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NAI Newsletter November 2008

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NAI NEWS  

PETER HAASBROEK NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR NAI
The NAI can enter the policy period 2009-2012 at full strength: as of 1 January 2009 the NAI will have a new deputy director in the person of Peter Haasbroek (Rotterdam, 1964). Peter Haasbroek currently works for the major Dutch public consumer organisation Consumentenbond. Read more...

 
NAI EXHIBITIONS  
Shape our Country

SHAPE OUR COUNTRY
NAI Rotterdam, Gallery 1: 12 Oct 2008 - 3 May 2009
Would you like to see more greenery in your street? Do you dream of living on water? Or do you think you've found the solution to the traffic jam problem? Decide yourself what the Netherlands ought to look like during the manifestation'Shape our country' Read more...

 
Living in the Lowlands

LIVING IN THE LOWLANDS
NAI Rotterdam, Gallery 2: Permanent exhibition
The permanent exhibition Living in the Lowlands reveals the collection's wealth of drawings, models and photographs featuring domestic life in the Netherlands over the last 150 years. Read more...

 
My Public Space

MY PUBLIC SPACE
NAI Rotterdam, Gallery 3: 6 June - 19 Oct 2008
Travelling exhibition that makes it clear that public space in Europe is much less public and accessible than we tend to think. With contributions from Dublin, Copenhagen, Naples, Barcelona, Rotterdam, Tirana, Brussels and Berlin. Read more...

 
Nest 26

NEST 26: GOD PROVIDES
NAI Rotterdam, Gallery 3: 18 Oct - 30 Nov 2008
The New York film couple Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky show their short documentary with elements of fiction shot in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Read more...

 
Changing Ideals

STATE 'CHANGING IDEALS: RE-THINKING THE HOUSE
NAI Maastricht, 4 Nov 2008 - 29 Mar 2009
Architects consider the house the best place to test new concepts. Some even go so far as to claim that the history of modern architecture coincides with the search for the ideal house, which is why the house is sometimes called the ultimate paradigm of modern architecture. Read more...

 
Archifeniks

ARCHIPHOENIX - FACULTIES FOR ARCHITECTURE
Netherlands Pavilion, Giardini di Castello, Venice (Italy),
14 Sep - 23 Nov 2008
The NAI represents the Netherlands at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia with the exhibition 'ArchiPhoenix - Faculties for architecture'. Read more...

 
NAI COLLECTION  
Steven Holl

ACQUISITIONS: WATERCOLORS BY STEVEN HOLL
Ten reprints of watercolors by Steven Holl have been added to the Sanders collection, which is managed by the NAI. Most of these are design sketches for the Nanjing Museum in China and some for the 'Linked Hybrid' complex in Beijing. Both buildings will be completed later this year. Read more...

 
BNA

READY FOR USE: BNA ARCHIVE 1908-1996
Since its inception in 1908, protecting and enhancing the position of the architect in society and in the profession has been the main objective of the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects (BNA). The BNA archive has now been inventoried and made accessible. Read more...

 
ABOUT THE NAI  

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