Francine HOUBEN / MECANOO

(1955~)

Dutch architect and founding partner and creative director of “Mecanoo” architectural office | 1955 born in Sittard / Limburg | 1997 graduates from “Delft University of Technology” | 2001 publishes her manifesto on architecture: “Composition, Contrast, Complexity” | 2002-06 city architect of Almere | 2003 curator of the first “International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam” | 2007 visiting professor at “Harvard University” | 2008 receives the “Prix Veuve Clicquot” of the Netherlands as “Businesswoman of the Year” | 2010 lifetime membership of the “Academy of Arts”, Department of Architecture, in Berlin | 2015 Queen Máxima of the Netherlands presents her the “Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Prize” for her work | 2016 receives honorary doctorate from Delft University