# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philippe-samyn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:02:06.726Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philippe-samyn"
name: "Philippe Samyn"
slug: "philippe-samyn"
description: "Philippe Samyn was a Belgian architect, engineer, and urbanist. He was the creator of over 686 projects, 250 of which are built. His architecture is characterized by a holistic approach, investigating new ways of construction focused on efficiency between the material, the shape, the function, and the energy needed in the making and functioning of the building."
tagline: "Belgian architect and engineer (born 1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philippe_Samyn.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1948-09-01"
deathDate: "2026-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.93
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.518553333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 237
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Samyn"
    title: "Philippe Samyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%BE_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "فيليپ سامين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Samyn"
    title: "Philippe Samyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Samyn"
    title: "Philippe Samyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Samyn"
    title: "Philippe Samyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Samyn"
    title: "Philippe Samyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Samyn"
    title: "Philippe Samyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q671004"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump