The secret's out! We've been selected for the Peabody major projects panel:via The Architect's Journal http://bit.ly/1z6lYSoRenowned housing association Peabody has named nine firms, including Mecanoo architecten, on its eagerly-awaited major projects panel.The chosen practices... View full entry »
The University of Manchester have appointed Netherlands-based Mecanoo Architecten as Lead Designer and Architect for their new Engineering Campus. With a budget of over £200m this will be the largest single capital works project ever undertaken by The University of Manchester.The development... View full entry »
On Wednesday 19 March, the design by Mecanoo for 232 key worker homes on the North West Cambridge Development of the University of Cambridge was approved by the local planning authorities. Mecanoo integrates characteristics of Dutch architecture and brickwork within the Cambridge context for the... View full entry »
On 27 March, the official topping out was celebrated for HOME, the new multi-artform complex in Manchester city centre designed by Mecanoo. The ceremony took place in a rooftop ‘living room’ that had been lifted to the highest point to mark the occasion. Construction of the £25m... View full entry »
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray announced today the design team Mecanoo and Martinez + Johnson is chosen to revitalize the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. The city’s aim for their Central Public Library project is to deliver a next generation library building that embraces... View full entry »
On 7 February Francine Houben was named Woman Architect of the Year 2014 in the UK.Christine Murray, editor of organizer Architects’ Journal comments: “The awards celebrate design excellence and leadership - qualities needed to succeed as an architect - and especially... View full entry »
Francine Houben’s Mecanoo has been selected to design a masterplan in Santiago de Chile for a 30 hectare green neighbourhood at the foot of the Manquehue Hills.The ambition of client Transoceánica for ‘Lo Recabarren’ is to: ”Create a visionary and innovative model... View full entry »
With congratulations, fireworks and the pouring of a concrete foundation by Mayor Geke Faber of Zaanstad, the start of construction of the new Zaans Medical Center was celebrated yesterday, January 7th. Construction will start on the parking garage, after which the hospital and “Care... View full entry »
Mecanoo, together with local partner Martinez + Johnson Architecture, is among the three teams that were requested to submit design concepts for the redesign of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington DC, USA. The 37.000 m2 building is the only library designed by Ludwig Mies van... View full entry »
