2024

  • Scottish Structural Awards, Best Cultural or Event Space Project for Perth Museum, United Kingdom.
  • Architizer A+Awards, Firm of the Year.
  • Blue Zone Festival Award, first prize in the Real Estate Development category for Cartesius Utrecht, the Netherlands.
  • Netherland-America Foundation Ambassadors' Award presented to Francine Houben for her multi-award-winning designs in the United States.
  • Architizer A+Awards Popular Choice Winner in the Libraries category for Tainan Public Library, Taiwan.
  • Architizer A+Awards Jury Winner in the Best Public Projects Firm category.
  • LUXlife, Leaders in Luxury Awards, Most Innovative Architecture & Urban Planning Firm 2024 - the Netherlands.
  • Global 100 Women in Leadership Awards, Visionary Architectural Innovator Award for Francine Houben. 



2023

  • FX Design Award, Global Product of the Year for Kampus, Manchester, United Kingdom.
  • THE PLAN Awards, Honorable Mention, Villa category for Villa BW, the Netherlands.
  • World Architecture News Awards, Practice of the Year Award.
  • World Architecture News Awards, Gold in Residential Multi-Use category for Amstel Design District, the Netherlands.
  • World Architecture News Awards, Gold in Affordable Housing category for Kaohsiung Social Housing, Taiwan.
  • World Architecture News Awards, Gold in House of the Year category for Villa BW, the Netherlands.
  • The Royal Fine Art Commission Trust, Building Beauty Awards, Building Commendation for One Silk Street, Manchester, United Kingdom.
  • Global Design News and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, Future House International Residential Awards - Best Private House for Villa BW, the Netherlands.
  • National Capital Area Council (NCAC), Character Under Construction Good Scout Award for Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington DC, USA.
  • PROVADA Middle Rent Award 2023 for Brink Tower, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • ARCHITECT Light & Architecture Design Awards, Merit Award, Interior Lighting for Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington DC, USA.
  • AIA Awards, Interior Architecture Award for Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington DC, USA.

 

2022

  • WAN Awards, Bronze Award, Residential category for Kampus, Manchester, United Kingdom.
  • AIA Virginia Design Awards, Interior Design Award of Honor for Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington DC, USA.
  • Docomomo Modernism in America Awards, Civic/Institutional Design Citation of Merit for Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington DC, USA.
  • International Architecture Awards, Library category for Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, New York, USA.
  • FIABCI Taiwan, Real Estate Excellence Awards, Golden Award on Best in Placing and Design for Kaohsiung Social Housing, Taiwan.
  • FIABCI Taiwan, Real Estate Excellence Awards, Special Mention on Best of Social Housing for Kaohsiung Social Housing, Taiwan.
  • Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY), Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards, Winner Renovation/Retrofit/Rehabilitation for Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, New York, USA.
  • Architecture Award Nijmegen, Jury Prize for Het Rijks Vocational School & Jorismavo, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
  • ALA/IIDA Library Interior Design Award, Public Libraries - over 30,000 sq. ft. category for Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, New York, USA.
  • SARA|NY Design Awards, Special Award for Innovation in Civic Architecture for Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, New York, USA.
  • Architizer A+Awards Jury Winner in the Best in Europe category.
  • Architizer A+Awards Finalist in the Best Large Firm category.
  • Architizer A+Awards Finalist in the Institutional - Library category for Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington DC, USA.
  • WLA Awards - World Landscape Architecture - Award of Excellence in the Built Urban Design category for Taichung Green Corridor, Taichung, Taiwan.
  • ICE North West Awards, Large Project of the Year Award for Manchester Engineering Campus Development, Manchester, United Kingdom.
  • AIA/ALA Library Building Award for Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington DC, USA.
  • Insider North West Residential Property Awards, Apartment Development of the Year (more than 300 homes), HBD and Capital & Centric for Kampus, Manchester, United Kingdom.
  • IIDA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Awards, Award of Merit in the Education category and the Pinnacle Award for Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington DC, USA.
  • European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2022, shortlisted project for LocHal Library, Tilburg, the Netherlands.

 

