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1984
ALTIPLAN° architects was born with the millennium, but its roots are much deeper as its partners joined forces around Jean de Borman back in the 1980’s.
As a partnership the human values shared by the partners have always been a stronger tie than the promotion of egos. This philosophy has lead the practice to expand through mergers with several practices across time.
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Continuity and renewal
This strategy of continuity and renewal has enabled the partnership to be in charge of major developments which now span several decades: the Tour & taxis site in Brussels, the Woluwe shopping Centre, Liège Airport, the Spintay development in Verviers. And also accompany the presence of such strong economic actors as Marks & Spencer.
The team spirit developed internally has also lead to major external partnerships producing excellent projects. We can here name and thank: Bureau d’Architecture Emile Verhaegen, Montois & Partners, Bureau d’Architecture Emmanuel Bouffioulx, ARJM, SUM, Jaspers & Eyers, BAG,… among many others.
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In the 2000’s, several practices joined ALTIPLAN°
From the original de Borman, Gérard & Partners founded in 1984, several practices have joined our forces :
in 2000 joined Michel Marijnissen and its team,
in 2005 it was Charles-Albert van Hecke’s turn
and recently, in 2007, it was Jean-Paul Jamin and Acte 1, based in Liège, who brought a strong presence in the Waloon Region.
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Today
In 2016 the practice relies on 8 partners, located in Brussels (6) and Liège (2).
A continuous process of rejuvenating the partnership ensures continuity of the service and the constant questioning of our approach through new visions and updated focuses.
The history of ALTIPLAN°architects is also closely linked to pan European partnerships. The EAN Network currently combines the capacities of seven practices from St Petersburg to Madrid and from Rome to London.