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Xaveer de Geyter (1957 Doornik, Belgium) founded his office in the early Nineties with the realization of two private villas in Belgium.
In 2001 De Geyter opened a second office in collaboration with Stéphane Beel in Gent.
Xaveer de Geyter’s work has been widely published in magazines such as A+U, De Architect, l’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui and A+T. His work has also been presented in exhibitions world-wide, including at the Sao Paulo Biennale, the Venice Biennale and in galleries and museums in New York, Prague, Brussels, Antwerp, Lille and Barcelona.
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Xaveer De Geyter, Geert Bekaert, Ivan Nio, Xaveer de Geyter Architects (Ed.)
With a modest batch of projects to their name, Xaveer De Geyter Architects have managed to build up a most respectable international reputation.
The large-scale urban design studies and project proposals of this Brussels-based firm are informed by an unpretentious architecture and urban design born of a discerning and radical design strategy.
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 List of Belgians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christian De Duve - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1974 (born in Britain of Belgian parents)
Robert Van De Walle - judoka, Olympic champion
Philippe de Champaigne, born in the provinces of present-day Belgium, but before Belgium existed
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 danda
number 126 of the reknown spanish magazine el croquis features the work of belgian architect xaveer de geyter.
last year de geyter won the competition for the european patent office in the hague.
earlier this year some of de cock's denkmals were exhibited at tate modern.
www.danda.be /news/2005/11   (290 words)

  
 Plane për Tiranën - Accomplished studies
Regarding the second proposal by “ARCHEA ASSOCIATI” we evaluated the sculptural aspect dimension of the building and the prospect for its capacity to absorb the surrounding complexity.
Regarding the third proposal from “BOLLES +WILSON” we evaluated the personality of the building and the internal limpidity of the interior and regarding the fourth proposal presented by “XAVEER DE GEYTER” it seemed very innovatory in its effort to upturn the report between the structure and the facade.
“XAVEER DE GEYTER” studio made a structural volume within, clenched by a system of columns.
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 Amazon.fr :  Architecture in the Netherlands Yearbook 2001-2002/Architectuur in Nederland Jaarboek 2001-02 : ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Tous les livres en anglais de Anne Hoogewoning
Editeur : découvrez comment les clients peuvent effectuer des recherches sur le contenu de ce livre.
In Architecture in the Netherlands: Yearbook 2001-2002, the editors focus on the new role played by architects and their work in a field where the forces of private parties call the tune, and both government and the common good are more often than not relegated to the sidelines.
www.amazon.fr /exec/obidos/ASIN/9056622536   (466 words)

  
 City & Urbanism
Today, CAD and car-building techniques have opened up new possibilities for architectural design and this book argues that the influence of the car on architectural and urban thinking is greater than ever.
Iñaki Ábalos, Juan Herreros, Ignasi de Solà-Morales, Pep Xurret, Eduardo Arroyo, Ana Yagües
This book presents unusual projects, techniques and places seeking to materialise a vision of the contemporary city through which to recycle established convictions regarding architecture and the role of the architect.
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 ArchEX - architecture in Groningen - architectural study trips and guided tours
In 2001, as a part of the "Blue-Moon-Exhibi-tion", small pavilions and different street furniture were built all over the city.
Toyo Ito designed the concept for urban interventions, architects such as Foreign Architects, Space Group, Tony Fretton and Xaveer de Geyter conceived different projects.
Unique is the Wall House 2 of John Hejduk, an architect of the New York Five.
www.archex.info /english/netherlands/groningen_architecture.html   (266 words)

  
 RIBA Bookshops - Monographs > European Architects: El Croquis 126 Xaveer de Geyter 1992-2005Building in Negative Space .
This issue of the renowned architectural journal El Croquis continues the recent Flemish interest, featuring architect Xaveer de Geyter, who founded his practice in the early nineties after a ten year collaborative period with the Office of Metropolitan Architecture from Rem Koolhaas.
While having only completed a modest number of projects, De Geyter has nevertheless managed to generate an international reputation for both unpretentious architecture and large scale urban projects.
Here, sixteen projects are examined with the help of plans, models, texts and photographs including: the House near Antwerp, the Chassé Park Apartments in Breda, the buildings for the Ghent University and the competition entries for both the National Archives in Luxembourg and the 'Quartier des Halles' in Paris.
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 mecanoo.com --- profiel: HEERLEN GETS ‘LANGE JAN’ AND ‘LANGE LIES’ BACK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The tower block is one of the last parts of the scheme to be realised.
The choice of the winning design was established on the basis of a competition between three noted architecture offices: Mecanoo architecten Delft, Xaveer de Geyter architecten Brussels and Claus & Kaan architecten Rotterdam.
The majority of the jury, under the chairmanship of Kees Rijnboutt, expressed a preference for the design by Mecanoo architecten because of its idiosyncrasy and the reference to Heerlen’s mining past.
www.mecanoo.com /html_project.php?PKY_OBJECTOID=176&taal=EN&ILL=1   (419 words)