2021

  • IDA Design Awards, Silver in Architecture/Institutional for Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, New York, USA.
  • World-Architects winner of the public vote for US Building of the Year for Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington DC, USA.
  • Architect’s Newspaper, Best of Design Awards, Institutional - Libraries category for Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, New York, USA.
  • Herengracht Industrie Prijs winner for LocHal Library, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
  • Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award, Historic Preservation for Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington DC, USA.
  • ENR MidAtlantic Excellence in Sustainability, Award of Merit Renovation/Restoration for Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington DC, USA.
  • THE PLAN Award, Honorable Mention, Urban Planning/Future category for Railway Zone Dordrecht, the Netherlands.
  • The Municipal Art Society of New York, MASterworks Award, Best Adaptive Reuse for Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, New York, USA.
  • European Prize for Architecture by The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design
  • AZ Awards, Urban Design Visions, Award of Merit for Railway Zone Dordrecht, the Netherlands.
  • Yuan Ye Award, Architecture and Landscape for Tainan Public Library, Taiwan.
  • Fast Company's World Changing Ideas Awards 2021, category Transportation, Finalist for RET Metro Interior.
  • Female Frontier Award by World Architecture News, Winner Architect of the Year 2021 for Francine Houben. 
  • Cambridge Design and Construction Awards, commendation best new large building for Key Worker Housing, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Architizer A+Firm Awards Winner in the Architecture - Cultural category.
  • Architizer A+Firm Awards Finalist in the Architecture - Institutional category.
  • ​​Architizer A+Firm Awards Finalist in the Best in Europe category.

 

2020

  • Luxury Lifestyle Awards, category Best Luxury Architect Studio in the Netherlands.
  • ​AIT-Award 2020, Best in Interior and Architecture, 2nd prize, category Public Buildings/Culture, LocHal Library, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
  • ABB LEAF Awards 2020/21 Lifetime Achievement Winner for Francine Houben.
  • Best Library of the Netherlands Award for LocHal Library, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
  • IES Illumination Awards, Award of Merit to National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • THE PLAN Award, Honorable Mention, Villa category for Villa Vught, the Netherlands.
  • Chicago Athenaeum, International Architecture Awards, Museums and Cultural Buildings category for National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • Architizer A+Awards, Special Mention, Private House (XL >5000 sq ft) category for Villa Vught, the Netherlands.
  • TU Delft Alumnus of the Year 2020, Francine Houben.
  • Médaille d’Architecture Fondation Le Soufaché for Francine Houben. ​
  • BUILD's Design & Build Awards, Recognised Leaders in Urbanism and Landscape Design, 2020 - The Netherlands.

 

2019

  • China Construction Engineering Luban Prize for Longgang Cultural Centre, Shenzhen, China.
  • International Prize, Prix des Femmes Architectes for Francine Houben.
  • INSIDE - World Festival of Interiors Award, Creative Re-use category for LocHal Library, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
  • Taiwan Architecture Award, Honorable mention for National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 
  • WIN - World Interiors News Awards, Gold Winner, Learning category for LocHal Library, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
  • London Design Awards, Silver in the Residential category for Glass Villa on the Lake, Lechlade, United Kingdom.
  • Dezeen Awards, shortlisted for Architect of the Year in the category Studios.
  • Dezeen Awards, Rebirth project of the year for LocHal Library, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
  • MIPIM Asia, Silver Award, Best Infrastructure Development for National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 
  • MIPIM Asia, Special Jury Award for National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards, category Spaces, Place, and Cities, Honorable Mention for National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • DFA Design for Asia Awards, Silver Award for National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • Architizer A+Awards, Special Honoree Award for National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • Architizer A+Awards, Popular Choice Winner in the Cultural - Hall / Theater category for National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • Architizer A+Awards, Jury Winner in the Cultural - Hall / Theater category for National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • AZ Awards, Adaptive Re-Use, Award of Merit for LocHal Library, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
  • NRP Gulden Feniks Award, Category S for LocHal Library, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
  • Dutch Design Awards, Habitat category for LocHal Library, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
  • BNA Building of the Year’19, Liveability & Social Cohesion Award for LocHal Library, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
  • BNA Building of the Year’19, Public Vote Award for LocHal Library, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
  • THE PLAN Award, Interior category for LocHal Library, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
  • THE PLAN Award, Villa category for Glass Villa on the lake, Lechlade, United Kingdom.
  • THE PLAN Award, Honorable Mention in the Culture category for National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • Dutch Creativity Awards, Architecture Award for National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2019, nomination for Palace of Justice, Córdoba, Spain.

 

2018

  • SDA Design Award, Best Architecture and Spatial Planning, for National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • Silver in the New York Design Awards, Architecture - Public & Institutional, for National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • BNA Kubus Award, Francine Houben.
  • Architizer A+Award, Popular Choice in the category Government & Municipal Buildings for Palace of Justice, Córdoba, Spain.
  • MIPIM/Architectural Review, Future Project Award 2018 Commendation, Big Urban Projects for Kaohsiung Station, Taiwan.
  • Frame Awards People’s Vote, Healthcare Centre of the Year for Zaans Medical Centre, Zaandam, the Netherlands. 
  • Transportation Concept Award at the RTF Sustainability Awards 2017 for Kaohsiung Station, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • Best Meeting Location of the Year at the Meetings Award 2017 for St. Gerlach Pavilion & Manor Farm, Valkenburg Aan De Geul, the Netherlands.
  • Honor Award for Design Excellence at the BSA Design Awards for Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, Boston, USA.

