Interested
in Disputed City? You cannot only view the exhibition objects in the NAI
building, but also online! Browse though the 40 models and let us know which buildings and plans
should become part of our permanent exhibition 'City of Holland', according to
you.
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One hundred and one unique, poignant, valuable, striking, influential,
everyday, erudite, personal, gripping and ordinary objects from the
collection of the Netherlands Architecture Institute.
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In 1967 Amsterdam organized an international competition to design a
city hall. No fewer than 803 proposals were received from all over the
world. In the webpresentation 'Amsterdam City Hall Competition' you can read about the competition and how it became a 'matter of the Amsterdam City Hall'. Go to the webpresentation.
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Web exhibition in conjunction with NAI exhibition, summer 2005. To know more about the past, present and future of the Dutch polders, go to the web presentation 'Polders - The Scene of Land and Water'.
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June 2008 | On June 14,
the Expo 2008 World Fair is set to start in Zaragoza. It is
fifty years since Expo ’58, one of the most spectacular editions of the
world fair held in Brussels. A partnership of G. Rietveld, J.H. van den Broek, J.B.
Bakema, J. Boks and F.P.J. Peutz specially formed for the occasion was
charged with designing the Dutch pavilion. Joost Boks’ archive contains
a fantastic series of photos of the pavilion, which was considered the
world over as one of the best contributions.
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June 2008 | Architect Jan Wils (1891-1972) designed the Olympic Stadium in
Amsterdam for the 1928 Games in the International Modern style
influenced by Berlage and Dudok. He received a gold medal for it during the Games. Wils’
archive contains wonderful photographs of the construction and
architecture of the stadium.
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May 2008 | The Faculty of Architecture building at Delft University of
Technology was designed by the Van den Broek and Bakema firm of
architects and completed in 1970. The fire that raged on 13 May 2008
damaged the building to such an extent that it has to be demolished. In
memory of this grand building, NAI presents a series of beautiful
drawings taken from the archives of Van den Broek and Bakema.
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The office of Chief Government Architect of the Netherlands celebrates its bicentenary in 2006.
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The Swiss architectural practice Herzog & de Meuron was established in 1978
by Jacques Herzog (1950) and Pierre de Meuron (1950). Since then the Basel-based
practice has grown into an international firm with four partners.
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Since May 1, 2004 10 new countries have joined the European Union: Amongst these, the Eastern European
countries have a particular history. Because of the Iron Curtain and its subsequent
collapse these countries developed in a very different way to most
western European countries.
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