  
 Reference.com/Web Directory/Top/Regional/Europe/Belgium/Business_and_Economy
Maison des Langues Vivantes - Bookshop specialized in languages learning methods.
Xaveer De Geyter Architects - Xaveer de geyter is a belgian architect who worked before with OMA on famous project as Villa dal'ava, ZKM kunstzentrum, Jussieu library.
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 HiCat: HiperCatalunya Research Territories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Part two takes an architectural and urban planning tack, inviting a world of innovative designers to propose projects and strategies, specifically for application in Catalonia, but with obvious relevance to anywhere and everywhere.
Participants include Actar Arquitectura, FOA, Xaveer de Geyter, Abalos & Herreros, MVRDV, NL Architects, NO.mad Arquitectura, Javier Peña, Roche & Sie..., UN Studio, and West 8, among others.
Proposed scenarios consider such issues as senior tourism, sport cities, university campuses, industrial parks, airports, and suburbia.
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 Official destination guide of the Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions - Arts - Architecture - Buildings - South ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
With the exception of the traffic routes, the open space (designed by West 8) is free of cars and street furniture.
The ensemble designed by Xaveer De Geyter consists of a series of five residential towers above a car park that encloses a sunken public courtyard garden.
The parking ring projects 5 feet above grade and is partly transparent.
www.holland.com /us/arts/architecture/buildings/south/parkapt.html   (334 words)

  
 Musea Antwerpen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
For the realization of the 'Museum on the River' (MAS) the city of Antwerp organized an international architectural competition in two phases.
The second phase is a closed competition for the five laureates from the first phase: Tadao Ando Architect and Associates, Xaveer De Geyter Architectenbureau bvba, Jean-Marc Ibos and Myrto Vitart, Neutelings Riedijk Architecten bv and Bernard Tschumi Architects.
These five teams were invited to develop their design further.
museum.antwerpen.be /hessenhuis/eng/masjury_ENG.shtm   (452 words)

  
 Ivar Hagendoorn Architecture Photo Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Five apartment blocks, Breda – Xaveer de Geyter
I have for a long time been interested in architecture and several years ago, just after I had graduated, I actually gave a lecture at the AA School of Architecture about the research I was doing at the time (dance, philosophy, space and architecture).
If you like these photos you may also be interested in my review of the Herzog and de Meuron exhibition at the Netherlands Architecture Institute
www.ivarhagendoorn.com /photos/architecture.html   (353 words)

  
 Xaveer De Geyter Architects 1989-2001; Author: Essay by Bekaert, Geert; Author: Essay by Toorn, Roemer Van; Paperback
Xaveer De Geyter Architects 1989-2001; Author: Essay by Bekaert, Geert; Author: Essay by Toorn, Roemer Van; Paperback
Ludion Editions N.V. Flemish architect Xaveer De Geyter paid his dues as a collaborator of Rem Koolhaus and OMA.
Prices subject to change to be advised on confirmation of order.
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 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture: Mies Van Der Rohe Award 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Additionally, this year's jury has singled out Jürgen Mayer as the most promising young designer in Europe for his first work, the Scharnhauser Park town hall.
Other works shortlisted by the jury include the Chassé Park Apartments by Xaveer De Geyter Architects, the Palais de Tokyo by Lacaton & Vassal Architects, and Hagen Island by MVRDV.
Accompanying photographs and plans of the 41 nominated projects are essays by some of architecture's most important critics.
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 London and Amsterdam team win in The Hague | Arup
The European Patent Organisation has just announced the competition prizes for its high profile 100 000 m² new European Patent Office in The Hague.
Xaveer de Geyter Architecten (XdGA) won first prize, with full engineering support from Arup.
The European Patent Office in Munich ran the international competition, with assistance from Phase Eins in Berlin.
www.arup.com /europe/newsitem.cfm?pageid=5701   (198 words)

