We are CIVIC. We design public architecture.
Good design solves problems, great design combines this with the sublime, sensual, delirious, beautiful, brobdingnagian or thought provoking. Occasionally we are lucky enough to create something exceptional.
News
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ITC nominated for Gouden Feniks 2024!
With 54 submitted projects in the categories of renovation, transformation, and area transformation, it is an honor to be one of the eight nominated projects. -
Building of the year 2024: Civic wins with ITC
Civic Public Architects wins the prestigious BNA Building of the Year 2024 award with ITC University Twente. -
Civic Public Architects nominated for Architect of the Year 2024
A prestigious award for an architect or firm that has made an exceptional contribution to architecture in 2024. -
International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam
During the 2024 International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Civic participated in the exhibition with the Shoemuseum and as a participant in the Practice Place; Situated Solidarities
Projects
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- culture
- landscape
- knowledge
- mobility
- residential
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Cultural HubBrussels
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CourthouseAlmelo
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Willem IIPassageTilburg
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CubeUniversityTwente
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VeloSloterdijk
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PiushavenHarbourPavilionTilburg
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GorlaeusLecture Hall
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DecorZomergastenAmsterdam
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CreativeHubHouthavensAmsterdam
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MarkerWaddenSettlement
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MevlanaMosqueAmsterdam
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MindlabsTilburg
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EnergyandArchitectureIABR
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The HagueLaan van NOI
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StationSantpoortNorth
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SmallDutchStations
Team
We believe in architecture by research. We combine proven technology with new ideas and merge thinking with design, theory with practice and urbanism with detailing. For us architecture is a way to turn theoretical ambitions into physical reality.
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Francesco Barone
Architect
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Kateryna Berezina
Architect
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Martine Huijsmans
Architect
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Rick ten Doeschate
Partner / Architect
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Mike Heemrood
Architect
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Ingrid van der Heijden
Partner / Architect
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Erik Hoogendam
Architect
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Hannah Namuth
Architect
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Gert Kwekkeboom
Partner / Architect
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Jan Lebbink
Partner / Architect
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Inés Quinteiro Antolín
Architect
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Daria Chetvernya
Architect
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Yolanda de Ramón
Intern / Architect
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Marten Lewerenz
Intern / Architect
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Mikołaj Cichocki
Architect
prizes awards
2024
- Winner BNA Beste gebouw van het jaar - ITC University Twente
