Thomas Rau

Architect and leading exponent of circular buildings

Thomas Rau is entrepreneur, architect, innovator and visionary. His motto is ‘guided by the future’: his decisions and actions are not determined by what is deemed possible or culturally acceptable now, but by what is necessary for the future.

Thomas Rau is an international authority on One Planet Architecture and leading exponent of circular buildings. For years Rau has contributed to national and international discussions about sustainability. He is promoting the use of renewable energy in the built environment and seeks to address the increasing worldwide resource scarcity.

In 2015 Thomas Rau was nominated for the Fortune Award for Circular Economy Leadership by the World Economic Forum. In 2016 Thomas Rau was referred to as one of the three most influential architects in The Netherlands bij national newspapers.

Audiences worldwide have enjoyed Thomas Rau’s lively presentations. He isn’t afraid to confront his listeners with challenges for tomorrow. He uses his enthusiasm, energy and humour to persuade us to take action, keeping everyone at the edge of their seats.

Thomas Rau has performed as keynote speaker for large conferences as well as for smaller audiences of boards of directors, policy makers and politicians. He is ranked among the Top 5 Dutch key players in sustainability, a ranking published by national daily Trouw. He was elected as Dutch Architect of The Year 2013 and awarded with the ARC13 Oeuvre Award for his widespread contribution in both promoting and realising sustainable architecture in the last 20 years.