Erick van Egeraat

He is the winner of RIBA Award 2007, Best Building Award 2011&2012 and European Property Award 2013. April 26, 2016, Erick van Egeraat was decorated ‘Officer in the order of Oranje Nassau.' This decoration was presented to Erick van Egeraat by the Mayor of Rotterdam, on behalf of the King of the Netherlands.

Erick van Egeraat studied at Delft University of Technology and Maartenscollege, Groningen. The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rotterdam, Moscow and Budapest. Employment is recorded with Erick van Egeraat associated architects. Works named in the authority record are VTB Arena. Work by Erick van Egeraat is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Design Museum Den Bosch and Nieuwe Instituut. Distinctions recorded are Dedalo Minosse Prize.

• Name — Erick van Egeraat • Born — 27 April 1956 • Birthplace — Amsterdam, Netherlands • Education — Delft University of Technology • Practice — (designed by) Erick van Egeraat • Significant Buildings — * ING Head Office in Budapest • Drents Museum in Assen • The Rock tower in Amsterdam • Incineration line in Roskilde • Main building and Auditorium, Leipzig University • Corporate University of Sberbank in Moscow • Awards — * Media Architecture Award (2014) • RIBA Award (2007) • European Property award (2013)

Erick van Egeraat graduated from the Delft University of Technology, Department of Architecture. During his last year in the university, after winning the competition to design flexible youth housing at Kruisplein, Rotterdam he co-founded Mecanoo with Henk Döll, Francine Houben, Roelf Steenhuis and Chris de Weijer. The early years of Mecanoo were characterized by projects which challenged the norms of urban renewal and social housing. Notable projects include Housing Kruisplein, Rotterdam (1980-1985), Bilderberg Parkhotel, Rotterdam (1990-1992), House 13 at the IGA Stuttgart 1993 (1990-1993), Faculty of Economics and Management, Utrecht (1991-1995) and the Library at Delft University of Technology (1992-1998).

In 1995 Erick van Egeraat left Mecanoo and established his own company Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects (EEA) with offices in Rotterdam, London, Budapest, Prague and Moscow. A milestone project which expressed his new architectural approach was the Headquarters of ING Bank and NNH Insurance company in Budapest (1992-1994). In his own words, “It may be considered one of the first buildings to juxtapose an uncompromising modernism with intuitive organic shapes to achieve what might be called Modern Baroque”. The new vision found its articulation in a variety of projects, such as Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, Ireland (1996–2000), Pop-stage Mezz in Breda, the Netherlands (1996–2002), Mauritskade building in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1996–2002), City Hall in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands (1997–2002) and Visual Art Center in Middlesbrough, England (2007) for which the architect received the RIBA award. This period was marked by a greater diversity of work, from product design (door handle Erick, 2008) to master-planning (Oosterdokseiland in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, (1998–2001) and increasing focus on Central and Eastern Europe where he built the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Warsaw, Poland (1999–2004), ING Group Headquarters in Budapest, Hungary (1999–2004), Hotel Kempinski in Bratislava, Slovakia (2004–2008) and other projects. Erick van Egeraat was particularly interested to work in historical context, as shown in his projects of Liget Center (2000–2002) and Deak Palace (2003–2004) in Budapest, Hungary as well as master-plan of New Holland Island in Saint Petersburg, Russia (competition 2006). Working with historical buildings or in historical ambience, he aimed for “continuity and memory rather than rupture and rejection”. In 2000s Erick van Egeraat started to work actively in Russia. The thrill of work in a new architectural environment made him design his "most spectacular, pure architecture project" Russian Avant-Garde in Moscow (2001) which made him "one of the most flamboyant architects in the Netherlands", according to the critics. Russian Avant-Garde and Federation Island in Sochi (2007) caused a stir and started a public discourse, but did not reach the stage of realization. The others were successfully built, among them: Capital City in Moscow (2002–2010) and Trade and Entertainment Center Vershina in Surgut (2005–2010). In 2009 Erick van Egeraat restructured his company into (designed by) Erick van Egeraat with offices in Rotterdam, Moscow, Budapest and Prague. Despite the Great Recession, his focus on complexity and quality steadily grew. In Europe he completed the projects of Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands (2008–2011), Incineration Line in Roskilde, Denmark (2008–2013), Main building and Auditorium in Leipzig University, Germany (2004–2015) and Erasmus University College in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2012–2014). In Russia he built Chess Academy in Khanty-Mansiysk (2008–2010), Corporate University of Sberbank in Moscow region (2010–2013) and completed Mercury City Tower in Moscow (2011–2013). His interest in working in historical context is manifest in his high-profile design of the new Dynamo stadium (winner of the competition, 2010) and master-planning, design and consultancy works for development of the territory of the former Red October chocolate factory (since 2007). Portfolio of Erick van Egeraat includes over 100 projects in more than 10 countries, including the Saudi Arabia where he created the master-plan for the city center of Unaizah (2014).