 

2017

  • Digital prize at Idea-Tops Awards for National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • De Architect, ARCH17 Award in the category of furniture for HUBB - Learning Environments, the Netherlands. 
  • RAP Leiden Award, Jury Prize for Langebrug Student Housing, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Regeneration Award at the Housing Design Awards for residential area Southmere, South Thamesmead, United Kingdom.
  • Dedalo Minosse Special Prize, Stanislao Nievo Special Prize for collaboration with Birmingham City Council on the Library of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  • Architizer A+Award, Jury Prize and the popular choice in the category Contract Furniture for HUBB – Learning Environments, the Netherlands.
  • Red Dot Award Product Design for HUBB – Learning Environments, the Netherlands.
  • Civic Trust Selwyn Goldsmith Award for Universal Design for HOME Arts Centre, United Kingdom.
  • Université de Mons, Belgium, Honorary Doctorate for Francine Houben.
  • Harleston Parker Medal for Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, Boston, USA.

 

2016

  • RIBA North West Award for HOME Arts Centre, United Kingdom.
  • RIBA National Award for HOME Arts Centre, United Kingdom.
  • THE PLAN Award in the office category for Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, Boston, USA.
  • Boston Preservation Alliance, Preservation Achievement Award for Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, Boston, USA.
  • Utrecht University, the Netherlands, Honorary Doctorate for Francine Houben.
  • The Architectural Review, AR MIPIM Future Projects Award, Cultural Regeneration for Longang Cultural Centre, Shenzhen, China.
  • Rietveldprijs Foundation Utrecht, Rietveld Prize, special mention for Anne Frankschool, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
  • Architects' Journal, Architecture Tomorrow, Highly Commended for Manchester Engineering Campus Development, United Kingdom.
  • European Hotel Design Awards, Architecture Award for Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the Netherlands.

 

2015

  • Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Prize for Francine Houben.
  • BAC Craft Award from the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers for most innovative use of masonry for the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, Boston, USA.
  • The International Architecture Award from The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design for Library of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  • Schueco Excellence Award in the cultural category for Library of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  • Civic Trust Awards, Selwyn Goldsmith Universal Design Award for Library of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  • Architizer, A+ Award in the category of Architecture + Workplace for Rabobank Westelijke Mijnstreek Advice Centre, Sittard, the Netherlands.
  • Architizer, A+ Award in the category of Architecture + Ceiling for the Delft City Hall and Railway Station, the Netherlands.

 

2014

  • Special Commendation at the annual European competition of the Luigi Micheletti Foundation for Kaap Skil, Texel, the Netherlands.
  • RIBA National Award for Library of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  • RIBA West Midlands Building of the Year for Library of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  • RIBA Stirling Prize Nomination for Library of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  • RIBA West Midlands Emerging Architect of the Year for Patrick Arends, Mecanoo.
  • Architects' Journal UK Woman Architect of the Year 2014 for Francine Houben.

 

2013

  • Architects' Journal Building of the Year for Library of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  • Korea Color Design Award, Grand Prix for Whistling Rock Golf Club, Chuncheon, South Korea.
  • Lieven de Key Medal for Architecture of the City of Haarlem for Sterren College, Haarlem, the Netherlands.
  • School Building Innovation Award of the Dutch Ministry for Education, Culture and Science for Sterren College, Haarlem, the Netherlands.
  • Property Award, Jury's Special Project for Library of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  • World Architecture Festival Award, Schools Category for Fontys School of Sports, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
  • Amsterdam Architecture Prize 2013 (Golden A.A.P.) for Amsterdam University College, the Netherlands .
  • Architizer A+ Award for Kaap Skil, Texel, the Netherlands.

 

2012

  • Wood Architecture Award, 2nd prize for Kaap Skil, Texel, the Netherlands.
  • Daylight Award 2012, Living Daylights Foundation for Kaap Skil, Texel, the Netherlands.
  • International Design Award, second prize cat. other architectural designs for La Llotja de Lleida, Lérida, Spain.

 

2011

  • Dedalo Minosse International Prize, special Commendation for collaboration with Centre de Negocis i de Convencions on La Llotja de Lleida, Lerida, Spain.
  • Chicago Athenaeum Europe International Architecture Award 2011 for La Llotja de Lleida, Lérida, Spain.
  • Chicago Athenaeum Europe International Architecture Award 2009 for Amphion Theatre, Doetinchem, the Netherlands.
  • Royal Town Planning Institute, Commendation for significant contribution to Town Planning in the West Midlands for Library of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

 

2010

  • Chicago Athenaeum Europe Green GOOD DESIGN Award 2010 for Delft Municipal Offices and Railway Station, the Netherlands.