- Shortlist NRP Gulden Feniks - ITC University Twente
- Shortlist H.I.P. award - SchoenenKwartier Museum
- Nomination Dutch Daylight Award - ITC University Twente
- Nomination Architect van het Jaar Architectenweb - Civic Architects
2023
- Nomination Abe Bonnema Architectuurprijs 2023 - SchoenenKwartier Museum
- Winner Architectenweb Schoolgebouw van het jaar - ITC University Twente
- Winner FRAME awards - Best use of material - SchoenenKwartier Museum
- Shortlist FRAME awards - Cultural space of the year - SchoenenKwartier Museum
- Longlist Dezeen awards - Architecture Cultural projects - SchoenenKwartier Museum
- Winner International Architecture Award, Museums and Cultural buildings category - SchoenenKwartier Museum
2022
- Nomination ARC22 Architectuur Award - SchoenenKwartier Museum
- Winner Architectenweb Publiek Gebouw van het Jaar 2022 - SchoenenKwartier Museum
- Nomination Mies van der Rohe Award, 40 shortlist - LocHal Public Library Tilburg
2021
- Winner Gubbio prize European section - LocHal Public Library Tilburg
- Winner International Urban Project Award, Special Prize - LocHal Public Library Tilburg
2020
- Winner AIT Award - LocHal Public Library Tilburg
- Winner European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards - LocHal Public Library Tilburg
2019
- Winner World Building of the Year 2019, World Architecture Festival WAF - LocHal Public Library Tilburg
- Winner Completed Building Culture 2019, World Architecture Festival WAF - LocHal Public Library Tilburg
- Winner Gulden Feniks - LocHal Public Library Tilburg
- Winner BNA Building of the year, Publieksprijs - LocHal Public Library Tilburg
- Winner BNA Building of the year, Leefbaarheid & Sociale Cohesie - LocHal Public Library Tilburg
- Winner Dutch Design Award - LocHal Public Library Tilburg
- Winner Dezeen Awards, Rebirth Project - LocHal Public Library Tilburg
- Finalist Azure Award, Adaptive Re-Use - LocHal Public Library Tilburg
- Finalist Architizer A+ Awards, Architecture + Renovation - LocHal Public Library Tilburg
- Nomination Public Building of the year, Architectenweb awards - LocHal Public Library Tilburg
- Nomination Architect of the year, Architectenweb awards
2018
- Nomination Publieke gebouw van het jaar, Architectenweb awards - Piushavenpaviljoen Tilburg
- Nomination Brick Awards - W-II passage Tilburg
- Design Vanguard, Architectural Record - Civic Architects
- Winner Next Step Award - Civic Architects
2017
- Arc Young Talent Award
- IF Awards Munchen - W-II passage Tilburg
- Nominatie Dutch Design Awards - W-II passage Tilburg
lectures juries
2024
- Adaptative transformation - Architecture Forum Hamburg
- The future of material sampling - Frame panel
- Share Cyprus 2024 - International Architecture Forum
- Lecture Using time as an ally - TU Delft
2023
- Lecture Words/Works - AAM, Maastricht
- Symposium: ontwerpen in analogie met het bestaande - Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
- Lecture vorm volgt klimaat - ACN college, Nijmegen
- Lecture series Another representation; Formal expression of public buildings - Independent School for the City, Rotterdam
- Lecture Add less - RCE, Arnhem
- Lecture Back to the Future: The ICC as an opportunity - ANBC Lab Talk, Berlin
2022
- Typology talks 2. Learning landscapes - Leibniz Universität Hannover
- Conference Identitat der Architektur - RWTH, Aachen
- Conference YEAH! Hybrids: Shoe Quarters Walwijk - Luxemburg
- Lecture Homegrown Icons - LAG Library Congress, Luxemburg
- Jury Brick Award
- Jury BNA Gebouw van het jaar
2021
- Jury Architectenweb Awards
- Lecture LocHal - AA, London
2020
- Lecture reduce, reuse, recycle, reclaim - RSAW, Cardiff
- Lecture It's already there - Symposium Circular Strategies, Vienna
2019
- Lecture The future of Museums - Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
- Biennale conversation with Practices - Brussels
- Lectures New Generations of architects - Warsaw, Rome
- Lecture Public Architecture - Academy of Architecture, Rotterdam
- LocHal Lecture - International PLAN award, Milan
- Library Lecture - IFLA World Conference, Athens
- KL2019 conference - Kuala Lumpur
- Architecture Now lecture series - Amsterdam
- Lecture Architecture of communities - AIR Rotterdam
- Jury Next Step Award
- Symposium Space and Experience - MAK Museum of Applied Art, Vienna
2018
- Symposium Lokket knooppunten - Almere
- Lecture Architecture Now: Special Effects - Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
- Lecture energie en architectuur, IABR - Brussel
- Lecture & workshop: New Generations Festival - Warsaw
- Lecture: Civic Matters - Eindhoven University of Technology
- Lecture: Energie & Architectuur - Biennale Rotterdam
- Lecture: Building Holland - RAI Amsterdam
2017
- Occupancy/Appropriation - Biënnale Sao Paulo
- New Generations Festival - Rome
- Topos lezing & debat - Maastricht
- Heritage Lecture - TU Delft
- Dutch Design Week Talks - Eindhoven
- Libraries Lecture - TU Delft
2016
- Curatorencommissie ‘Kunst aan de Maas’
- Jury Rotterdam Architectuur Prijs
exhibitions publications
2024
- Archicomm Architect kiest voor esthetisch verzinken - ITC University Twente
- Jaarboek Architectuur in Nederland - ITC University Twente
- Casabella 955 Recovery by subtraction - ITC University Twente
- De Architect #1 2024 bouwen met wat er is - ITC University Twente
- FRAME. The next space - n.155 2024 Special - SchoenenKwartier Museum
- International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam - SchoenenKwartier Museum
- Nieuwe Instituut - LocHal Tilburg
2023
- Dutch designers yearbook '23 '24 - SchoenenKwartier Museum
- architectum #38 Nov. 2023 - SchoenenKwartier Museum
- architektur aktuell #9 2023 Changing content and adapting spaces - SchoenenKwartier Museum
- Qantas n.365 World of wonder - Shared Values - LocHal Tilburg
- De Volkskrant - 23 October 2023 - ITC University Twente
- Architectuur in Nederland - Jaarboek 2022-2023 - SchoenenKwartier Museum
- L'architecture d'aujourd'hui n.453 - Building locally - SchoenenKwartier Museum
2022
- De Architect #4 2022 Tabula Scripta - SchoenenKwartier Museum
- Temples of Books: Magnificent libraries around the world - LocHal Tilburg
2021
- Schooldomein - n.3 Feb 2021 - ITC
- The Riba Journal - Feb 2021 'All together now' - Civic Architects
- Schooldomein - n.4 Mar 2021 - ITC
- Imagination & Participation: Next steps in public library architecture - LocHal Tilburg
2020
- Living the city: of cities, people and stories. LocHal Tilburg. - Berlin - Tempelhof Airport
- AIT Dialog - AIT - award - LocHal Tilburg
- C3 maganize - n.405 - LocHal Tilburg
- XIA by AIT - 2 2020 AIR - LocHal Tilburg
- Steel Doc - April 2020 - LocHal Tilburg
- Facades 2020 - LocHal Tilburg
- L'industria delle construzioni - n.475 Sep/Oct 2020 - LocHal Tilburg
- World Architecture - Dec 2020 - LocHal Tilburg
2019
- Vienna Biennale for Change 2019 - MAK Museum of Applied Arts, Austria
- De Volkskrant - 22 January 2019 - LocHal Tilburg
- NRC.nl - 23 january 2019 - De nieuwe LocHal is het Centre Pompidou van Tilburg
- Bibliotheek blad - n.1 2019 - LocHal Tilburg
- Glas. Magazine over glaskunst - n.2 2019 - LocHal in Tilburg: industriele stadscampus
- ArchitectuurNL - n.2 2019 - Dynamische stad in LocHal Tilburg
- MEBEST - 83⁰ year n.1 February 2019 - LocHal Public Library
- BOUW WERELD - March 2019 - State of the art: culturele LocHal Tilburg in industriële loods NedTrain
- FRAME. The great indoors - n.127 March April 2019 - LocHal Tilburg
- AIT Magazine - 5.2019, Ӧffentliche Bauten Public Buildings - Bibliothek LocHal in Tilburg
- Monumentaal - n.3 June 2019 - LocHal Tilburg publiekstrekker
- Adf uk - July 2019 - LocHal Tilburg the Netherlands
- AZURE - July August 2019 - AZ awards 2019: Adaptive Re-Use LocHal Tilburg
- GEVELBOUW - 16⁰ year n.3 June July 2019 - Industriële cultuurkathedraal met gevels van staal. LocHal Tilburg
- De Groene Amsterdammer -143⁰ year n. 38 19 september 2019 - Architectuur: De Tilburgse LocHal
- Ecologik - n. 63 Sept – Oct 2019 - LocHal, une médiathèque innovante
- Architectuur in Nederland - Jaarboek 2018-2019 - LocHal Tilburg
