Bob Van Reeth | |
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| Born | (1943-02-26)26 February 1943 Temse, German-occupied Belgium |
| Died | 30 September 2025(2025-09-30) (aged 82) |
| Occupation | Architect |
Bob Van Reeth (26 February 1943 – 30 September 2025), who usually signed as bOb Van Reeth, was a Belgian architect.
Life and career
Bob Van Reeth started working as an architect in 1965 with designing buildings in Mechelen and Kalmthout. In 1972, he became a teacher at the Nationaal Hoger Instituut voor Bouwkunst (The National Higher Institute for Architecture) in Antwerp. The same year, he started the group Krokus with Jean-Paul Laenen and Marcel Smets. The group worked on the restoration of the old centre of Mechelen.
In the 1980s, Van Reeth designed a new building for the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege in Antwerp. Later buildings include in 2007 a new wing for the Westvleteren Abbey, and the black-and-white Huis Van Roosmalen facing the Scheldt in Antwerp.1 Close by stands the Zuiderterras, a grand café on the quay.2 He also led the company AWG (Architect Work Group) Architecten, which won the architectural concours for the design of a memorial and documentation centre about the Holocaust in Mechelen.3
In January 1998, Van Reeth became the first Flemish Government Architect (Vlaams Bouwmeester), a function he held until 1 June 2005 when Marcel Smets succeeded him.4
Van Reeth died on 30 September 2025, at the age of 82.5
Notes
Notes
- "Batibouw: 50 jaar evolutie in architectuur en bouwen" (in Dutch). Batibouw. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- "Antwerp: food, fashion and fun". The Daily Telegraph. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "Bob Van Reeth ontwerpt Holocaustmuseum" (in Dutch). De Tijd. 5 July 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- Anne Brumagne (6 April 2005). "Hommage aan een bouwmeester:Bob Van Reeth" (in Dutch). Brussel deze week. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- "Eerste Vlaamse bouwmeester en visionair architect bOb Van Reeth overleden op 82-jarige leeftijd". GVA. Retrieved 1 October 2025.