• Source: Barbara Kuit

Barbara Kuit is a Dutch architect. In 1998, together with her partner Mark Hemel, Kuit founded Information Based Architecture (IBA).
IBA designed the world’s tallest TV tower, the Canton Tower, formerly known as the Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower in Guangzhou, China (completed in 2010).




Biography


Kuit was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Before founding IBA, she worked for several years at the office of Zaha Hadid Architects. There she worked on various projects including the MAXXI – National Museum of the 21st Century Arts in Rome, Millennium Dome in London and Science Center in Wolfsburg. Before that she worked at Harper Mackay in London, as a local architect on various projects of Philippe Starck, St Martin’s Lane Hotel and Sanderson Hotel in London.




Career






= Teaching

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From 1999–2007 Barbara Kuit was a visiting critic at the Architectural Association in London.
1990-1992 Taught various workshops at the Technical University Delft.
2004-2005 Visiting critic at the Academie van Bouwkunst, Rotterdam
2006- Visiting lecturer at TU Delft
2010- Post Graduate course coordinator University of Maastricht-Dep Architecture




= Recognition

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Chosen as one of Design-Build network's new young architects to watch for 2010
Conde Nast Traveler 2010: The New Wonders of the World
Bizz magazine profile




Projects



2004–Present Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing tower
Principal Architect for the Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing tower of 114,000 square metres (1,230,000 sq ft) GFA in Guangzhou
project includes a conference center, retail, cinema, multiple restaurants and cafes, observation decks and administration offices
2005–Present
Principal Architect for a multifunctional student housing complex in El Mina, Ghana, including internet café, guesthouse and student living quarters
1997-2002 Zaha Hadid Architects
2001 BMW event centre in Muenchen
Design architect of 18,000 square metres (190,000 sq ft) science museum
2000-2002 Wolfsburg Science Centre, Germany
Design architect of 15,000 square metres (160,000 sq ft) science museum
1998-1999 Contemporary Arts Centre in Rome
Design architect of 30,000 square metres (320,000 sq ft) museum. Program included exhibition spaces, retail, facilities and restaurants
1998-1999 Mind zone in the Millennium Dome in London
Design architect, content development and communication with Artists. Design regarded 1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft) exhibition pavilion
1995-1997 Harper Mackay
1996-1997 the Sanderson Hotel, London
Philippe Starck in London the St Martins Lane Hotel
architect of 15,000 square metres (160,000 sq ft) refurbishment of listed heritage building into 5 star hotel
1996-1997 the St Martins Lane Hotel, London
architect of 10,000 square metres (110,000 sq ft) 5 start hotel development in Central London.




Publications and Reference material


Kuit is working on a book titled Supermodel, the making of the world's tallest TV tower, which will come out in the early months of 2011.




References






External links


Upcoming Doc-Eye documentary

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Menara Kanton
• Barbara Kuit
• Canton Tower
• Mark Hemel
• Arup Group
• List of women architects
• Information Based Architecture
• List of hyperboloid structures
• Omar Ali Saifuddien III
• Indo-European vocabulary
• Institute of Sonology