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March 10, 2003 English architect Peter Smithson died March 3th at the age of 79. He had a practice together with is wife Alison. Among the buildings they designed are the Hunstanton secondary school and the Economist offices in London near St. Jamesstreet. 
 Brussels
and Ground Euro (Part 2), a Spanish-Belgian mixFebruary 26, 2003 'The Spanish are coming!' In the sixteenth century such news would have prompted the citizenry of Brussels to raise the city ramparts, but today they are welcomed with open arms. The reason is simple. For they are bringing us something special: urban design, architecture, and the 'cohesion' in between.
 Brussels
and 'Ground Euro', a theatre in regress February 17, 2003 Mix Europe's inability to respond effectively to complex situations and Belgium's inimitable bureaucracy, situate the resulting mixture in Brussels - one of the most schizophrenic cities in Europe, and one where urban destruction in more the rule than the exception - and then try to create a headquarters here for the European Union. Bert Muynck explains what you end up with.
 Archiprix
international February 4, 2003 Press release from the Archiprix International office. An invitation to all universities in the field of architecture, urban design and landscape architecture to select their best graduation plan for the second edition of this world-wide competition.
 Tati
at the Nai January 30, 2003 Think of Tati and the film Mon Oncle springs to mind, and think of that film and Villa Arpel will appear, the show-box home of Monsieur Arpel. The exhibition Tatirama at the NAi looks at the role of architecture in the films of French filmmaker Jacques Tati.
 Four
Delta Metropolises January 22, 2003 On the invitation of Government Architect Jo Coenen, four teams have spent recent months drawing up proposals for the Delta Metropolis. Monday December 9 saw the presentation of the four proposals for the area 'formerly known as' Randstad.
 OMA
Designs New Headquarters for Central Chinese Television Giant CCTV
in Beijing January 7, 2003 There were already some rumours but now it is officially announced, OMA will build the new headquarters for the big Chinese television co-operation CCTV in Beijing.
 MVRDV's
Hageneiland December 16, 2002 The NAI-prize 2002 is awarded to MVRDV for their housing project in Hageneiland, which is a part of Ypenburg Den Haag. For their presentation at the Venice Biennale photographer Rob 't Hart made a recording of a sunny day in a new Dutch suburb. To celebrate the prize and for everybody who coundn't go to Italy, a selection of the photos.
 Sustainable
Building is our Duty November 6, 2002 'A better environment begins with the architect - that's if we are to believe the stream of new architecture books on the subject of sustainable building.' Allard Jolles reviews Sustainable architecture and urbanism, Solar energy in architecture and urban planning and Groundscrapers and subscrapers.
 Dutch
Toytown October 15, 2002 While the renovation of the neighbouring Rijksmuseum is held up as an example of quality development, the controversy surrounding the Stedelijk Museum is a prime illustration of how it shouldn't be done.
 Almost
Nothing October 15, 2002 This summer Dirk Jan Postel (Kraayvanger-Urbis) won the Benedictus Award for a small pavilion with a roof supported entirely by glass.
 Fresh
Facts, the Dutch submission October 7, 2002 Roemer van Toorn went to Venice Italy to NEXT the 8th architecture Biennial and wrote down his thoughts concerning the Dutch pavilion..
 ING
HouseSeptember, 2002 Photo reportage of ING House, the main office of ING Group, by Meyer and Van Schooten Architects. .
 Posbank
spiralAugust 27, 2002 In the national park Velume Zoom near Rheden recently opened a tea pavilion, the Posbank spiral, designed by Bjarne Mastenbroek.
 Janny
Rodermond new managing director for the Netherlands Architecture FundAugust 26, 2002 Janny Rodermond will be replacing the present managing director Ruud Brouwers at the beginning of November this year. Currently Janny Rodermond is chief editor for the leading Dutch architecture magazine De Architect.
 Playgrounds
by Aldo van EyckJuly 15, 2002 Almost everyone who grew up in Amsterdam during the '50s, '60s and '70s is connected by an unusual fact: they once played in one of the more than 700 playgrounds in Amsterdam designed by Aldo van Eyck. And outside Amsterdam too, almost every playground had one of his tumbling bars.
 Yokohama
International Ferry TerminalJune 12, 2002 The ferry terminal designed by Foreign Office Architects was recently opened to the public. Kurt Handlbauer went to have a look and took some breathtaking pictures.
 Dutch
Design in New YorkMay 29, 2002 Numerous events on Dutch design are taking place in New York from now until September. The Dutch Consulate has launched a special website offering information on all Dutch design and architecture events in the United States.
