Bob Van Reeth
{{Short description|Belgian architect}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bob Van Reeth
| image = Bob van reeth-1454484983.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|02|26}}
| birth_place = Temse
| nationality = Belgian
| occupation = Architect
}}
Bob Van Reeth (Temse, 26 February 1943), who usually signs as bOb Van Reeth, is a Belgian architect.
Biography
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.bouwenwonen.net/nieuwbouw/read.asp?id=21103 |title=Batibouw: 50 jaar evolutie in architectuur en bouwen |accessdate=2009-02-23 |publisher=Batibouw |language=Dutch}} Close by stands the Zuiderterras, a grand café on the quay.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/travel/flanders/2799113/Antwerp.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912090348/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/travel/flanders/2799113/Antwerp.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-12 |title=Antwerp: food, fashion and fun |accessdate=2009-02-23 |date=2008-09-22 |work=The Daily Telegraph}} He also leads 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.tijd.be/nieuws/wijde_wereld/Bob_Van_Reeth_ontwerpt_Holocaustmuseum.7094018-603.art |title=Bob Van Reeth ontwerpt Holocaustmuseum |accessdate=2009-02-23 |date=2008-07-05 |publisher=De Tijd |language=Dutch}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.brusselnieuws.be/artikels/cultuur/hommage-aan-een-bouwmeester-bob-van-reeth |title=Hommage aan een bouwmeester:Bob Van Reeth |accessdate=2009-02-23 |author=Anne Brumagne |date=2005-04-06 |publisher=Brussel deze week |language=Dutch |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210062131/http://brusselnieuws.be/artikels/cultuur/hommage-aan-een-bouwmeester-bob-van-reeth |archivedate=10 February 2009 }}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090303040910/http://www.awg.be/index2.html AWG] website
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