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The six-year heritage programme Disclosing Architecture will conclude at the end of 2024. During the closing event on 14 November, we will share the knowledge and insights generated by the programme.

On 10 October, architect Jo Coenen and the Nieuwe Instituut signed a deed of gift, officially transferring the archive of Jo Coenen & Co to the National Collection.

A look back at the Designing the Netherlands exhibition, with over 30,000 visitors, a lot of media attention, tours and meetings.

Here are some of the inspiring solutions to previous housing crises devised by architects throughout the 20th century.

The architect’s responsibility for the quality of our living environment is one of the main themes of After the Future, a short film by Sven and Detlef Prince in collaboration with the Nieuwe Instituut.

Art magazine Metropolis M on the Nieuwe Instituut’s recent acquisition of Frans van der Werf’s photographs and drawings for the National Collection.

The Design Drawings Damage Atlas is a practical tool to help collection managers identify and classify damaged images in design drawings. You can download it here.

Exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the National Collection of Dutch Architecture and Urban Planning places the legacies of design and planning in dialogue with the needs of the present and future.

John Habraken died on 21 October this year. Architect Jo Coenen, a former student of Habraken, reflects on their collaboration and his significance for architecture.

Theo van Doesburg’s 1926 model of the interior of Café Aubette will be on temporary display at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague.

This autumn, the Serralves Museum in Porto, Portugal, is showing a large number of drawings and photos of the Zonnestraal sanatorium in Hilversum and the Cineac cinema in Amsterdam.

15 October marks exactly 100 years since the legendary De Stijl exhibition opened at Galerie L’Effort Moderne in Paris. It was the first group exhibition of artists from De Stijl.