How can architecture resist exclusionary social norms to create spaces that nurture different ways of coexisting in everyday life?

On 17 May 2025, the Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam will unveil Ma Yansong: Architecture and Emotion. This exhibition explores Ma Yansong’s ground-breaking architectural vision.

On the occasion of the exhibition Garden Futures, we have delved into the collection in search of gardens in the Netherlands in the last century.

ArkDes and Nieuwe Instituut are excited to announce Worldglimpsing: two exhibitions that shine light on the ways in which we inhabit our reality through designed worlds.

A selection of exhibitions and other projects in 2025 at the Nieuwe Instituut, the national museum for architecture, design and digital culture.

Staying with Modernity? explores the many entanglements of architecture, modernity and coloniality. The proceedings of the conference, organised by the Jaap Bakema Study Centre, are now available for download.

An online version of the exhibition Designing the Netherlands is now available on the Nieuwe Instituut's website.

Take a look back at a busy year at the Nieuwe Instituut, which we’ve summarised for you here in 12 highlights from our programme.

Sparks from the Pluriverse is a quarterly update that celebrates the ever growing pluriversal network and its dynamics.

Open Archief has published a collection of essays exploring the creative possibilities of archival material.

The article (Un)Natural Nature is an account of the fourth edition of the Queer Salon, about the garden as a queer sanctuary.

It compiles a glossary that collects knowledge about plants, animals, and their entanglement with climatic and bio-systemic urgencies for architects and designers.