Bob Van Reeth

Bob Van Reeth
Born	(1943-02-26)26 February 1943 Temse, German-occupied Belgium
Died	30 September 2025(2025-09-30) (aged 82)
Occupation	Architect

Bob Van Reeth (26 February 1943 – 30 September 2025), who usually signed as bOb Van Reeth,^{[citation needed]} was a Belgian architect.

Life and career

Bob Van Reeth started working as an architect in 1965 with designing buildings in Mechelen and Kalmthout. In 1972, he became a teacher at the Nationaal Hoger Instituut voor Bouwkunst (The National Higher Institute for Architecture) in Antwerp. The same year, he started the group Krokus with Jean-Paul Laenen and Marcel Smets. The group worked on the restoration of the old centre of Mechelen.

In the 1980s, Van Reeth designed a new building for the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege in Antwerp. Later buildings include in 2007 a new wing for the Westvleteren Abbey, and the black-and-white Huis Van Roosmalen facing the Scheldt in Antwerp.^[1] Close by stands the Zuiderterras, a grand café on the quay.^[2] He also led the company AWG (Architect Work Group) Architecten, which won the architectural concours for the design of a memorial and documentation centre about the Holocaust in Mechelen.^[3]

In January 1998, Van Reeth became the first Flemish Government Architect (Vlaams Bouwmeester), a function he held until 1 June 2005 when Marcel Smets succeeded him.^[4]

Van Reeth died on 30 September 2025, at the age of 82.^[5]

Notes

1. "Batibouw: 50 jaar evolutie in architectuur en bouwen" (in Dutch). Batibouw. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
2. "Antwerp: food, fashion and fun". The Daily Telegraph. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
3. "Bob Van Reeth ontwerpt Holocaustmuseum" (in Dutch). De Tijd. 5 July 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
4. Anne Brumagne (6 April 2005). "Hommage aan een bouwmeester:Bob Van Reeth" (in Dutch). Brussel deze week. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
5. "Eerste Vlaamse bouwmeester en visionair architect bOb Van Reeth overleden op 82-jarige leeftijd". GVA. Retrieved 1 October 2025.

External links

• AWG website
• Bob Van Reeth at IMDb