VINCENT CALLEBAUT

Vincent Callebaut Architectures has been named one of the top 50 Green Planet Architects and is listed as the best eco-prospective and visionary architecture firm by Time Magazine "imagining fantastic projects that tackle the world's environmental and social ills".

Born in Belgium and based in Paris, Archibiotect Vincent Callebaut designs and builds with the future in mind. Biomimetic and positive energy buildings that produce their own energy, vertical forests, anti-pollution towers and boats, floating cities and skyscrapers, vertical food farms. Discover projects that respond to the major urban and ecological challenges of the 21st century.

With more than 50 award-winning projects to his credit, several of which are currently under construction, biomimicry specialist Vincent Callebaut is definitely an active proponent of human-oriented and environmentally friendly architecture that ushers in new eco-responsible lifestyles and a new circular economy.

Some completed projects :

Gardens by the Bay in Singapore
Taipei to Taiwan 2010-219
The Green Arch in Dubai 2020
Hotel des postes in Luxembourg 2018
The 5 Farming Bridges, in Iraq 2017
Aequorea, in Brazil 2015
Dragonfly, in the U.S.A 2009
Lilypad moves around the world, 2008-2017

Bibliography :

Vincent Callebaut, New WorldsEdition © Damdi Publishing Company, Belgium, 1 November 2005
Vincent Callebaut, ARCHIBIOTICEdition © Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press, China, September 2008
Vincent callebaut, Fertile cities, Edition © Design Media Publishing, Paris, 24 July 2011
Vincent Callebaut, I MAESTRI DELL'ARCHITETTURAEdition © Hachette Fascicoli, Italy, 1 October 2013
Vincent Callebaut, Paris 2050, fertile cities facing the challenges of the 21st centuryEdition © Michel Lafon, France, 5 November 2015

Awards and distinctions :

2001 : Godecharle Prize of theAcademy of Fine Arts Viennathe best hope of Belgian architecture, for his project ElasticityA self-sufficient ecological water city with 50,000 inhabitants.
2014 : International Architecture Awards from Chicago Athenaeum for its project Agora Garden Taipei (Taiwan)