Projects by Koen van Velsen are (inter)nationally
recognized and respected. Notably, Rehabilitation Centre Groot Klimmendaal (2010)
and Station Breda (2017) were awarded Best Building of the Year by the
Association of Dutch Architects (BNA).
Koen van Velsen was nominated in 2017, 2013, 2011, 2003, 1992 en 1990 with several buildings for the international European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award. In 2011, Rehabilitation Centre Groot Klimmendaal was a finalist for this Award. The project also received the inaugural Hedy d’Ancona Award for excellence in healthcare architecture and the Dutch Design Award (Public Award). In 2011, the building was awarded international health building of the year during the World Architecture Festival.
Koen van Velsen was nominated in 2017, 2013, 2011, 2003, 1992 en 1990 with several buildings for the international European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award. In 2011, Rehabilitation Centre Groot Klimmendaal was a finalist for this Award. The project also received the inaugural Hedy d’Ancona Award for excellence in healthcare architecture and the Dutch Design Award (Public Award). In 2011, the building was awarded international health building of the year during the World Architecture Festival.
Koen van Velsen was a finalist
for the Abe Bonnema Architecture Award voor sport en residential building Huis
op Zuid (2025), Station Breda (2017) and the visitor centre for Paleis het Loo
National Museum (2013).
Projects by Koen van Velsen have also been locally recognised locally, including the Apeldoorn Architecture Award, the Heuvelink Architecture Award (Apeldoorn) and the Rotterdam Architecture Award.
Koen van Velsen received several distinctions for his work, including the Mart Stam Award from the city of Amsterdam, the Rietveld Award from the city of Utrecht and the BNA Cube - the oeuvre award of the Association of Dutch Architects – recognising his outstanding contribution to Dutch architecture.
Projects by Koen van Velsen have also been locally recognised locally, including the Apeldoorn Architecture Award, the Heuvelink Architecture Award (Apeldoorn) and the Rotterdam Architecture Award.
Koen van Velsen received several distinctions for his work, including the Mart Stam Award from the city of Amsterdam, the Rietveld Award from the city of Utrecht and the BNA Cube - the oeuvre award of the Association of Dutch Architects – recognising his outstanding contribution to Dutch architecture.