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The City on the Political Agenda
29 Sep 2009
The opening weekend of the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), Open City:...
More than 1200 visitors at the opening of the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam
26 Sep 2009
Squatcity-urbaninform Competition
WINNERS have been announced!
25 Sep 2009
In the course of the Symposium "The Future of the Informal" at the 4th International...
Building the Bridge
06 Sep 2009
This week, the construction of the new bridge to the 4th IABR's main exhibition started! ...
Urban Meetings
18 Sep 2008
What are the main issues for urban managers in the 21st century, how does urban development connect...
Calendar
[limited access] or the open city?
20 Nov 2007
lecture Kees Christiaanse at LSE, London more...
Open City lectures in Zurich
16 Sep 2008
The program: 18/09 Introduction I: on the Open City by Kees Christiaanse,...
Making Cities Work (documentary)
08 Oct 2008
The Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies of the Erasmus University Rotterdam...
Presentation Open City on Urban Age South America Conference
03 Dec 2008
On 3 December, Urban Age inaugurates an intensive two-day conference on the future of global cities...
Refuge Urbanism: IABR workshop in Istanbul
15 Jan 2009
Workshop, January 15-16, 2009 Hosted by Bilgi University, Istanbul In the Summer of 2008, Can...
Public Symposium
05 Mar 2009
Open City: Designing Coexistence is an international architecture and urban design symposium,...
Open City Symposium in Zurich
07 Mar 2009
On March 5, 2009, the ETH Zurich and the IABR hosted a symposium entitled Open City: Designing...
Workshop Reciprocity
06 May 2009
Location: Indonesian Architects' Institute Jakarta chapter, Jakarta Design Center, Jakarta,...
Paraisopolis, São Paulo
08 Jun 2009
In collaboration with the 4th IABR sub-theme Squat, curated by Rainer Hehl and Jörg Stollmann, the...
Kick off cross-media project VPRO and 4th IABR
03 Sep 2009
On 3 September, the Dutch broadcaster VPRO will host a festival-evening in Amsterdam to launch...
Buitenhof
13 Sep 2009
On 13 September, 4th IABR's Urban Century opens with the Dutch talk show Buitenhof. Politician...
Tegenlicht: Amsterdam Makeover 2040
14 Sep 2009
Amsterdam is an old lady, but she is set on having a metropolitan make over. After all, cities have...
A Sense of Belonging and the Open City
15 Sep 2009
This year’s “Internationale Keuze Debat”, the conference traditionally organized...
Screening "Grand Paris, the President and the Architect"
15 Sep 2009
Bregtje van der Haak’s latest documentary, Grand Paris, the President and the...
Villa VPRO – Bureau Buitenland: Addis Ababa
17 Sep 2009
To cope with an influx of migrants, the Ethiopian capital must build apartment buildings at...
Draadstaal
20 Sep 2009
The satirical TV program Draadstaal devotes an entire edition to the theme of the city. ...
Holland Doc Radio: Looking for the next Wibaut
20 Sep 2009
City Councilor Floor Wibaut was one of the most dynamic politicians active in 20th century...
Tegenlicht: Grand Paris: The President and the Architect
21 Sep 2009
French President Sarkozy has ambitious plans for the Paris of the future and is looking for the...
Metropolis: New to the City
21 Sep 2009
Over a period of six months four migrants are being filmed in four different cities in the world...
Holland Doc: Stayin’ Alive In Jo’burg
22 Sep 2009
In 2010, one of the sites for the World Football Championships will be in Johannesburg’s...
Wallpaper* Future 30 Architects Directory 2009
24 Sep 2009
Wallpaper* magazine presents some of the most exciting emerging global architectural talent in an...
Andere Tijden: Who is Building? Wibaut!
24 Sep 2009
Andere Tijden focuses on Floor Wibaut – Amserdam's dynamic and socially conscious city...
Live Radio Villa VPRO
24 Sep 2009
Live radio coverage of the opening of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam. ...
