Exhibition | External location - | 19/01/12-01/04/12

Due to great success Unsolicited Architecture, the Dutch entrance at the 9th International Architecture Biennale of Sao Paolo, is now on show at Studio X, Rio de Janeiro. The exhibition Unsolicited Architecture features nine projects by architects who enter into urgent social challenges. They seize opportunities where the established building practice doesn't. Almost all of the presented projects are established in cooperation between Dutch and international architects. > Read more...

The American landscape architect Jessica Bridger has won the Jaap Bakema fellowship 2011/2012 fellowship with her research proposal ‘Purchasing Power and Spatial Consequences: A 21st Century Mashup’. In this research she will combine economic data with spatial analysis. > Read more...

Attention: the NAI’s opening hours are altered over the 2011 Christmas & New Year period. For more information, please refer to the following schedule. > Read more...

On 30 November, the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) hosted a cultural programme for the president of Mali in cooperation with the Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden and architect Pierre Maas. Mali and the Netherlands have a long-standing relationship in the field of the arts and culture, most notably in the architecture sector. > Read more...

Architecture 2.0, the symposium for Architecture, took place on November 11, 2011. For the third edition of Architecture 2.0, China and India took centre stage. Video registrations of the symposium are now available at www.tomaat.org. > Read more...

The European Prize for Urban Public Space is a biannual competition that aims to recognise and promote the creation, recovery and improvement of public space, which is understood as a clear indicator of the civic and collective health of our cities. > Read more...

Workshop | 28/10/11 9:30 - 20:30

Opportunities for Dutch designers are increasingly found abroad. How to best make use of these opportunities? An increasing number of Dutch designers is exploring these new territories. DutchDFA is developing made-to-measure local support systems. On 28 October 2011, at Dutch Design Week, DutchDFA will present an update on the Workspaces and Design Desks in China, India, Germany and Turkey, while designers who are active in these countries will share their experiences. > Read more...

Lecture/Debat/symposium | 29/09/11 14:00 - 17:00

On September 29th 2011, the ambassador of the Netherlands in Italy, Alphonsus Stoelinga, opened the Debate on Tour in Turin. Since becoming twin cities in 1958, Turin and Rotterdam have experienced industrial glories, the dramas of de-industrialisation and post-industrial highlights. Both cities have been inspired by dreams of Olympic proportions. And now they are facing the same question: what does it mean to become sustainable? This debate compared the two cities on these themes. > Read more...

The NAI and the Chinese project developer VANKE signed an agreement on 29 August in Beijing to cooperate in the field of social housing. The first specific joint project is the development of a large number of low cost housing units near Beijing by a group of Dutch and Chinese architects. > Read more...

With a spectacular act the Netherlands Architecture Institute was reopened together with the audience on Thursday, June 30 2011. The renewed Museum for Architecture demonstrates that architecture is closer than you think. To celebrate its opening the NAI had free entrance the opening weekend. > Read more...