About Us
We are dedicated to transforming spaces and creating vibrant communities through innovative architectural and urban design. Specializing in live-work environments, we aim to bring visionary ideas to life, crafting sustainable and functional environments where people thrive. From concept to completion, we work closely with our clients—whether private, public, or professional—to ensure every project reflects their unique vision and contributes to the urban fabric of the future.
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C.T. Architects bv
Hoogbrugstraat 9 – 3740 Bilzen-Hoeselt, Belgium
BTW BE 0732.881.322 – RPR Antwerpen afdeling Tongeren
Meet the Team
Nick Ceulemans
Founder
Nick Ceulemans is a registered architect and urban planner born in Lier, Belgium in 1979. He earned his Master of Architecture with Greatest Distinction from the Provincial University College Limburg in Hasselt in 2002. After graduating, he worked at Egide Meertens Architects in Belgium and Wiel Arets & Associates BV in Maastricht. In 2003, he co-founded ‘Studiofragment’ with interior architect Ward Bergen. He also worked as a project architect for Cleuren – Merken + in Belgium. Ceulemans obtained his Master of Arts with Distinction in Housing and Urbanism from the Architectural Association in London in 2006. He then worked at Zaha-Hadid Architects Ltd. in London as an architect and product designer, and later at David Chipperfield Architects Ltd. in London as an architect-urbanist.
Since 2009, Ceulemans has been active in education. He was a teaching assistant at Artesis University College Antwerp and the Provincial University College Limburg and is an affiliated staff member at Hasselt University. Since 2022, he has been teaching at the Academy of Architecture in Maastricht. In 2013 and 2017, he was a guest critic at the Hong Kong University Department of Architecture.
In 2013, he co-founded C.T. ARCHITECTS with Liesbet Thewissen. In addition to his work as an architect, Ceulemans was a design review expert for the municipality of Maastricht from 2017 to 2023 and has been a member of the Gecoro (spatial planning advisory council) in Genk since 2018. He has been a supervisor for the Groene Loper project in Maastricht since 2019.
Nick Ceulemans has received several awards, including the Student Prize from the Belgian Brick Federation, the title ‘Young Designer of the Flemish Community and the Netherlands’, and the Architizer A+ Jury Award and Popular Choice Award. He has worked on a wide range of projects, from residential housing to large-scale urban developments, both in Belgium and internationally.
Meet the Team
Liesbet Thewissen
Founder
Liesbet Thewissen graduated as an architect from the Provincial University College Limburg (BE) in 2000 and obtained her diploma in additional studies of spatial planning at the Faculty of Applied Sciences of Ghent University (BE) in 2001. After her architecture internship, she worked on various urban planning projects at the consulting firm Libost (Hasselt, BE) until her ambition led her in 2005 to the firm Space Syntax (London, UK), a spin-off company of University College London that provides strategic advice on larger architectural projects, area development, and mobility projects. Here, she was able to focus for three years on objective spatial research into the functioning of a place in relation to its specific layout and design, the present functions, the identified movement and usage patterns of people, and the integration of this place into the broader mobility network.
Since the founding of C.T. ARCHITECTS, Liesbet has worked on research projects commissioned by the Faculty of Architecture and Arts of Hasselt University and various governments, developed spatial implementation plans, and was instrumental in several core strengthening projects and architectural projects with a focus on housing. From 2015 to 2017, Liesbet part-time supported the Spatial Development Department of the city of Genk where she conducted design research into the development possibilities of several areas in Genk, was responsible for the coordination and guidance of various spatial implementation plans and master plans, and co-supervised larger construction projects in the preliminary phase. Since 2019, she has expanded this support to several other municipalities, including Laakdal and Maasmechelen. With the training ‘Regional Area Development’ (VRP, 2018), Liesbet aims to further position C.T. ARCHITECTS as a partner in addressing spatial challenges that transcend municipal boundaries. For the period 2013-2018, Liesbet served as an active member (expert) in the GECORO of Bilzen. From 2018 to 2024 she contributed as an active member of the GECORO of Hasselt.