De Bever was born in Eindhoven raised in a family of architects, with both his father and grandfather being architects. His son Stefan would also become an architect.[1] De Bever studied at the Academie van Bouwkunst van de Leergangen in Tilburg, he later obtained a Master of Architecture from Cornell University, United States.[2] He started his out his career in New York, Milan and Rome, but later kept mostly to Eindhoven.[1] In 1965 de Bever took over his father's architect firm together with his brother Loed de Bever.[2] For the design of the Evoluon de Bever and Louis Kalff[nl] only got two demands, it had to be "spectacular" and it had to be possible to hold exhibitions in the building.[1]
Evoluon
In 2011 de Bever was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau, amongst others for his volunteer work concerning holiday camps for the handicapped.[3]
