Mecanoo is a Dutch architecture firm based in Delft. It was founded in 1984 by Francine Houben, Henk Döll, Roelf Steenhuis, Erick van Egeraat, and Chris de Weijer. Their expertise includes architecture, urban planning, landscape and interior.
The name Mecanoo is a combination of Meccano the building kit. Mécano a magazine and Ozoo the motto of the founding members of the Rotterdam zoo.
Beyond Delft they have offices in London, New York and Kaohsiung
Their design philosophy is People, Place, and Purpose. Client’s wish and need. Location context. Current and as much as much as possible anticipated need.
Library of Birmingham
2013, Birmingham, England
Montevideo Municipal Tower
2005, Rotterdam, Netherland
Bruce C Bolling Municipal Building
2015, Boston, Masschusetts
Delft University of Technology Library
1997, Delft, Netherlands
European Investment Bank
2023, Luxembourg
Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library
2020, Washington, DC
National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts
2018, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
HOME Centre for International Contemporary Art Theatre and Film
2015, Manchester, England
Fifty Two Degrees
2007, Nijmagen, Netherlands
Netherlands Open Air Museum
2000, Amhem, Netherlands