Villa VPRO – Bureau Buitenland: Detroit
24 Sep 2009
Detroit, stad in vrije val from VPRO Eeuw van de Stad on Vimeo (in Dutch) Once the...
urbaninform Symposium
25 Sep 2009
Still some places available - for enquiries: cvanvlodrop@iabr Micro- and Macro-scale...
Radio: De Avonden
26 Sep 2009
A radiophonic version of the special IABR-dedicated issue published by the literary magazine De...
Sunday afternoon documentary on Amsterdam: The New Rijksmuseum
27 Sep 2009
The New Rijksmuseum (120 mins.) by Oeke Hoogendijk (2008) Every Sunday afternoon, a documentary...
The VVD in The Free State of Amsterdam
28 Sep 2009
The VVDs vision on the future of Amsterdam. Stories, ideas, observations. The evening program...
Lars Lerup in conversation with George Baird
28 Sep 2009
Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10...
Tegenlicht: I am Gurgaon: The New City in India
28 Sep 2009
Four million people in one huge gated community, a satellite of New Delhi: Is Gurgaon the latest...
Vancouver – Rotterdam: A Tale of Two Cities
29 Sep 2009
Larry Beasley, former Co-director of Urban Planning for Vancouver, will be giving a lecture as a...
Companies and businesses in the Free State of Amsterdam
29 Sep 2009
An evening organized by the Chamber of Commerce. Stories, ideas, presentations about the future of...
Public Lecture by George Baird
'The Politics of Public Space'
29 Sep 2009
Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10...
IDFA Film
'Megacities'
30 Sep 2009
The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world’s biggest festival...
International Urban Design Conference, Morgen/Tomorrow
30 Sep 2009
Within the framework of The Free State of Amsterdam and in memory of the founding father of modern...
Makeable City Rotterdam/the Free State of Amsterdam.
01 Oct 2009
Curators Wouter Vanstiphout and Zef Hemel on their Rotterdam and Amsterdam entries, respectively,...
Villa VPRO – Bureau Buitenland: Jakarta
01 Oct 2009
Jakarta has been blighted by permanent traffic jams and spatial-planning incompetence....
10th N-AERUS Conference
01 Oct 2009
Conference on ‘open cities’ IHS -Making Cities Work The institute for Housing and...
IABR Open Podium
Sara Vrugt
02 Oct 2009
Every Friday afternoon, a local ‘cultural ambassador’ appears at the IABR as host or...
Public Lecture by Kees Christiaanse
02 Oct 2009
Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10...
Open City Talk & Tour
Tim Rieniets
03 Oct 2009
A guided tour of the Forum exhibition by and with an introduction from co-curator Tim Rieniets (CH)...
Sunday afternoon documentary on Amsterdam: Amsterdam Global Village
04 Oct 2009
Amsterdam Global Village (245 mins.) by Johan van der Keuken (1996). Every Sunday afternoon, a...
Biennale Cycling Tours
04 Oct 2009
Together with the 4th IABR, Rotterdam ArchiGuides organizes cycling tours, combined with a visit to...
Film Program Rotterdam Classics
'City For Sale'
04 Oct 2009
The Rotterdam Municipal Archives and film theater Lantaren/Venster present, in the series...
IDFA Film
'Megacities'
04 Oct 2009
The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world’s biggest festival...
Destination AMS
05 Oct 2009
Lecture by The Free State of Amsterdam curator Zef Hemel on the future of the city. The evening...
Lars Lerup in conversation with Xaveer de Geyter
05 Oct 2009
Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10...
Student Design Contest Finals
06 Oct 2009
Presentation and judging of entries for the student design contest on the future of the city....
Public Lecture by Elma van Boxel and Kristian Koreman, ZUS [Zones Urbaines Sensibles]
06 Oct 2009
Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10...
Het Nieuwe Diep: Vrijstraat (Free Street)
07 Oct 2009
Urban development firm ZUS talks to guests about its designs for a new water park between the...
IDFA Film
'The Show Must Go On'
07 Oct 2009
The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world's biggest festival for...
Lars Lerup in conversation with Michelle Provoost
07 Oct 2009
Location: Berlage Institute, Botersloot 25, NL 3011 HE Rotterdam, The Netherlands, T. +31.10...
Amstel Discussion
08 Oct 2009
Oost-Watergraafsmeer Precinct talks to guests about the future of the Amstel River and its banks...
Villa VPRO – Bureau Buitenland: Istanbul
08 Oct 2009
The invasion of large numbers of conservative and religious people from the countryside into...
Open City Lecture and Debate: Lars Lerup
"One Million Acres and No Zoning"
08 Oct 2009
Lars Lerup: Open City and the American Suburb Lecture by Lars Lerup (US), architect, author and...
IABR Open Podium
Speedism
09 Oct 2009
Every Friday afternoon, a local ‘cultural ambassador’ appears as host or hostess of a...
Northern Banks of the IJ: Experiments at Noorderveld
09 Oct 2009
Urhahn Urban Design talks to guests about its design for the Vliegenbos and environs area in...
Foaming at the Edge
09 Oct 2009
Presentation by Lars Lerup (US) of the Biennale Master Class ‘Foaming at the Edge’...
Open City Talk & Tour
Interboro
10 Oct 2009
A guided tour by and with an introduction by Daniel D'Oca partner of Interboro (US),...
Incidental Event
documentary "Cities of Preferences"
10 Oct 2009
By Mathan Ratinam, Toni Schade and Andrea Zalewski, Moving Image Lab at Columbia (MILC) Cities...
Sunday afternoon documentary: De stad was van ons [The City was Ours]
11 Oct 2009
De stad was van ons [The City was Ours] (110 minutes) by Joost Seelen (1996). Every Sunday...
IDFA Film
'The Show Must Go On'
11 Oct 2009
The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world's biggest festival for...
Biennale Cycling Tours
11 Oct 2009
In cooperation with the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), Rotterdam...
Amsterdam as Limited-traffic Zone?
12 Oct 2009
A discussion on Amsterdam as a limited-traffic zone. Is a street more attractive without cars, and...
The CDA in The Free State of Amsterdam
13 Oct 2009
The CDAs vision on the future of Amsterdam. Stories, ideas, observations. The evening program...
Opening YOUR CITY,
Young people are making Rotterdam Zuid
13 Oct 2009
On Tuesday 13 October 2009 Your City: Young people are making Rotterdam Zuid an initiative of...
IDFA Film
Repetition and Optical Vacuum
14 Oct 2009
The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world's biggest festival for...
Philosophers in the The Free State of Amsterdam
14 Oct 2009
An evening on philosophy as an urban phenomenon. What are philosophers perceptions of the city? How...
Open City Lecture and Debate:
Shuddhabrata Sengupta
15 Oct 2009
On Thursday 15 October, the Open City Lecture and Debate are devoted to "Fear", one of...
Kop Amstelscheg: Landscape of freedom
15 Oct 2009
MUST stedebouw talks to guests about its design for the Amstelscheg area. The evening program...
IABR Open Podium - Rotterdam (In)tolerant
16 Oct 2009
Associated projects: For Security Reasons Debate in cooperation with Showroom MAMA as part of the...
Sloterplas: Land of plenty
16 Oct 2009
B+B Urban Development and Landscape Architecture talks to guests about its design for the...
Theatre Tehran - Wunderbaum
17 Oct 2009
Enjoy the presentation Theatre Tehran and get subsequent access to the exhibition Open City:...
Theatre Tehran - Wunderbaum
18 Oct 2009
Enjoy the presentation 'Theatre Tehran' and get subsequent access to the exhibition Open City:...
IDFA Film
'Repetition' and 'Optical Vacuum'
18 Oct 2009
The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world's biggest festival for...
Biennale Cycling Tours
18 Oct 2009
The theme of this week's cyle tour is "Parallel Cases." In cooperation with the 4th...
Sunday Afternoon Documentary
18 Oct 2009
Hoe Nikita een Paard Kreeg [How Nikita Got a Horse] (23 minutes) by Anneke de Lind van Wijngaarden...
The PvdA in The Free State of Amsterdam
20 Oct 2009
The PvdAs vision on the future of Amsterdam. Stories, ideas, observations. The evening program...
IDFA Film – Our Street
21 Oct 2009
At the request of the IABR, the IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam - compiled...
Western Banks of the IJ and Harbour: Transience as Strategy
21 Oct 2009
Rietveld Landscape I Atelier de Lyon talks to guests about its design for the Westelijk Havengebied...
The Homeless in the Free State of Amsterdam
22 Oct 2009
Discussions with the homeless on Amsterdam. How do they use the city, and what is their perception...
Open City Debate – VROM presents: Design and Politics #1
22 Oct 2009
This debate deals with the confrontation between designer and administrator. Felix Rottenberg...
Woonstad Debate – Who makes the city?
23 Oct 2009
A debate within the framework of the 4th IABR and organized by Woonstad Rotterdam city corporation,...
Open Podium – Working together to create the city of tomorrow
23 Oct 2009
Every friday afternoon a local "cultural ambassador" acts as a host or hostess for a...
The Oostelijke Eilanden: Endangered Freedom
23 Oct 2009
Bureau Karres en Brands landscape architects talks to guests about its design for the Oostelijke...
Open City Talk & Tour – Crimson Architectural Historians
24 Oct 2009
A guided tour by and with an introduction from Crimson Architectural Historians, sub-curator of the...
Conny Janssen Danst
24 Oct 2009
Conny Janssen Danst dancers will surprise visitors to the NAi with short dance performances. They...
VPRO Film – Amsterdam Makeover 2040
24 Oct 2009
Amsterdam is an old lady, but she is set on having a metropolitan make over. After all, cities have...
IDFA Film
'Our Street'
25 Oct 2009
At the request of the IABR, the IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam - compiled...
Sunday Afternoon Documentary:
Radio Danielle and Johnny Meijer
25 Oct 2009
Radio Danielle (27 minutes) (1987) and Johnny Meijer (50 minutes) (1993) by John Appel. Every...
Biennale Cycling Tours
25 Oct 2009
In cooperation with the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), Rotterdam...
Expats in The Free State of Amsterdam
26 Oct 2009
A conversation with Amsterdam expats. What is their perception of the city? What do they want from...
Film and Discussion in the Free State of Amsterdam
27 Oct 2009
The debate planned for this evening has been cancelled. Instead of the debate: Film and d...
Duivendrechtse Veld: From District to Free City
28 Oct 2009
Studioklok talks to guests about its design for the Zuidoost area and Amstel I, II and III. ...
IDFA Film – Petition - The Court of Complainants
28 Oct 2009
The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world’s biggest festival...
Amsterdam City Streets Night
29 Oct 2009
Consumers, businesses and shopping street manager Nel de Jager on the future of typical Amsterdam...
Open City Lecture and Debate:
Roberta Brandes Gratz
29 Oct 2009
Lecture by author, journalist and activist Roberta Brandes Gratz (US) about the works of author and...
The Significance of Jane Jacobs for a Living City
30 Oct 2009
Trancity is organizing a "lecture marathon" about the core themes in the work of...
IABR Open Podium
30 Oct 2009
Every Friday afternoon, a local "cultural ambassador" appears as host or hostess of a...
Nieuwe Meer: Awareness
30 Oct 2009
Gller Gller architecture urbanism talks to guests about its design for the Nieuwe Meer and environs...
Jane Jacobs Tour - Bike & Film
31 Oct 2009
Rotterdam North is a true "Jane Jacobs neighborhood": corner stores, artists' studios, a...
Sunday afternoon documentary: IDFA 2009 Preview
01 Nov 2009
IDFA 2009 Preview Every Sunday afternoon, a documentary will be shown on Amsterdam. The program...
IDFA Film
'Petition – The Court of Complainants'
01 Nov 2009
The IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) is the world’s biggest festival...
Biennale Cycling Tours
01 Nov 2009
In cooperation with the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), Rotterdam...
Incidental Event – Jane Jacobs, An afternoon of readings
01 Nov 2009
Nearly 50 years after the publication of the first edition of Jane Jacobs' impassioned plea for the...
D66 in the The Free State of Amsterdam
02 Nov 2009
The D66s vision on the future of Amsterdam. Stories, ideas, observations. The evening program...
GroenLinks in The Free State of Amsterdam
03 Nov 2009
The GroenLinks vision on the future of Amsterdam. Stories, ideas, observations. The evening...
IDFA Film – .In for Motion
04 Nov 2009
At the request of the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), the IDFA has...
Gaasperplas: Water Free State
04 Nov 2009
Urban development firm Alle Hosper talks to guests about her design for the Gaasperdam, Gein and...
T-Visionarium Open City
04 Nov 2009
T_Visionarium Open City is a digital audiovisual archive comprising approximately thirty hours of...
Open City Lecture and Debate – Mark Shepard
05 Nov 2009
Lecture by media architect and researcher Mark Shepard within the context of the Open City...
Build in the Grasslands or Densify?
05 Nov 2009
Mid October 2009, the alderman for Amsterdam spatial planning, Maarten van Poelgeest, presented the...
IABR Open Podium
06 Nov 2009
Every Friday afternoon, a local "cultural ambassador" appears as host or hostess of a...
Incidental Event – Pecha Kucha Night Rotterdam vol 22
06 Nov 2009
Pecha Kucha Night will also be part of the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR)...
Young people in The Free State of Amsterdam
06 Nov 2009
What are young peoples perceptions of the city? What would they like to change? How do they view...
Open Podium – Sentient City Survival Kit
06 Nov 2009
At the 4th IABR, The Mobile City presents an exhibition of Mark Shepard’s Sentient City...
Expert Meeting – Sentient City Workshop
06 Nov 2009
Computing has left the desktop and spills out onto the sidewalks, streets and public spaces of the...
Open City Lecture and Debate – Young Architect Day
07 Nov 2009
"Young Architect Day" organized by BNA and NAI, within the context of the Open City Event...
Pass Travels around the Portscapes Art Projects on the Maasvlakte, Rotterdam
08 Nov 2009
On Sunday 8 November SKOR and the Rotterdam Port Authority are organizing a tour, Pass travels,...
IDFA Film – .In for Motion
08 Nov 2009
At the request of the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), the IDFA has...
The Free State of Amsterdam. A look back
08 Nov 2009
A conversation with all of the participants and parties involved in the exhibition about the six...
Sunday afternoon documentary: Kruispost
08 Nov 2009
Kruispost (85 minutes) by Maria Mok and Meral Uslu (2007). Every Sunday afternoon, a documenta...
Biennale Cycling Tours
08 Nov 2009
In cooperation with the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), Rotterdam...
Film Program Rotterdam Classics – A View From Afar, Rotterdam As An International Model City
08 Nov 2009
The Rotterdam Municipal Archives and film theater Lantaren/Venster present, in the series Rotterdam...
IDFA Film – Borgate and House of the Knights
11 Nov 2009
At the request of the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), the IDFA has...
Open City Lecture – Howard Saunders – The Power of the Consumer
11 Nov 2009
Lecture in the Open City Event Program given by Howard Saunders, Creative Director of Echochamber,...
Open City Lecture and Debate – Collective
12 Nov 2009
Housing for the millions 2.0 Towards a new concept of mass housing Theme of this Open City...
Open Podium
13 Nov 2009
This week's cultural ambassador is magazine Volume. Housing After the Credit Crisis....
Open City Talk & Tour
14 Nov 2009
Starting out with an introduction and explanation from Bart Goldhoorn, sub-curator of Collective, a...
IDFA Film
'Borgate' and 'House of the Knights'
15 Nov 2009
At the request of the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), the IDFA has...
Biennale Cycling Tours
15 Nov 2009
In cooperation with the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), Rotterdam...
IDFA Film – Transit Dubai
18 Nov 2009
At the request of the 4th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR), the IDFA has...