Flemish architect Xaveer de Geyter founded his practice in the early nineties, after a ten year collaborative period with the Office of Metropolitan Architecture from Rem Koolhaas. While having only completed a modest number of projects, De Geyter has nevertheless managed to generate an international reputation for both unpretentious architecture and large scale urban projects. Here, sixteen projects are examined with the help of plans, models, texts and photographs including: the House near Antwerp, the Chassé Park Apartments in Breda, the buildings for the Ghent University and the competition entries for both the National Archives in Luxembourg and the ‘Quartier des Halles’ in Paris.

Flemish architect Xaveer de Geyter founded his practice in the early nineties, after a ten year collaborative period with the Office of Metropolitan Architecture from Rem Koolhaas. While having only completed a modest number of projects, De Geyter has nevertheless managed to generate an international reputation for both unpretentious architecture and large scale urban projects. Here, sixteen projects are examined with the help of plans, models, texts and photographs including: the House near Antwerp, the Chassé Park Apartments in Breda, the buildings for the Ghent University and the competition entries for both the National Archives in Luxembourg and the ‘Quartier des Halles’ in Paris.

featured projects:

HOUSE NEAR ANTWERP
ILOT SAINT MAURICE [URBAN PLAN]
CHASSÉ PARK APARTMENTS
EUROPE COLLEGE IN BRUGES [POST GRADUATE SCHOOL]
MAS [ANTWERP HISTORICAL MUSEUM]
SCIENCE PARK IN LEUVEN
UNIVERSITY OF GHENT [CONVERSION AND EXTENSIONS FOR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS]
PAJU BOOK CITY / EDITOR' S HOUSE
ST. LUCAS FINE ARTS SCHOOL
NATIONAL ARCHIVES, LUXEMBOURG
HOTEL AND CATERING SCHOOL, BRUSSELS
'QUARTIER DES HALLES' [URBAN DEVELOPMENT STUDY]
EPFL LEARNING CENTRE
EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE
HOUSING COMPLEX, BORDEAUX
VENLO PATIO HOUSES