforms stand for.
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- Use of light as transformation. House VDP by B-bis architecten
- All sports under one roof. Wielerdroom Heusden-Zolder by B-architecten
- Return it to its 15th century image. Bell Tower and Cloth Hall by B-juxta architecten
- Renovation of the former Provincial Safety Institute. Campus Opera by B-architecten
- A space for light. PSLab Berlin by B-bis architecten
- Dialogue and conversion into a place of worship. Blaisant church by B juxta architecten
- The industrial turned into a social space. Restoration of gasholders by B juxta architecten
- Everyone's neighborhood, Suikerpark by B-city architecten
- The rebirth of Bruges' architecture through the renovation of the Gruuthuse museum by B juxta architecten
- A new identity marked by unity. Campus Aquafin by B-architecten
- Circulation as a link. Museum of Ixelles by B-architecten
- Community project framed by green spaces of great ecological value. Neerland by B-architecten
- Educational design tailored to the surroundings. Kaboog by B-architecten
- Renovation and expansion in an educational environment. GO! Talent by B-architecten
- Circular process construction. New Aquafin head office by B-architecten
- Sustainable offices. Mundo-a by B-architecten