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Ben van Berkel

The Dutch star architect designs for Parador.

Driftwood

The wood look with supposed gaps creates a creates a stimulating dichotomy of the senses.

Silksquares

In the area of conflict between nature and art, a secretly seductive design decor emerges.

Biography

The Dutchman runs the architecture and design office UNStudio in Amsterdam together with a female partner. Besides his professional activities as an architect and urban planner, Ben van Berkel teaches as a professor at the State University for Visual Art in Frankfurt am Main. Among other things, the architect is known for the new Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart and the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam.

Ben van Berkel website

 

Awards

 

2014

AIT Award, Special Mention (Ardmore Residence, Singapur)

2013

Pinnacle Award of Excellence (Ardmore Residence, Singapur)

2013

IDA Gold Award (Canaletto Tower, London)


2010

ULI Award for Excellence (Music Theatre, Graz)


2008

German Design Prize (Exhibition Mercedes Benz Museum, Stuttgart)

Red Dot Design Award 2009

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Ben van Berkel wins  Red Dot Design Award 2009 for Parador.