Bovenbouw Architectuur

Based in Antwerp and founded in 2011 by Dirk Somers, Bovenbouw Architectuur currently employs 18 architects from across Europe. Somers, Head of Design, leads the office and also teaches as a guest professor at Ghent University and Delft University of Technology. The practice describes its approach as timeless – it does not reject the notion of “style” but seeks to develop a distinct formal language for each project context. One example is the conversion of the Royale Belge building in Brussels, realised in collaboration with Caruso St John Architects and DDS+. The work of Bovenbouw has been exhibited widely, notably in 2021, when the office curated the exhibition “Composite Presence” in the Belgian Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale.

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