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Agrotopia selected for Nationale Staalprijs

16/07/2024 Read more

Last year, our project Agrotopia greenhouse rooftop Roeselare, in collaboration with Van Bergen Kolpa Architects, already won the Staalbouwprijs (Steel Construction Award) and the BTTV-Award for galvanised steel in Belgium.Today, the project has also been nominated for Nationale Staalprijs (National Steel Award) in the Netherlands, specifically in the category of hall constructions and industrial buildings. website Nationale Staalbouwdag project page Agrotopia rooftop greenhouse Roeselare

Lecture by Niklaas Deboutte during Roeselare Maakt Stad / Stad Maakt Roeselare

11/06/2024 Read more

On Tuesday 18 June 2024, the City of Roeselare is organising the symposium Roeselare Maakt Stad / City Makes Roeselare.Niklaas Deboutte was asked to give a short lecture on quality control and process in architecture. The lecture follows the format of a Pecha-Kucha lecture.At the end of the evening, the Architecture Prize of the City of Roeselare will also be awarded, for which our project Agrotopia rooftop greenhouse Roeselare has been selected. news article Agrotopia selected for Architecture...

Agrotopia selected for Architecture Prize City of Roeselare

30/04/2024 Read more

Driven by the Quality Chamber, the City of Roeselare is awarding the Roeselare Architecture Prize for the first time, distinguishing between small- and large-scale projects. Our project in collaboration with Van Bergen Kolpa Architects is one of the ten selected projects in the Large-Scale Projects category. The selected projects stand a chance of winning both a jury prize and a public prize, for which votes can be cast online.On Sunday 26 May 2024, the City of Roeselare will also organise the...

New collaborator: Sophie Soenen

22/04/2024 Read more

Today we welcome architect Sophie Soenen as a new collaborator in the META team.

Normaalschool site wins Prize Most Inspiring City Center Development!

16/04/2024 Read more

Our project Normaalschool site redevelopment Lier, or also known as Academisch Kwartier, is one of the winners of the Dutch election for the Prize Most Inspiring City Center Development, an initiative of Platform Binnenstadmanagemen.In concrete terms, the project is the winner of the category 'Activity & Building' and thus shares the prize with Arnhem (category 'Own & Unique') and Ede (category 'Sustainable & Digital'). It is remarkable that our project is the only non-Dutch project that was...

Central Police Station Kouter Torhout officially inaugurated

23/02/2024 Read more

Our project Central Police Station Kouter Torhout was officially inaugurated today by mayor Kristof Audenaert and chief of police Kris Depovere. The official inauguration is the culmination of an intense and particularly enjoyable process in which META has been involved as architect since January 2020.With the exception of the district posts, the services of Lokale Politie Kouter will be centralised from seven different buildings to one Central Police Station Kouter Torhout. news article...

META selected for Stadhuis-Pupillen site in Aalst

20/02/2024 Read more

In the centre of Aalst, Belgium, the Stadhuis-Pupillen site is being developed on behalf of the City of Aalst and AGSA. The project consists of a three clusters of buildings comprising the historic town hall on the Grote Markt square, the Zwarte Zusters monastery, House De Kegel, Hotel Van Langenhove and the former Pupillenschool, adjacent to Utopia.The team consists of CIT RED (project development), CIT Blaton (general construction), META architectuurbureau (architecture), Pascal François...

City of Roeselare chooses META for feasibility study Expohallen

30/01/2024 Read more

The temporary partnership META-Bureau50 was chosen to draw up a feasibility study for a new future for the Expohallen Roeselare, commissioned by Stad Roeselare and supported by Vlaams Bouwmeester.The feasibility study not only includes a spatial survey of the capacity of the existing building, but is combined with a market survey (conducted by Bureau50).Moreover, VK Eningeering will assist the team for technical advice.

META in the new book 'Belgian Architects Today' by Lannoo

25/01/2024 Read more

In the trilingual edition 'Belgian Architects Today', architecture writer Agata Toromanoff introduces Belgium's most influential contemporary architects, outlining their influences and ideas and revealing the designs that have brought them fame. META is included with projects Bruges Meeting & Convention Centre, Agrotopia rooftop greenhouse Roeselare and UA Buildings O & M.

Agrotopia in Chinese magazine Vision Magazine

04/01/2024 Read more

Agrotopia rooftop greenhouse Roeselare was published in an 8-page article in the Chinese magazine Vision Magazine. The project is a collaboration between META and Van Bergen Kolpa Architects.project page Agrotopia rooftop greenhouse Roeselare

Lecture 'Horizon 8300' on competition proposal Casino Knokke-Heist

20/12/2023 Read more

META and DBLV were selected earlier this year for the architectural competition for the new Casino Knokke-Heist.As a result, META-DBLV was invited to give a lecture, partly about their own work, partly about the non-winning competition proposal.The lecture will take place on Thursday January 11th, 2024 at 19h30 in Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord, Maxim Willemspad 1, Knokke-Heist.Admission is free. Registration via the website of Knokke-Heist is recommended.Those attending the lecture can also...

Agrotopia is finalist of Archello Awards

02/11/2023 Read more

Agrotopia rooftop greenhouse Roeselare, our project together with Van Bergen Kolpa Architects, is one of the five finalists of the Archello Awards 2023 in the 'University Building of the Year' category, although this is not a university building. vote for Agrotopia on the website of Archello Awards project page Agrotopia rooftop greenhouse Roeselare

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