Florian Idenburg lectured at ARCAM. Idenburg runs his architecture firm So-Il together with his partner Jing Liu. From their office in DUMBO, Broooklyn, New York they work on projects all over the world. So-Il worked with ARCAM on the exchange program 'Glimpses, New York and Amsterdam 2040', a collaboration bewtween ARCAM and the Center for Architecture New York. See also the Blog over Glimpses for more information on this exchange project.

Location: ARCAM, Prins Hendrikkade 600

Within the framework of the project 'Glimpses' at ARCAM, Alex van de Beld will lecture (in Dutch) on sustainability and how it is integrated in his projects and way of working.

Alex van de Beld runs his office Onix together with Haiko Meijer. The firm has offices in Groningen en Helsingborg (Sweden).

Bjarne Mastenbroek, Director and Founder of SeARCH, presented recently completed projects by his Amsterdam firm, illustrating the office's design philosophy to closely align architecture with the urban and rural landscape. He explored current trends in architecture, including the internationalization of the architectural practice and the changing role of the architect in the building process.

Bjarne Mastenbroek is the founder and principal of SeARCH, an innovative architecture and urban design company based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Bjarne graduated from the Delft University of Technology in 1989. With SeARCH he works on projects that integrate architecture, city and landscape. His Villa Vals (together with Christian Mueller) commanded multiple prizes, including the Wallpaper Design Award 2011. Bjarne Mastenbroek and Dick van Gameren won the prestigious Aga Khan Award in 2007 for their design of the Netherlands Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He is also the winner of the Amsterdam Architecture Award, 2011. Current projects include a Synaogue in Amsterdam, a conference center in Kopenhagen and a museum in Enschede. Bjarne chaired the Dutch Association of Architects in 2010-2011.

Rab Bennetts from Bennetts Associates is the architect of the new Mint Hotel Amsterdam on Oosterdoks island. On the 21st June, Mr. Bennetts gave a lecture at ARCAM on his work with a special focus on the 550 bedroom Mint Hotel, one of the biggest in Amsterdam. After the lecture guests were invited to attend a special reception with guided tours of the building.

Rab co-founded Bennetts Associates in 1987 with his partner Denise and immediately established a track record of success resulting in over 100 awards for every major project. The practice has a diverse portfolio across a wide range of sectors, and is considered a pioneer of sustainability in the UK. Completed projects include the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon as well as Mint Hotel’s second hotel in London. Mint Hotel Amsterdam, is the firm's first project outside the UK and is realised in coöperation with BDG Architecten and ARCADIS.

www.bennettsassociates.com en
www.minthotel.com/our-hotels/amsterdam.

See: www.anneholtrop.nl.

Nanne de Ru is has won the Rotterdam Maaskant Prize for Young architects 2011 and was therefore invited to at May 10.

Powerhouse Company was founded by Charles Bessard (1970, France) and Nanne de Ru (1976, the Netherlands). Bessard and De Ru launched Powerhouse Company as a European firm, simultaneously opening two offices, one in Copenhagen, Denmark and one in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Powerhouse Company works on commissions that range from furniture design to architecture, planning and research, in the Netherlands, Denmark, France, Finland, Norway, Russia, Turkey and Cyprus. Their first projects such as Villa 1 and the Spiral house brought Powerhouse Company international acclaim. Powerhouse Company is currently working on a wide range of projects, from furniture and yacht design, to villa’s, office buildings and urban planning.
Conscious of the gap between high and low culture, theory and design the Powerhouse Company neither only wants to build, nor just to theorize on the reasons for a new architecture, but instead bring back architecture as an encompassing, constructive and innovative practice

Check: powerhouse-company.com.

See: www.nextarchitects.nl.

Lecture by Rudy Uytenhaak in theatre Brakke Grond.
No English text available. Lecture in Dutch.More information: www.uytenhaak.nl.

51N4E is a Brussels based international practice that concerns itself with matters of space production i.e. architecture, urbanism, design and spatial analysis. The office is lead by 3 partners: Johan Anrys, Freek Persyn and Peter Swinnen. 51N4E was founded in 1998 and gained renown through key projects such as Lamot (2005), Groeningemuseum (2002), TID Tower Tirana (2004/10), C-Mine( 2006/10) and Skanderbeg Square (2008/11). In 2004 51N4E received the prestigious Rotterdam Maaskant Award for Young Architects. Since 2007 51N4E has doubled its impact through the establishment of a Balkan office (Tirana). At present the joined offices are 20 people strong.

Bureau B+B was established in 1977 and with its multidisciplinary team focuses on landscape, urbanism, public space and architecture. Under the direction of its founders Riek Bakker and Ank Bleeker, Bureau B+B developed into an internationally renowned office, in which designers such as Adriaan Geuze and Michael van Gessel began their careers. Bureau B+B is currently headed by a team of six directors, one of whom is Saline Verhoeven. Bureau B+B recently won the competition for the peninsula Cruquius in Amsterdam with a plan that, in the words of the jury, ‘combines urban design with strategy, robust processes and simple instruments in a completely new way’. During her lecture on 18 January, Saline Verhoeven, who was responsible for this plan, talked about the plan and Bureau B+B’s working method. See: www.bplusb.nl.