Architect Day: Benthem Crouwel Architects

Working together since 1979, Benthem and Crouwel have a nice repertoire of cultural, educational and public buildings in several cities in the Netherlands.

Founded in 1979 by architect Jan Benthem and Mels Crouwel, the Benthem Crouwel Architects office, has conducted several projects in the Netherlands, with its emphasis on cultural projects and public buildings. They work very well the inclusion of their buildings, relating perfectly with the surroundings, whether urban or open areas.

Architect Day: Benthem Crouwel Architects
Elicium Amsterdam RAI, Netherlands. photo © benthemcrouwel.nl

Present in their projects imposing shapes, working with wisdom the combination of materials and textures. Today, the office also has the members Marcel Blom, Joost Vos, Marten Wassmann and Markus Sporer, divided between two offices in the cities of Aachen and Amsterdam.

Power Station, Lelystad, Netherlands

Architect Day: Benthem Crouwel Architects
photo © benthemcrouwel.nl

Leidsenhage shopping centre, Leidschendam, Netherlands

Architect Day: Benthem Crouwel Architects
photo © benthemcrouwel.nl

Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, Bochum, Germany

Architect Day: Benthem Crouwel Architects
photo © benthemcrouwel.nl

Anne Frank House, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Architect Day: Benthem Crouwel Architects
photo © benthemcrouwel.nl

De pont Museum, Tilburg, Netherlands

Architect Day: Benthem Crouwel Architects
photo © benthemcrouwel.nl

Sonsbeek Pavillion, Arnhem, Netherlands

Architect Day: Benthem Crouwel Architects
photo © benthemcrouwel.nl

Nieuw Land Poldermuseum, Lelystad, Netherlands

Architect Day: Benthem Crouwel Architects
photo © benthemcrouwel.nl

Zilverpark Car Park, Lelystad, Netherlands

Architect Day: Benthem Crouwel Architects
photo © benthemcrouwel.nl

Penthouse Las Palmas, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Architect Day: Benthem Crouwel Architects
photo © benthemcrouwel.nl

Wilo, Zaanstad, Netherlands

Port City 2 and 3, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Popcentre 013, Tilburg, Netherlands

Metropol, Hengelo, Netherlands

About the author

My name is Marcelo Seferin, I’m an architect from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I’m the chief architect at Seferin Arquitetura, an office that works with architecture, interior design and sustainability projects. You can check our work at http://www.seferin.com.br and you can follow me at twiiter http://www.twitter.com/mseferin.