Crepain Binst Architecture nv

Profile of Crepain Binst Architecture nv

Business Name

Crepain Binst Architecture nv

Location

Belgium

Services

Architecture

Website

http://www.crepainbinst.be

Jo Crepain

Luc Binst

Principal(s)

Jo Crepain (1950)

• Teaching degree, 1982
• Urban Development, Henry van de Velde Institute, Antwerp, 1977
• Architecture, Henry van de Velde Institute, Antwerp, 1973

Luc Binst (1973)

• Academy for Science and Art / Sint-Lucas, Brussels, 1998
• Grammar School of Arts, Architecture and Visual Arts / Sint-Lucas, Brussels; 1991

Dirk Engelen (1963)

• Architecture Institute Sint Lucas, Ghent, 1986

Lieven Louwyck (1970)

• Postgraduate expert in immovable properties, real estate consultant
• Architecture Institute Sint Lucas, Ghent, 1995

Jo Taillieu (1971)

• Architecture Institute Sint Lucas, Ghent, 1995
• Duncan Jordanstone College of Art, dep. Architecture, Dundee, Scotland 1994

Philosophy

Crepain Binst Architecture - as from 1st January 2006 - stands for the merger of styles between architects and urban designers Jo Crepain and Luc Binst. It marks the start of a second youth, with heightened ambition and a breath of fresh air, providing access to a broader range of projects, and bringing us closer to the essence and operation of a top-notch firm with a strong artistic presence and many opportunities.

Crepain Binst Architecture deals with architecture as a practical artistic medium to transform assignments into abstractly built creations of conceptual logic and simplicity. The useful signals are constantly distilled from every site, with its peripheral conditions and its own identity, as basis and the setting for every designing process. Considering the client's requirements, limitations, demands and acceptable standards, we continue to look for solutions through communication and creativity. Conceptual purity, proportion, dynamics, expression, light, colour, space and scale form our core values. The designs are turned into actual realizations following research into the use of renewable materials, conceptually supporting detail and a refined application of texture, to reflect our own clearly recognizable identity. Apart from alterations or the construction of new homes, offices and public buildings, a "cross-pollination" by other creative media also forms part of the range of assignments.

Background

• Founded: 2006
• Offices: 1
• Design team: 70

Key projects

• Artevelde, college, Ghent, Belgium, 2009
• Office complex, Leuven, Belgium, 2008
• Rega V&V, factorial, Leuven, Belgium, 2007
• Niko, offices, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, 2007
• City Hall, Lommel, Belgium, 2005
• University, Antwerp, Belgium, 2005
• Luc Binst, detached lofthouse, Humbeek, Belgium, 2004
• Pothoofd, deluxe apartments, Deventer, Netherlands, 2004
• Telindus, offices, Haasrode, Belgium, 2002
• Renson, offices, Waregem, Belgium 2002

Key publications

• Book 'Townhouses', Callwey, , 2008
• Book 'L.A.P.', Architectuurwijzer Limburg, , 2008
• Book 'Rehabilition in housing', editorial pencil, , 2008
• Book 'Domestic interiors now', Links, 2007
• Book 'Steel design', daab, 2007
• Book 'Das ideale einfamilienhaus', Callwey, September 2007
• Book 'Casas, country clubs', Kliczkowski Publisher, juli 2007
• Book 'Plastic design', daab, 2007
• Book 'The big book of lofts', Collins Design, Antonio Corcuera - Aitana Lleonart, 2007
• Book 'Belgian Budget Book', Standaard uitgeverij - 2voor5', 2007

Key awards

• Energy contest, District of Brussels - 'Example buildings - offices' - Belgium, 2007
• Lensvelt de Architect Interior Award, Netherlands, 2006
• The Marble Architectural Award, Europe, Italia, 2006
• Business premises of the year, Trends, Belgium, 2003
• West-Vlaanderen Provincial Award Nomination, Belgium, 2003
• FAB Awards - Energy Award, Belgium, 2003
• Vlaams-Brabant Provincial Award, Belgium, 2002
• Hilversum Architecture Award, Netherlands, 2002
• International award for architecture, Eternit, Belgium 1998
• International Award for Architecture Andrea Palladio, Italia, 1998