Co-Founder of NL Architects
Kamiel Klaasse graduated from TU Delft in 1995 and two years later founded NL Architects together with Walter van Dijk, Pieter Bannenberg and Mark Linnemann. They drew attention to themselves with the student project of the Carstadt house, which fulfills urban life and the function of parking. Today, the atelier has an international composition, counts around 25 members and enjoys the reputation of one of the most innovative offices. Projects from the NL workshop humorously and at the same time sensitively solve the problems not only of architecture itself, but also of urban life, housing and the unusual use of energy sources. Studio NL Architects received numerous awards for their projects. In 2017 they won the prestigious European Mies van der Rohe Awards for the renovation of The Kleiburg apartment building near Amsterdam. Well-known projects include the Basketbar in Utrecht, the multi-functional centers Forum Groningen and Crossoverzaal, the school campus De Vonk in Belgium or the Club House Varkenoord in Rotterdam.