Maxim Winkelaar Architects
We do more than just design. There are a lot of steps involved in the process from an initial idea to the final result.
We guide our client in this process, make it clear and comprehensible and more fun.
Our office
We design, build and renovate luxury villas, residences, apartments, canal houses, monuments and country houses. In the role of personal consultant we are active as designers and real estate specialists in the Netherlands and abroad.
Our office is located in Hilversum (25 min from Amsterdam) and is run by a fixed team of motivated people. Every employee has his own expertise, knowledge and network. By cooperating closely together and as we enjoy our work, we can realize projects successfully and efficiently.
Over the years, we have built up a professional network of reliable third party building partners. For each project, we put together a team of professional specialists while we coordinate. We work together with various climate consultants, structural engineers, cost experts, construction managers, landscapers and interior stylists. We believe in teamwork, during the process our clients will be part of our design team as well.
Our office does also offer personal consulting for private investors and professional real estate developers. Our current clients include both Dutch investors who are looking to investing in the Netherlands and/or abroad and foreign investors who are looking to invest in the Netherlands. We successfully contributed to projects in the Netherlands as well as other countries such as Belgium, France, Switzerland, Spain (Ibiza island) and the Caribbean (islands of Aruba and Curaçao).
Our clients appreciate an independent opinion when dealing with extended real estate developments and as third party with a lot of experience we are able to provide this on request.
We care about the environment and love natural materials. Nowadays, sustainable construction is no longer an extra facility; it is necessary to include this in the design process from the start. By consciously choosing sustainable materials and energy-efficient solutions, we create buildings that are good for both the user and the planet.


How we work

We do more than just design. There are a lot of steps involved in the process from an initial idea to the final result. We guide our client in this process, make it clear and comprehensible and more fun. By listening, thinking along and showing different scenarios, the client can make informed decisions. The environment is important to us. Sustainable building is no longer an extra option these days; it is necessary to include this aspect in the design process from the start.
The architectural drawings and 3D models are created by our agency itself. In addition to creating beautiful artist impressions, there are also many advantages to virtually building a design in advance. One can think of higher architectural quality, reduction of building faults (reduction of failure costs) and limiting ‘surprises’ afterwards. The latest software allows us to easily create different measurement statements of the building that can be translated to the building budget. This way we can continuously monitor and monitor the budget.
About Maxim Winkelaar
Maxim Winkelaar is of Dutch-British origin and already at a young age he was interested in (old) buildings. At university he got into building history and art history in addition to his studies in architecture and architecture. This combination of studies and his working experience adds value for recognizing (cultural & historical) qualities and design possibilities of existing buildings.
Maxim Winkelaar added modern architecture to his portfolio when he started studying at the University of London in Contemporary Architecture. His study project was exhibited on the annual architecture exhibition in London. After various internships at home and abroad, he graduated from Delft University of Technology. Because Maxim Winkelaar has gone through all architectural training levels, he masters the language of both the architectural design and the technical execution.
The first reason for starting his own office was after winning an architectural competition. The design Watergaten® won the first prize and received various architectural nominations at home and abroad. Other competition entries were also well received by various juries. The renovation project Villa Zoetermeer was nominated for the ECOLA Awards 2015 (European Conference of Leading Architects) in the category: ‘Transformation and Reuse’. In 2018, the project ‘Grachtenpand 3’ was nominated for ‘The Renovation Award Municipality of Amsterdam’. Later, the office won various closed competitions, such as the renovation of the official residence (house of the mayor) in Amsterdam.
During the period 2013 to 2017, Maxim Winkelaar was a member of the Board of Architects for the Town Council of Huizen, The Netherlands as architectural consultant. He advised on submitted building plans in this municipality.
The work of Maxim Winkelaar Architects is included in the internationally published book ‘Reactivate! – Innovators of Dutch architecture’. Maxim Winkelaar lectured in The Netherlands, Germany, Norway and United Kingdom. And he was one of the participating architects in the Dutch television program of Your Home Made Perfect season one and two (2021-2023).

Our logo, our vision

The core values of our agency are integrated in our logo. The basis of our logo is a honeycomb of a bee. A bee is seen among the animals as a true architect, an architect who designs and builds his house (the honeycomb) to perfection.
The honeycomb in our logo is designed as a continuous line; sight-lines are an important element in our designs to connect different spaces. The continuous line turns into three diagonal lines symbolizing our vision: Design Follows Personality.
We believe in globalization, the world gives us inspiration. We have experience throughout the Netherlands and have successfully finalized projects in Belgium, France, USA, Switzerland, New Zealand, Spain (Ibiza island), England, Malaysia, Aruba island and Curaçao island (Caribbean).