Karres en Brands

Karres en Brands was established by Sylvia Karres and Bart Brands in 1997. Since than Karres en Brands has worked on diverse projects, studies and competitions, both at home and abroad. Our work encompasses every scale of spatial design, from area strategies and infrastructural projects to parks and gardens, and from urban planning assignments to product […]

The project comprises an extension of a cemetery built for the fallen soldiers of World War II, as well as other wars and missions of Dutch soldiers. The task was given to Karres en Brands who have already designed Nieuwe Ooster, a ground-breaking design that was influential some 15 years ago. Loenen may not be as innovative, yet it establishes a sequence of powerful atmosphere in an already beautiful context. Karres en Brands stated that they did not want to dominate the forest, but rather be a guest within it. Loenen cemetery is incredibly well-designed cemetery that spatial clarity and a peaceful setting for remembering or saying goodbye.

Situated at the edge of the glacier ridge, offering sweeping views over the Rhine, Museum Arnhem has reopened after an ambitious renovation and expansion. This renowned museum for 20th-century realistic art, contemporary jewellery, and design now offers a renewed architectural experience that harmonizes with its scenic surroundings. With a clear and elegant architectural concept, the […]

From infrastructure to public space The Hart van Zuid area development is one of the largest developments in the Netherlands and symbolizes the approach of social problems that Rotterdam South has; impoverished houses and streets, dodgy landlords, money laundering stores, insecurity, drug crime, high unemployment, debts, low school results, single-parent families. The high turnover rate […]

For Karres en Brands, the redevelopment of the station area and the Rûnwei (ring road) is a great opportunity to strengthen the identity of the village andthe diversion of the ring road allows us to upgrade Feanwâlden station into a transport hub. The design assignment therefore is aimed at realizing a coherent area that matches […]

Landscape architecture as a link in the cultural change of the banking industry The completion of the ING head office, Cedar, was the first step in the transformation of this larger urban district. In 2015, ING bank decided to relocate its head office within Amsterdam Zuidoost. ING has turned around the long-held image of banking […]

The municipality of Leiden is working to improve the city’s accessibility, and particularly that of its Bio Science Park. To fully utilise the development potential of the Bio Science Park, the implementation of a new access road from the Plesmanlaan to the Bio Science Park is imperative, as is the improvement of the flow of […]

Hoekenrodeplein forms the link between the Amsterdamse Poort shopping centre and the Arena Boulevard. With the redevelopment of the New Amsterdam Building, the square has been developed as one of the final phases of the Zuidoost Centre Area. The existing, U-shaped building that wraps around the square was expanded on the ground and first floors, […]

“A new centre unfolds on a peninsula” In early 2015, karres+brands won together with Ghilardi+Hellsten a parallel assignment for the urban development of Fosnavåg, Norway. Fosnavåg is the new administrative centre of the Herøy municipality and one of the main fishing villages on the Norwegian coast. Vision: creating identity The fishing industry has always been […]