- Architectuur in Nederland - Jaarboek 2018-2019 - Paviljoen Piushaven
- Tomorrow. Official klaf 2019 Logbook - June 2019 - Ingrid van der Heijden. Civic NL
2018
- ABE BONNEMA PRIJS VOOR JONGE ARCHITECTEN 2018 - Paviljoen Piushaven Tilburg
- Le sfide dell’architettura. Piazze e spiazi pubblici - n.22 - Willem II Passage. Civic Architects and Bright
- BRICK 18 - Outstanding international brick architecture - Willem II Passage
- AR Architectural review - n.158 2018 - Civic Architects
- Igloo - n.183 April May 2018 - Arhitectura contemporana olandeza, Civic architects
- ArchitectuurNL - n.2 2018 - Paviljoen Piushaven
- XXI - n. 169 May 2018 - Paviljoen Piushaven
- Ètapes - n.243 May June 2018 - Willem II Passage. Interactive passage Tilburg, marche coloreè
- ArchitectuurNL - n.6 2018 - Talent NL : Publieke architectuur volgens Civic Architects
- Architectural Record - June 2018 - The future of practice: design vanguard. Civic Architects
- Bouwen Met Staal - n. 263 June 2018 - Paviljoen Piushaven Tilburg
- INSIDE OUTSIDE - June 2018 - LocHal ‘Heruitvinden van ruimte’
- Abitare.it - 9 June 2018 - International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) Trouw
- DETAIL - December 2018 - Hafenpavillon in Tilburg
- BNL - December 2018, Inspirende dag in ‘industriële kathedraal’. - LocHal Tilburg
- De Ridder - 2018 - LocHal: von verwachting klopt het hart
2017
- Architectural Record - August 2017 - Willem-II Passage
- Civil Engineering - October 2017 - LocHal Tilburg
- Dutch Design Awards 2017. Be the future - Willem-II Passage
- Jaarboek Landschap en Stedenbouw - 2017 - Willem-II Passage
- deArchitect, n.6 November 2017 - Winnaar ARC17 Jong Talent Award
- Concept - vol. 223 November 2017 - LocHal
- Elsevier weekblad - 73⁰ year n.52 30 December 2017 - Architectuur LocHal Tilburg
Faq
Does that work out, a design company with four partners?
It looks like it, yes. We believe that societies thrive when there is room for different perspectives and lively conversations. We internalized this belief by having four equal captains on the Civic-ship. In each project two partners are directly involved with the work, and the other two reflect on the project in-house. We share the authorship together.
Does Civic only do public buildings?
No. But also: Yes. We believe the profession of architecture is per definition a public task and therefore should show responsibility and accountability towards societal themes and public impact. This is true for all types of architectures. That’s why in each project we design and engineer with public values in mind, whether we are working on urban plans, residential buildings, university buildings or museums.
What is this 'The Cloud Collective' -thing
This notorious society consists of spatial design companies and individuals with a common history in Eindhoven, and a shared perspective on the societal role of spatial design. The members share inspiration and now and then collaborate for projects. We worked with Studio Matters on the exhibition of the BookFair Pavilion and the graphical artwork on the Tolhuiskade apartment building, for instance, and with Bright on the Willem-II-Passage and the Piushaven Pavilion.
Who did what in the LocHal project?
We understand that it’s fairly difficult to grasp this nontraditional design process, with so many collaborators as LocHal had. Trying to keep it simple and clear: The team of Braaksma&Roos, InsideOutside and Civic design the whole building together. Basically, all the things which are fixed: The concrete, steel, glass, big textiles, wooden flooring and staircases and all parts of the historic architecture you see. Civic was lead architect, Braaksma & Roos was responsible for the renovation of the existing, InsideOutside developed the concept for the interior design and designed the textiles. Mecanoo elaborated the interior design of the library and offices: basically, everything you can take out without cutting or sawing, and the plaza café.
Here is a GIF that shows it in the simplest possible way. And here is another one.