Bob Van Reeth started working as an architect in 1965 with designing buildings in
Mechelen and
Kalmthout. In 1972, he became a teacher at the Nationaal Hoger Instituut voor Bouwkunst (The National Higher Institute for Architecture) in
Antwerp. The same year, he started the group Krokus with Jean-Paul Laenen and
Marcel Smets. The group worked on the restoration of the old centre of Mechelen. In the 1980s, Van Reeth designed a new building for the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege in Antwerp. Later buildings include in 2007 a new wing for the
Westvleteren Abbey, and the black-and-white Huis Van Roosmalen facing the
Scheldt in Antwerp. Close by stands the Zuiderterras, a grand café on the quay. He also led the company AWG (Architect Work Group) Architecten, which won the architectural concours for the design of a memorial and documentation centre about the
Holocaust in Mechelen. In January 1998, Van Reeth became the first
Flemish Government Architect (
Vlaams Bouwmeester), a function he held until 1 June 2005 when Marcel Smets succeeded him. Van Reeth died on 30 September 2025, at the age of 82. ==Notes==