Interview with Ole Bouman (director of the NAI) en Ronald Rietveld (Rietveld Landscape) about the Dutch exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2010. > Read more...

The NAI welcomed a variety of international visitors during the last few weeks. The largest project developer in China, VANKE, was a guest of the NAI on Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 June. In the previous week we had visitors from India: New Mumbai Architects. > Read more...

As of today, you can use the NAI’s free Urban Augmented Reality application on your smart phone to see how Rotterdam was, how it will be or how it could have been. > Read more...

On the eve of the recently announced renovation of the entrance area of the NAI, the organisation is confronted with an unexpected constructional problem. Cracks have appeared in the walls and floor of the basement, which is mainly used for storage. It is clear by now that the basement floor, which is a few metres below the water table, is slowly rising. This is because the anchor piles no longer function. These anchor piles are situated beneath the central part of the museum building and compensate the upward pressure of the ground water. > Read more...

The exhibition ‘Disputed City’ is over. After a successful period with many enthusiastic visitors, the main gallery of the NAI is now empty. All the visitors to the website or the main gallery in the last few months have been able to vote for the buildings that they would like to see back on display soon in the permanent exhibition ‘City of Holland’. > Read more...

The Netherlands Architecture Institute opened its doors at the Museumpark in Rotterdam in 1993, now almost twenty years ago. Since then, hundreds of thousands of visitors have crossed the bridge into the striking building designed by the acclaimed architect Jo Coenen. That experience has now become a thing of the past: the NAI building is under construction. > Read more...

There were two winners in the sixth edition of the biennial Public Space European Prize this year. The tied first prize went to the open air library in Magdeburg, Germany by KARO* in collaboration with Architektur+Netzwerk, and to the Norwegian Opera and Ballet House in Oslo, Norway by the Snohetta firm of architects. The official presentation will take place on 11 June in Barcelona. > Read more...

NAI Debates on Tour presents a debate in Prishtina on February 25, on civilian participation in the planning of urban public space and new planning tools. > Read more...

On December 3rd 2009, in the ANCE auditorium in Rome, Dutch & Italian architects, representatives of the construction industry and technology scholars gathered to discuss the future of building in relation to how the two counties could learn from each other’s history. > Read more...

Interested in the results of Ymere Nai Ideas Competition 2009? On Friday December 18th, the Open Fort 400 exhibition will open in the Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam. > Read more...