birth_place practice nationality birth_date significant_buildings article_title name alma_mater
heerlen , netherlands wiel arets architects dutch 6 may 1955 maastricht hoge heren nl utrecht university library universiteitsbibliotheek utrecht academy of art and architecture euroborg stadium the wiel arets
 wiel arets tu eindhoven
wiel arets

wiel arets -lrb- , born -rrb- is a dutch architect , architectural theorist , urbanist , industrial designer and the dean of the college of architecture at the illinois institute of technology in chicago , in the united states of america .
arets was previously the ` professor of building planning and design ' at the berlin university of the arts -lrb- udk -rrb- , germany , and studied at the technical university of eindhoven , graduating in 1983 .
he is the founder of wiel arets architects , a multidisciplinary architecture and design studio with offices located throughout europe .
from 1995-2002 he was the dean of the berlage institute in rotterdam , where he introduced the idea of ` progressive-research ' and co-founded the school 's architectural journal named `` hunch '' .
