FIRST VERSION OF COLLECTION INFORMATION SYSTEM ONLINE
A first, very basic version of the new Collection Information System (CIS) can now be consulted online. The development of the CIS is an ambitious long-term project designed to make the entire NAI collection accessible. While this first version of the CIS does not yet use all the system's options, it will enable you to search a large part of the collection from your own computer. The inventories of the archives are available as full text in the CIS. Read more...

AWARD CEREMONY FOR THE BEST DESIGNS FOR THE NEW FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE BUILDING
On March 14 Education Minister Ronald Plasterk announced the winners of the Building for Bouwkunde International Ideas Competition. The proposals of the eight nominees, together with the recommendations of a specially convened think tank, form the basis for concrete plans for the future. All competition entries are on display from March 15 in the 'Building for Bouwkunde' exhibition at NAi (Netherlands Architecture Institute) in Rotterdam. Read more...

RESTRICTED OPENING HOURS READING ROOM
From April 1, the NAI reading room will be running on a different schedule. The room will open at 11.00 instead of 10.00 hours, and its Saturdays openings will be limited to one Saturday a month. Read more...

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
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...

BUILDING FOR BOUWKUNDE
NAI Rotterdam, Gallery 3: March 15, 2009 - June 7, 2009
13 May will mark the first anniversary of the destruction of the Faculty of Architecture (Bouwkunde) of the Technological University Delft (TU Delft) in a fire last year. The loss of the building designed by the architect Van den Broek triggered the launching of an international competition inviting ideas for a new building. 466 entries from 50 different countries were submitted. The results can be seen in the exhibition 'Building for Bouwkunde'. Read more...

HYBRID ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVES
Conference, June 11 & 12, 2009
In a two day conference in June 2009, the NAi aims to map the development of research and experiences in creating, consuming and using digital architectural archives. The conference is now open for registration. Read more...

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