About Us

Our work strives to enhance our sense of surroundings, identity and relationship to others and the physical spaces we inhabit, whether feral or human-made.

Selected Awards
  • 2004 — Aga Khan Award for Architecture
  • 2009 — Mies van der Rohe Award
  • 2013 — AIA/ALA Library Building Award
  • 2015 — Best Interior, Designers Saturday
  • 2016 — AIA New York Honor Award

Six of the best futuristic skyscraper concepts

Several years ago a Jelmer Frank and I developed the On Demand Experience. This skyscraper was our entry for the 2011 eVolo Skyscraper Competition. Every…

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Pickets

By now you all know I’m developing my own house. The Benjamin One. Somehow it continues to feel like nothing but fiction. The design only…

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It’s been a while…

Well, okay. It’s not just been a while. It’s been a looooooong while. My last post dates back to June 2014, which is…

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Square 2014

It’s the fourth time I was part of the so called Square Journaal (translation: Square News). Last year we made a short movie. This year we…

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Johan Derksen

Exactly a month ago I directed the tenth episode of talkshow event Bolder75. It was a great evening for a number of reasons,…

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