Erick van Egeraat
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Erick van Egeraat is a Dutch architect. He is based in Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

 but particularly active in Germany and Russia.

From 1983 till 1995 he was part of the architecture bureau Mecanoo
Mecanoo
Mecanoo is a firm of architects based in Delft, The Netherlands. The Delft based office of Mecanoo was officially founded in 1984 by Francine Houben, Henk Döll, Roelf Steenhuis, Erick van Egeraat and Chris de Weijer. The firm is directed by its original founder architect Prof. ir. Francine M.J....

, together with Francine Houben
Francine Houben
Francine Houben is a leading Dutch architect. She is a founding partner and the creative director of Mecanoo Architecten, Delft, The Netherlands....

 and other architects.
His office EEA (Erik van Egeraat Associates) went bankrupt in 2010 and it is now reborn under the name Designed by Erik van Egeraat (dbEVE).

Other works

  • experimental housing project at the International Garden Show in Stuttgart
    Stuttgart
    Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

     in 1993
  • designs for the rebuilding of the University of Leipzig
    University of Leipzig
    The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...

     campus (including the Augustusplatz
    Augustusplatz
    The Augustusplatz is a square located at the east end of the city centre of Leipzig. It is the city's largest square and one of the largest squares in Germany...

    ), due for completion in 2009
  • Federation Island
    Federation Island
    Federation Island is an artificial island archipelago that will be located off the coast of Sochi in the Black Sea. The archipelago complex was designed by Erick van Egeraat and will contain residences, hotels, cultural, leisure and recreational facilities and will be built in the shape of Russia...

    , Sochi
    Sochi
    Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains...

  • Designs for towers in Yakimanka District
    Yakimanka District
    Yakimanka District is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. Population: It is named after the former church of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne...

    , Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

     (rejected)
  • Natuurhistorisch Museum
    Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam
    The ' is a natural history museum at Museumpark in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.The museum is located in the Villa Dijkzigt, dating from 1852 and extended in 1995 with a modern glazed pavilion which was designed by the Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat. Villa Dijkzigt was originally built by J. F...

    , Rotterdam
    Rotterdam
    Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

  • The new Dynamo Stadium (Moscow)
  • The Sberbank University Moscow
  • The Milanofiori Masterplan Milan, Italy
  • The Lyon Confluence residential project, France
  • The Netherlands Embassy and ambassadors residence, Warsaw, Poland
  • The Drents Museum Extension Assen, the Netherlands
  • The ING Headquarters Budapest Hungary
  • The Erick van Egeraat Tower, Zuid-As Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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