noAarchitecten was founded by An Fonteyne, Jitse van den Berg and Philippe Viérin in 1999 and is based in Belgium, both in Brussels and Bruges. Their work has been rewarded for its contemporary aspects as well as its historical approach. The conversion of a 16th-century mill complex in Aarschot was rewarded with the 2011 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award, the 2011 Award for Architecture of the Province of Flemish Brabant and the 2011 Belgian Award for Architecture and Energy by the Royal Federation of Belgian Architects Association.
The Town Hall in Menen was nominated for the 2009 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award and won the quadrennial Award for Architecture of the Province of West Flanders in 2011.
The practice consists of a dynamic and international team of 15 architects with a broad experience. The main office is an open studio in a 1930s factory building in central Brussels, which the practice converted to studio use for themselves.
The three partners An Fonteyne, Jitse van den Berg and Philippe Vierin are closely involved in the design of all projects, with at least one of the partners attending all client meetings and leading the project together with an architect project leader. The appreciation for the work of noAarchitecten is the result of a strong synergetic cooperation between the complementary leading architects working together in all phases of a project.
