The so-called Tabakspanden in the Spuistraat are currently in poor condition. De Key bought the buildings in 2008 and has developed plans to redevelop them.

The plans, by Abbink X De Haas en Vincent Smulders, are presented are ARCAM from the 27th of January until the 11th of February.

The Academie van Bouwkunst Amsterdam-winter term 2012, the working title being 'Draw the Line’, challenges students to draw a line through town and country. The winter term is organized in the form of a contest; with competing teams, a critical jury and a real prize.
The exact task and the winning price is announced at the start of the project at 23 January. In two intensive weeks, interdisciplinary teams will work on intelligent and imaginative visions of a current design project.
The results will be on show at ARCAM for a month.

Judging and awards
Friday February 3 all entries shall be judged by a jury consisting of Aart Oxenaar (Chairman), Machiel Spaan, Marieke Timmermans and Rogier van de Berg. At 17.30 hours, the winning design will be announced by the jury chairman. Following the opening exhibition of the work. Everyone is welcome to view the exhibition and for a drink from 17.15 to + / - 19.30 hours.

The future of Amstel III, an area between the Ajax Arena and the AMC Hospital, filled with partly empty office blocks, is the focus of an exhibiton at ARCAM. On show is a selection of price winning designs by young architects, made for the international Europan competition.