 New
dean for Berlage InstituteMay 15, 2002 The Board of Governers and the management of the Berlage Institute announce the appointment of the architect Alejandro Zaera-Polo as Dean, starting 1 October 2002.
 Case
Study HousesMay 1, 2002 Taschen has just published the beautiful book Case Study Houses, The Complete CSH Program 1945-1966 - a feast for enthusiasts according to fan Piet Vollaard.
 ArchiNed
MovesApril-May 2002 On April 3rd ArchiNed moved to a new database based website. The Dutch version of ArchiNed will be transferred first, while the English edition will follow when the Dutch one is bug free. During the process, some links will not work correctly - for this we ask you understanding. In the meantime, you can have a look at the new website at: www.Archined.nl
 No
LoiteringApril 15, 2002 During the last weekend of March the first session of the 'Hot Summer of Psychogeography' (or Guy Debord's dérive in 2002) took place in Amsterdam. Socialfiction, the organisers, sent participants on their way from Dam Square with an algorithmic description of the route. The same experiment was repeated later in the day in the Bijlmer district.
 Greg
Lynn recites from his own work March 7, 2002 Architects like to plan their use of time systematically. Le Corbusier divided his day into three parts - for painting, architecture and urban planning. Greg Lynn devotes 30% of his time to teaching, 30% to commercial commissions and 30% to research. No doubt it was during the remaining 10% that he wrote the sci-fi story he recited at the Berlage Institute. Jeroen Mensink reports.
 Shopping
with Rem February 20, 2002 They're being sold and discussed as two new books by Rem Koolhaas: parts one and two of the 'Project on the City'. But Koolhaas is absent on most of the 1,600 pages. For the most part, he lets students from Harvard Design School have their say. That said, Koolhaas's presence is still palpable - as editor, teacher and source of inspiration for a long line of faithful disciples tagging along in his wake. In the pieces by Koolhaas himself, Junkspace in particular, he is his customary radical, expressionist and very funny self. .
 Ground
Zero February 7, 2002 A week after the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York, gallery-owner Max Protech approached architects, designers, and museum directors - in short, his entire circle of friends - and asked them to come up with ideas for a new World Trade Center to rise from the ashes of Ground Zero.
 Fisherman's
Friend February 6, 2002 Shin Takamatsu gave a lecture at the Berlage Institute. Japanese architecture is back in fashion again. Last autumn the Berlage staged an exhibition on trends in European and Japanese architecture, and the University of Technology in Delft is currently running a lecture series devoted to Japanese design practice. Just how different Japanese practice is became clear in the lecture 'Hard-boiled architecture'. Janneke van Bergen reports.
 Is
it a boat? Is it a warehouse? No, it's MVRDV! February 4, 2002 At the end of the Strekdam in Amsterdam, beside the grain-silo-turned-housing-complex, MVRDV has built a ten-floor housing complex in the water. The project started in 1995 and is due for completion shortly.
 Game,
Set and Match: Architecture is turning wild! January 9, 2002 On December 13 the conference Game, Set and Match was organised at the Faculty of Architecture in Delft by Kas Oosterhuis and his staff and students. The range of speakers reflected many different viewpoints, but what they had in common was an 'interactive' approach. Particular attention was devoted to such ego-shooter games as Unreal Tournament, Doom and Quake. Jeroen Mensink takes an in-depth look at the architect as Homo ludens in cyberspace.
 Heroic
Archigram January 7, 2002 The legendary exhibition Archigram experimental architecture 1961-1974 first went on show in Vienna in 1994. After travelling half the world, the exhibition has now arrived in Rotterdam. Models, installations, panels covered in drawings - all projects by the English Archigram group exudes the popular culture so typical of the 1960s.
 Archi.TV3:
the identitity of Contemporary EuropeDecember 19, 2001 In this Archi.TV broadcast, architect Stefano Boeri and photographer Francesco Jodice explain their search for the changing identity of Europe with the USE project, made by a group of 70 architects, photographers, moviemakers, artists and geographers. A large part of the project is on show at the exhibition Mutations in Brussels till 6th of January 2002. 
 Trans-urbanism:
Fiction or Reality?December 12, 2001 In late November, V2 held a two-day symposium devoted to 'trans-urbanism'. 'The city's substance is hardly material/architectural anymore. Public squares, market places, the lay-out of the streets seems no longer relevant to how the city is experienced,' the flyer announced. And though this statement was not the topic for discussion, a number of speakers wondered whether one could really speak about a new urbanism.
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