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Sikkens Prize

1995 ADRIAAN GEUZE — For his alert response to the changing view of the city and nature, with designs which do not shun experimentation, for his thoughtful ingenuity and his surprising aesthetic vocabulary. — The offcial reasons were as follows: “Adriaan Geuze was nominated for his alert response to the rapidly chan- ging vision of the city, nature and landscape in the Ne- therlands, with designs which break through the standard solutions with thoughtful ingenuity and serve as an impe- tus for a new genre of public space. For this he develo- ped a surprising aesthetic vocabulary, making use of the colors of shells and plants, but also of hard and new combinations of building materials which do not deny their utilitarian origins.” Later in the year Adriaan Geuze was awarded the Rotter- dam Maaskant Prize.Back to index Download text as pdf