Ben Van Berkel
Olivari designers
Ben van Berkel studied architecture at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and at the Architectural Association in London, receiving the AA Diploma with Honours in 1987.
In 1988 he and Caroline Bos set up an architectural practice in Amsterdam, extending their theoretical and writing projects to the practice of architecture.
The Van Berkel & Bos Architectuurbureau has realized, amongst others projects, the Karbouw office building, the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam, Museum Het Valkhof in Nijmegen, the Moebius House and the NMR facilities for the University of Utrecht.
TWIST
2014
In 1998 Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos established a new firm: UNStudio (United Net), a network of specialists in architecture, urban development and infrastructure.
Central to his teaching is the inclusive approach of architectural works integrating virtual and material organization and engineering constructions.
— Ben Van Berkel, Salone del Mobile 2014
Ben van Berkel has lectured and taught at many architectural schools around the world. Currently he is Professor Conceptual Design at the Staedelschule in Frankfurt am Main and was recently awarded the Kenzo Tange Visiting Professor’s Chair at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
