Macken & Macken was founded in 1993 by Bart Macken and Marc Macken as a collective of architects

Bart Macken / °1964 / Aarschot / 1988 / Civil Engineer and Architect, University of Leuven / 1993 / Co-founder and partner of Macken & Macken architects / Studio tutor at the Department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning, University of Leuven / Guest Lecturer and Critic at the Universities of Leuven and Ghent  

Marc Macken / °1965 / Aarschot / 1988 / Architect, St Lucas Higher Architectural Institute, Brussels / 1993 / Co-founder and partner of Macken & Macken architects / Studio tutor at St Lucas Higher Architectural Institute, Ghent

Competitions / Prizes / 2007 / nomination 'Belgium Architecture Awards' for house with studio at Leefdaal / 2006 / Reconversion café and bookshop WIELS Contemporary Art Center Brussels, 2nd laureate and special mention of the jury / 2005 / nomination ‘LAI interior prize 2005’ (NL) for house with studio at Leefdaal / 2000 / Public competition for extension to ‘de Warande’ cultural centre, Turnhout, winners / 1998 / Public competition for local council office at Sint-Katelijne-Waver, 2nd prize / 1997 / Charles Wilford Prize for Architecture for house at Muizen / 1996 / Public competition for 15 social homes, Waasmunster, 2nd prize  

Exhibitions / Installations / Lectures / 2008 / Leefdaal House and de Warande cultural centre, in: 'Architectuur in beeld', Paleis voor Schone Kunsten (Bozar), Brussels / 2006 / WIELS Off Site exhibition / 2006 / Lecture at symposium ‘Kunst in Opdracht’, Lamot Mechelen, initiated by the team of the Flemish Government Architect / 2006 / Outdoor installation at Speelhoven 2006 / 2005 / AMO exhibition Mechelen shows house at Muizen, photography Patrick Robyn / 2005 / Lecture in artcenter Z33, Hasselt / 2003 / Lecture in the series AUDITORIUM⁰³ initiated by 'Stichting Stad en Architectuur', at Stuk, Leuven / 2003 / 'Real time still', video installation at ‘de Warande’ cultural centre, Turnhout / 2001 / ‘Het Wilde Wonen’ exhibition in Nai, Rotterdam, houses Muizen, Beerzel, Leefdaal / 2001 / ‘Blitzbeton’, workshop and lecture in: Witte de With, contemporary art centre, Rotterdam / 2001 / ‘Flat_Space’, exhibition and installation at Witte zaal, Gent / 2000 / ‘Brussels 2000 - Supernova, Jonge Belgische architectuur’, house at Leefdaal, house at Beerzel, de Warande cultural centre / 1998 / ‘Architectuur in Vlaanderen 1996-1997’, exhibition at deSingel international arts centre, Antwerp, house at Muizen  

Publications / 2008 / de Warande, in: 'Jaarboek Architectuur Vlaanderen', Vai, 2008, pp. 94-99 / 2008 / Leefdaal House, in: 'Jaarboek Architectuur Vlaanderen', Vai, 2008, pp. 154-157 / 2008 / Leefdaal House, in: A+ (BE), no. 208, okt-nov 2008, p. 44 / 2007 / de Warande cultural centre, in: World Architecture Magazine (China), no. 201, 03-2007, pp. 101-105 / 2007 / de Warande, in: 'Van klei tot kristal' by Wouter Davidts and Maarten Delbeke, in: Etcetera (BE), no. 105, feb 2007, pp. 65-67 / 2007 / Leefdaal House, in: 'Convertible Houses', by Amanda Lam and Amy Thomas, Gibbs Smith Publishers (NY), 2007, pp. 70-81 / 2006 / House at Leefdaal, Sun and Moon curtains, in: 'Inside Outside / Petra Blaisse', NAi Publishers Rotterdam, 2006, Isbn 90-5662-453-9 / 2006 / Kindergarten and primary school 'De Regenboog' at Grimbergen, in: ‘Het curriculum en de verblijfplaats’, by Maarten Van Den Driessche, in: De school als ontwerpopgave, A&S books & the team of the Flemish Government Architect, 2006, Isbn 9076714312, pp. 196-208 / 2006 / Speelhoven outdoor installation, private collection, 150 ex. by Speelhoven vzw / 2006 / de Warande, in: ‘Open en gesloten’ by Pierijn van der Putt, in: de Architect (NL), juni 2006, pp. 64-69 / 2006 / ‘the Warande Cultural Centre, countering the brutalism of the existing building’, by Lars Kwakkenbos,  in: A10 (NL), no. 7, jan/feb 2006, p. 50 / 2005 / de Warande, in: ‘Nuchter glas’, by Lars Kwakkenbos, in: A+ (BE) no. 197, dec 2005, pp. 60-65 / 2005 / de Warande, in: ‘Snaphot and façade’, by Maarten Delbeke, in: Moderne tijden - Teksten over architectuur, Vlees & Beton, no. 72, 2007, pp. 152-153 /  2005 / House at Leefdaal, by Marc Dubois, in: de Architect (NL) nov 2005, pp. 24-27 / 2005 / House at Leefdaal, in: ‘Las cortinas mágicas de Blaisse’, door Miguel Barahona, in: Diseño Interior (ES), no. 158, sept 2005 / 2007 / ‘Het nieuwe bestaan van de aanwezigheid’, by Christophe Van Gerrewey, in: Moderne tijden - Teksten over architectuur, Vlees & Beton, no. 72, 2007, pp. 194-203 / 2005 / House at Leefdaal, in: ‘Light Sculpting’, by Andrew Yang, in: Metropolis (US), May 2005, pp. 113-117 / 2004 / Absoluut Architectuur, Ghent, Isbn 90-808525-1-1, pp. 164-165 / 2003 / ‘Macken & Macken Vijf huizen - Five houses’, series Young architects in Flanders, no. 01, Vai/A16 / 2003 / House at Leefdaal, in: A+U (JP), no. 05, 2003, pp. 82-87 / 2000 / Brussels 2000 - Supernova, 'Jonge Belgische architectuur' / 1999 / House at Muizen, in: ‘La villa à Muizen de Macken et Macken. La nouvelle icone de l’architecture flamande?’, by Vincent Brunetta, in: DDO Trimestriel de la création contemporaine de l’eurorégion Nord, Roubaix (FR), no. 38, dec 1999, p. 37 / 1998 / House at Muizen, in: ‘Wonen in Belgische architectuur’, by Maarten Delbeke, in: Archis (NL), no. 8, 1998, pp. 41-47 / 1998 / House at Muizen, in: ‘De compacte woning op prijs gesteld’, Stichting Kunstboek, pp. 120-123 / 1998 / House at Muizen, in: ‘Jaarboek Architectuur Vlaanderen 1996-1997’, pp. 132-133 /  1995 / Sporenburg island Amsterdam, in Archis (NL), no. 2, 1995 / 1994 / Chassé Breda, in Archis (NL), no. 8, 1994  

Staff / 1993-2007 / Bart Macken, Marc Macken, Elisabeth Boddez, Pieter Jacobs, Doug Allard, Hanne Vanreusel, Ellen Depoorter, Eef Boeckx, Jan Van Gassen, Stijn Leemans, Hans Maes, Koen Goossens, Kristof Cornelis, Thomas Van Looij, Armand Eeckels, Mattias Deboutte