History of the Tilburg University buildings
Historical background of the buildings on our campus.
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Academia building
Designed by architect Hugh Maaskant (1907-1977), the building dates from 1972 and is now called Academia Building.
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Cobbenhagen building
By the time of the grand opening on November 13, 1962, the slow and arduous pre-history of the oldest building on campus had been pushed into the background. More than twelve years had passed before the creation of architect Jos. Bedaux came to fruition.
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Dante building
The building is a project by architect Anton Becker, completed in 1997.
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Esplanade building
Esplanade Building is a 1998 building by Belgian architect Christian Kieckens, a student center in the heart of the campus with various amenities.
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Faculty Club
The building by architect Hans Timmermans has a natural stone exterior, referencing Cobbenhagen Building by architect Jos Bedaux.
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Goossens building
The building is named after Thomas Goossens, the institution's first Rector Magnificus and was called "Building C" until 2006.
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Koopmans building
The building housing the Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM) and some services is named after econometrician Tjalling Charles Koopmans (1910–1985).
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Library
The Library was designed between 1987 and 1992 by architect Martien Jansen. The three-story building stands on a pedestal of a plant-covered earthen mound.
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Maranatha Studentenkerk
Between 1957 and 1967, eight parishes were added in Tilburg, including student church Maranatha in 1966. It received a church building on theProfessor Cobbenhagenlaan designed by Jos. Bedaux.
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Mensa (restaurant)
The first Mensa Building is not on campus, but a lot further east, on the Cobbenhagenlaan. It is a building by Jos. Bedaux, designed and built between 1959 and 1965.
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Montesquieu building
In 2005, the Montesquieu Building was opened, by State Secretary Rutte - later Prime Minister.
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Olympia building - Sports Center
Olympia Building is a 1960-1963 design by Bedaux. The steel columns supporting the hall's roof still look like they were completed yesterday.
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Prisma building
In 1965, two years after the faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen was established, a number of wooden barracks were erected on the campus. The whole was called provisorium in which temporary housing for sociologists and psychologists would be arranged.
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Simon building
Simon Building was completed in 1975 and (again) a design by architect Jos. Bedaux, commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Tias building
The building dates from 1998 and was designed by the Belgian architect Kieckens. It has been the home of TIAS School for Business and Society from the beginning.
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Tivolistraat
The predecessor of Tilburg University - the R.K. Handelshoogeschool - was established in 1927 on the Bosscheweg, today's Tivolistraat. It stood on the spot where the garden of the insurance company Interpolis is now located, on the eastern side.
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Warande building
Warande Building was designed by Martien Jansen of M10 architects. It opened in 1992 and was the first building on campus to contain only lecture halls.
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Zwijsen building
Zwijsen Building was designed by architect Ad Roefs and opened in 1992, as a stiltecentrum (silence center).
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More about history and academic heritage
The Tilburg University academic heritage is a very diverse set of archives, visual materials, collections, devices, recorded stories, et cetera that relate to the history of the university.