• Illustration — ING office in Budapest, Hungary • Illustration — The Rock in Amsterdam, Netherlands • Illustration — University building Paulinum and Augusteum in Leipzig, Germany • 1980-1985 Housing Kruisplein - Rotterdam, the Netherlands (as partner of Mecanoo) • 1985-1989 Housing Tiendplein - Rotterdam, the Netherlands (as partner of Mecanoo) • 1989-1990 Restaurant Boompjes - Rotterdam, the Netherlands (as partner of Mecanoo) • 1990-1992 Parkhotel - Rotterdam, the Netherlands (as partner of Mecanoo) • 1992-1995 Natural History Museum - Rotterdam, the Netherlands (as partner of Mecanoo) • 1992-1994 / 1993-1997 ING office / Extension - Budapest, Hungary • 1994-1997 School for Fashion and Graphic design - Utrecht, the Netherlands • 1996-2000 Municipal Art Gallery - Cork, Ireland • 1996-2000 InHolland High School - Rotterdam, the Netherlands • 1996-2002 Pop-stage Mezz - Breda, the Netherlands • 1997-2002 City Hall - Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands • 1999-2003 Villa Bianca – Prague, Czech Republic • 1999-2004 ING Headquarters - Budapest, Hungary • 2000-2004 Royal Netherlands Embassy - Warsaw, Poland • 2001-2005 Crescent housing – Nieuw Vennep, the Netherlands • 2002-2009 The Rock Tower - Amsterdam, The Netherlands • 2002-2010 Capital City – Moscow, Russia • 2003-2004 Deak Palace refurbishment - Budapest, Hungary • 2003- 2006 Offices Zilverparkkade - Lelystad, the Netherlands • 2003-2006 Metzo College – Doetinchem, the Netherlands • 2003-2007 Visual Art Center – Middlesbrough, England • 2003-2008 Municipal Theatre – Haarlem, the Netherlands • 2003-2012 Masterplan Milanofiori - Milan, Italy • 2004-2010 Masterplan River Park - Bratislava, Slovakia • 2004-2010 Private Residence - Rotterdam, the Netherlands • 2004-2015 University Main building and Auditorium - Leipzig, Germany • 2005-2009 Lyon Confluence – Lyon, France • 2005-2010 Trade and Entertainment Center Vershina – Surgut, Russia • 2006-2011 Sumatrakontor - Hamburg, Germany • 2006-2014 Bay Mansion – Moscow, Russia • 2007-2011 Drents Museum - Assen, the Netherlands • 2008-2010 Chess Academy – Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia • 2008-2013 Incineration Line - Roskilde, Denmark • 2009-2012 Columbuskwartier - Almere, the Netherlands • 2010-2013 Corporate University of Sberbank – Moscow, Russia • 2010-2013 Erasmus University Campus and Interior - Rotterdam, the Netherlands • 2012-2013 Public spaces in Mercury City Tower – Moscow, Russia

Erick van Egeraat was born on 27 April 1956 in Amsterdam. Egeraat held the nationality of Kingdom of the Netherlands. Egeraat was educated at Delft University of Technology and Maartenscollege, Groningen. Egeraat worked as architect. Egeraat worked in Rotterdam, Moscow, Budapest, Khanty-Mansiysk, Amsterdam, Hamburg and Surgut. Egeraat was employed by Erick van Egeraat associated architects. Egeraat worked in Dutch.