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Mr. Frits van Dongen
Partner Architecten Cie
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Founder and Partner of De Architekten CIE. - Amsterdam. Today he is one of the most important architects in Holland. He is the author of many significant projects all over Holland and some in Germany. His professional work is oriented on the study and realisation of new urban structures, and in residential and public building construction. Many buildings and projects have been published in the international press (Domus and Lotus International recently dedicated articles to the realisation of the famous Whale in Amsterdam). A new monography - Profession Architect (Rotterdam, 010 Publishers) - has been dedicated to his work in 2003.
Frits van Dongen has received many national and international architectural awards. Among them the "Building quality award" of the City of Rotterdam for housing and offices complex De Admiraal.
He participated in the Amsterdam Biennale di Venezia, of S.Paolo (Brasil) and of Chicago, and his projects have been exhibited in the most important american and european cities.
In 2001 he started a constant collaboration with Celli Waltritsch Architetti Urbanisti that ended up in the foundation of CIE-Italia, an international professional network. Frits van Dongen together with Celli Waltritsch are authors of various urban projects in Italy (among them the CasaNova masterplan for Bolzano and the Waterfront of Trieste) published in Domus and Il Progetto. |
