title: Jo Coenen
text: # Jo Coenen
  
  Jo Coenen (born 30 September 1949, in Heerlen) is a Dutch architect and urban planner. He studied architecture at the Eindhoven University of Technology (graduating in 1975), and later held professorships at TU Karlsruhe, Eindhoven University of Technology and Delft University of Technology.
  
  Between 2000 and 2004 Coenen was Chief Government Architect of the Netherlands (Rijksbouwmeester). In 1995 he won the BNA Kubus award. He is honorary member of the Association of German Architects (BDA).
  
  ## Architecture projects
  
  * 1986 Library and gallery, Heerlen
  * 1986 City Hall, Delft
  * 1993 Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam
  * 1997 Emerald Empire (residential), Amsterdam
  * 1999 Centre Céramique, Maastricht
  * 1999 Q 30 (Gendarmenmarkt), Berlin
  * 2002 DOCK, Düsseldorf
  * 2003 Renovatie Glaspaleis, Heerlen
  * 2006 Vesteda Tower, Eindhoven
  * 2007 Mosae Forum, Maastricht
  * 2007 Central library Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam, Amsterdam
  * 2012 Innova Tower, Floriade 2012, Venlo
  * under construction Onderwijs- en cultuurcomplex (OCC), The Hague
  
  ## Urban planning
  
  * 1989 Master plan Vaillantlaan, The Hague
  * 1990 Master plan KNSM Island, Amsterdam
  * 1991 Master plan Céramique, Maastricht
  * 2005 Master plan Arts Cluster, Tilburg
  * 2006 Master plan Belval, Luxembourg
  * 2019 Master plan Leidsche Rijn Centrum, Utrecht
  * developing Master plan Eco-quartier Fluvial, Mantes la Jolie
  