Kees Christiaanse is an architect and urban planner. He is the founding partner of KCAP Architects &Planners with offices in Rotterdam, Zurich, Shanghai, Seoul, Singapore and Paris, KCAP works on architectural and urban design projects throughout Europe and Asia. 

From 1996 to 2003, he was a architecture and urban planning professor at the Technical University of Berlin. He later led the Chair of Architecture and Urban Design at the Institute for Urban Design at ETH in Zürich. In addition to his activities as an architect and urban designer, Christiaanse was the chief curator of the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) in 2009 entitled “Open City: Designing Coexistence” and between 2010-2018 he was the program leader of the ETH Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) in Singapore. 

In addition, he is the author of a multitude of books and essays about architecture and urban planning. He has received numerous honours, among others, the lifetime award ‘2016 RIBA International Fellowship’ for his particular contribution to architecture, the 'ARC17 Oeuvre Award' for his lasting and innovative contribution to the improvement of the built environment and the 'ULI Leadership Award 2018' for his extraordinary commitment and courage with which he commits himself to sustainable urban development and a better quality of life in the urban centres of Germany. 

At present, he is a visiting professor at TU Munich.