  
 Books by Xaveer De Geyter Architecten, compare prices
Books by Xaveer De Geyter Architecten, compare prices
by Geert Bekaert, Xaveer De Geyter, Ivan Nio, Xaveer De Geyter Architecten, Belgium) Kunstcentrum Desingel (Antwerp
by Geert Bekaert, Kunstcentrum deSingel (Antwerp, Belgium), Xaveer De Geyter Architecten
www.allbookstores.com /author/Xaveer_De_Geyter_Architecten.html   (60 words)

  
 Archinect : News : X de Geyter wins Patent Office
Archinect : News : X de Geyter wins Patent Office
Xaveer de Geyter has been awarded the European Patent Office project in the Hague against such luminaries as MVRDV.
It's like news, features, and discussions rolled into a flavorful roll of intellectual goodness.
www.archinect.com /news/article.php?id=11912_0_24_0_C   (190 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Xaveer de Geyter Architects 1989-2001: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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 The St. Petersburg Times - Business - Pearl Picks 5 For Design
Which of the five will get the nod will be decided by a jury formed of city government representatives, Chinese and Russian urban planning and construction experts.
On the shortlist of five are the English consortium of OMA projects firm and Ove Arup & Partners Ltd., Belgium’s Xaveer De Geyter Architecten, the American HOK planning group, Swedish projector SWECO FFNS and a Russian consortium of Zemtsov, Kondiain and Partners architectural bureau and Studio-44 architectural studio.
Shanghai investors said the impact of each of the designer’s projects will be reviewed by fall.
www.sptimes.ru /index.php?action_id=2&story_id=294   (475 words)

  
 UCLA Hammer Museum
Today's home is a permeable structure, receiving and
Cohen; Xaveer de Geyter Architectenbureau; Francois de Menil; Neil
Victoria Meyers; Hariri and Hariri; Herzog and de Meuron; Steven Holl
artscenecal.com /Listings/WestSide/UCLAFile/UCLAHammerExhibitions/October2000/UnPrivateHousePR.html   (599 words)

  
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Museum Boerhaave: De Inrichting Van Het Caecilia-Gasthuis Te Leiden (Dutch)
by Geert Bekaert, Rene de Wit, Tjeerd Dijkstra
Architecture De Philibert De L'Orme: uvre Entiere Contenant Onze Livres, Augmentee De Deux (French)
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 Archibot.com: Unprivate House Exhibit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Among the residences that share the open-floor plan of the loft are
Hergott Shepard Residence in Beverly Hills, both built for couples without children; and the Shorthand House, designed by Francois de Menil for a retired woman.
Addressing another trend, 64 Wakefield in Atlanta, designed by
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 Amazon.com: After-Sprawl: Research for the Contemporary City: Books: Geert Bekaert,Ivan Nio,Xaveer De Geyter ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Amazon.com: After-Sprawl: Research for the Contemporary City: Books: Geert Bekaert,Ivan Nio,Xaveer De Geyter Architecten,Belgium) Kunstcentrum Desingel (Antwerp
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by Geert Bekaert (Editor), Ivan Nio, Xaveer De Geyter Architecten (Corporate Author), Belgium) Kunstcentrum Desingel (Antwerp
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 Vincent Callebaut Architecte CANAL
PROGRAM : Project of diploma, Canal Lock and Marina
LOCATION : Brussels’s Canal, Porte de Ninove and Place Sainteclette
LECTORS OF DIPLOMA : Odile Decq and Xaveer De Geyter
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 [pushpullbar]2 - [publication] Belgian architects in El croquis
The evolution of his intriguing oeuvre is examined here in detail through 17 projects which include; the Roger RaveelMuseum in Machelen aan de Leie, the extension of de Singel in Antwerp, the Law Courts in Gent and the Museumsite in Leuven.
Each project is clearly presented through large full page spreads, in-depth descriptions, plans and elevations
Flemish architect Xaveer de Geyter founded his practice in the early nineties, after a ten year collaborative period with the Office of Metropolitan Architecture from Rem Koolhaas.
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 International design team win in The Hague | Arup
International design team win in The Hague
Arup and Belgian architectural practice, Xaveer de Geyter Architecten (XdGA) have won the design competition for the new 100, 000 m² European Patent Office headquarters in The Hague.
Arup has provided full engineering and specialists’ support to XdGA, including structural, mechanical, electrical, environmental, facade and fire engineering.
www.arup.com /newsitem.cfm?pageid=5744   (292 words)

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