The Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi) recently opened the exhibition of the final designs for the new Rotterdam City Hall Extension. Alderman Hamit Karakus, of the Housing and Planning Department of the Municipality of Rotterdam, presented the models and designs of the five invited architecture firms…

On Monday October 6th, the emir of Dubai, Sjeik Mohammed bin Rashi al-Maktoum, officially opened the seventh Cityscape Dubai 2008. During the gala dinner of the largest real estate and development event of its kind, Mecanoo director Francine Houben received the Cityscape Architectural Award for…

Mecanoo was selected from a short list of seven major architects to design the largest library in Europe Announced today, Dutch Mecanoo architecten, led by Francine Houben, have been selected to design the new £193 million Library of Birmingham. The new Library will be developed on a prime site on…