 

2009

  • Chicago Athenaeum Europe International Architecture Award 2009 for FiftyTwoDegrees, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
  • Chicago Athenaeum Europe International Architecture Award 2009 for National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • International Design Award 2009, 1st prize cat. commercial buildings, of IDA, Los Angeles for FiftyTwoDegrees, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
  • International Design Award 2009, 3rd prize cat. Landscape/urban planning, of IDA, Los Angeles for National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

 

2008

  • Cityscape Architectural Award 2008 of Cityscape Dubai for National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • Dedalo Minosse Special Eurotherm Prize for Sustainability 2007/2008 for FiftyTwoDegrees, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
  • Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Award 2008 for Francine Houben.

 

2007

  • Brick Development Association Brick Award for Swimming Pool and Sports Centre Het Marnix in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Honorary fellowships of the American Institute of Architects and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada for Francine Houben.

 

2006

  • International Highrise Award 2006 for Montevideo, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
  • International Prize Dedalo Minosse 2005/2006 for Montevideo, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
  • National Steel Construction Prize 2006 Nomination for Montevideo, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
  • City of Rotterdam Building Quality Prize 2006 for Montevideo, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

 

2005

  • Province of South Holland Culture Award for Francine Houben.
  • Real Estate Society of Nieuwe Maas in Rotterdam Golden Boulder 2005 Prize for Montevideo, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

 

2004

  • Ministry of Education, Culture and Science Best School Building Prize 2004 for primary school Het Braambos, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands (design Mecanoo i.c.w. N2 architecten).

 

2003

  • Dutch Building Prize Foundation Dutch Building Prize 2003 for National Heritage Museum, Arnhem, the Netherlands.
  • Foundation Het Zeeuwse Gezicht, Zeeuwse Architecture Prize 2003 Second prize for Psychiatric Hospital, Goes, the Netherlands.
  • 5 Dutch Ministries Egg of Columbus prize for innovation and sustainability for the Glass House as Energy Source.

 

2002

  • Association Stadswerk Nederland Extraordinary Idea 2002 Second prize for The Glass Village, Zuidplaspolder, the Netherlands.
  • Foundation of Attention to Architecture for the city of Arnhem Heuvelink Public Prize 2002 for residential area The Bastion, Rijkerswoerd, Arnhem, the Netherlands.
  • City of Hilversum Architecture Prize 2002, Public Prize Nomination for Oude Torenstraat, Hilversum, the Netherlands.

 

2001

  • Honorary fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architecture for Francine Houben.
  • Wood Centre, Almere Wood Prize Nomination for National Heritage Museum, Arnhem.
  • The A.M. Schreuders Foundation A.M. Schreuders Prize 2001 for best underground building for Office Villa Maliebaan 16, Utrecht.

 

2000

  • Fundaçao Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil 4a Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura’s Award for the exhibition Mecanoo Blue – Composition, Contrast, Complexity.
  • Corus Construction Award for the Millennium for the Library Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.
  • KM Europa Metal Aktiengesellschaft Osnabrück, Germany ‘TECU’ Architecture Award 2000 for National Heritage Museum, Arnhem, the Netherlands.
  • City of Rotterdam Building Quality Award 2000 for residential area Nieuw Terbregge, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

 

1998

  • Dutch Steel Building Institute National Steel Construction Prize 1998 for the Library Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.

 

1997

  • Achterhoek Promotion Prize for Isala College, Silvolde, the Netherlands.

 

1996

  • Ministry of Education, Culture and Science Best School Building Prize 1996 for Isala College, Silvolde, the Netherlands.
  • Prize for Public Space Nomination for residential area Herdenkingsplein, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
  • Mies van der Rohe Pavilion Award for European Architecture 1996 Nomination for Faculty of Economics and Management, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

 

1995

  • Design Prize Rotterdam 1995 Nomination for Nationale Nederlanden Headquarters and ING-bank in Budapest, Hungary.

 

1994

  • Prize for Public Space Nomination for residential area Ringvaartplasbuurt East, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
  • City of Maastricht Jhr. Victor de Stuerspenning Prize for residential area Herdenkingsplein, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
  • Bund Deutscher Architekten Experimental Housing Hugo Häring Prize B.D.A. for Internationale Gartenbau Ausstellung, Stuttgart, Germany.
  • Ministry of Education, Culture and Science Best School Building Prize 1994 Nomination for school ‘de Brug’, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Ministry of Housing, Regional Development and Environment Bronzen Bever Prize for Building and Housing 1994 Nomination for residential area Park Haagseweg, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

 

1993

  • Bund Deutscher Architekten for Experimental Housing Auszeichnung Guter Bauten Prize B.D.A. 1993 for Internationale Gartenbau Ausstellung, Stuttgart, Germany.
  • City of The Hague Berlagevlag Prize for the offices for Gravura Lithographers, The Hague, the Netherlands.

 

1987

  • City of Rotterdam, Rotterdam Maaskant Prize for Young Architects.