Charles Vandenhove

Charles Vandenhove studied at École supérieure des arts Saint-Luc de Liège, École nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre and Free University of Brussels. The recorded working language is Dutch and French. Works named in the authority record are university hospital center of Liège and Royal Theatre of La Monnaie. Work by Charles Vandenhove is recorded in the collections of Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst and Middelheim Museum. Distinctions recorded are Honorary doctor of the University of Liège.

• Name — Charles Vandenhove • Born — 3 July 1927 • Birthplace — Teuven • Died — 22 January 2019 • Significant Projects — Academisch ziekenhuis C.H.U., Liège Renovation of the Koninklijke Schouwburg, The Hague • Illustration — Hôtel Torrentius, 16th century home in Liège, renovated in 1981 by Vandenhove • Illustration — Cour Saint-Antoine (1978-85) in Liège • Illustration — Palace of Justice (1998), Den Bosch, Netherlands • Illustration — Detail Maison Céramique (2009), Maastricht, Netherlands

Vandenhove graduated in 1945 from the Liège university of applied sciences Saint-Luc and in 1951 from the university of applied sciences for architecture La Cambre in Brussels. Vandenhove became famous with his design for the university campus Sart-Tilman (Liège Science Park) of the University of Liège in the 1970s. He demonstrated with his project Cour Saint-Antoine in the inner city of Liège that modern functional concepts can be merged with a respect for the historical fabric of the old city. Since the 1990s, Vandenhove was mostly active in the Netherlands. Many of the homes designed by Vandenhove can be recognized by typical half-round zinc roofs, French balconies and Louvre shutters. In the 1980s and 1990s, Vandenhove collaborated with artists such as Sol LeWitt, Daniel Buren and Giulio Paolini in designing buildings such as the academic hospital of Liège, the Koninklijke Schouwburg in The Hague and the La Monnaie in Brussels. He also involved artists in the renovation and decoration of his own home, the 16th century city palace Hôtel Torrentius in Liège. Charles and his wife Jeanne Vandenhove loaned their art collection of post-1945 European art in 2007 for long term to the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht. The collection is currently maintained by the Stichting Charles Vandenhove (English: Charles Vandenhove Foundation) and is since 2012 permanently on display in a new home in Ghent, nearby the Henri Van de Veldes Boekentoren.

On 19 March 2016; Vandenhove was appointed as doctor honoris causa at the University of Liège.

• Academic Hospital C.H.U., Liège, Sart-Tilman, 1962-1987 • Sporthal Standard, Liège, 1968 • Universiteitssporthal Liège, Sart-Tilman, 1972 • Renovation and new constructions Hors-Château and Cour Saint-Antoine, Liège, 1978–85 • Renovation Hôtel Torrentius, Liège, 1981 • Renovation La Monnaie, Brussels, 1986 • Homes at Zieken, Huygenspark The Hague, 1987, 1992 • Renovation and extension Koninklijke Schouwburg, The Hague, 1991, 1999 • Apartment building de Liefde, Bilderdijkstraat, Amsterdam, 1992 • Homes at the Charles Voscour, Maastricht, 1993 • Apartment buildings Bassecour, Wageningen, 1993-1997 • Renovation Théâtre de la ville - rue des Abbesses, Paris, 1996 • Homes at the Kanunnikkencour, Maastricht, 1996 • Palace of Justice, 's-Hertogenbosch, 1998 • Homes at Poort van Breda, Breda, 1999 • Apartment building De Croissant and homes at the Bocht van Guinea, The Hague, 1999 • Faculty building, University of Groningen, 2001 • Apartment building Statenplein, Dordrecht, 2003 • Homes at Getsewoud, Nieuw-Vennep, 2002 • Antenne Sociale, OCMW, Brussels (Laeken), 2003 • City hall of Ridderkerk, 2004 • Catharinahuis Eindhoven, 2004 • Apartment building De Kölleminder, Venlo, 2006 • Apartment building Maison Céramique, Maastricht-Céramique, 2009

• Illustration — Extension of La Monnaie, Brussels • Illustration — Extension Thêatre des Abbesses, Paris • Illustration — Extension Koninklijke Schouwburg, The Hague • Illustration — De Croissant, The Hague • Illustration — Charles Voscour, Maastricht • Illustration — Kanunnikencour, Maastricht • Illustration — Poort van Breda • Illustration — Statenplein, Dordrecht