West 8

The Borneo Sporenburg Bridge designed by West 8.

West 8 is an urban planning and landscape architecture firm founded by Adriaan Geuze and Paul van Beek in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1987. It is known for its contemporary designs and innovative solutions to urban planning problems[1] using lighting, metal structures, and color. Van Beek is no longer part of the firm.

Geuze founded West 8 in 1987 in Rotterdam with Paul van Beek, who later left the firm.[2] Geuze won the Dutch Maaskant Award for young architects[3] in 1987 and the firm grew to employ more than 75 architects and planners, with offices in Rotterdam and New York City. The firm has produced several striking designs and is part of a wave of Dutch architects doing major works that have received international attention and recognition for novel design approaches.

  1. ^ Ouroussoff, Nicolai (2005-02-24). "Confronting Blight With Hope". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference architects of today was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Metz, Tracy (1995-05-19). "Het rijtjeshuis is de maat der dingen; Landschapsarchitect Adriaan Geuze en de overwoekering van Nederland" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad.