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Biergarten Rotterdam kicks off on 26 May 15.05.2012 Biergarten Rotterdam – the city’s sunny terrace (Schiestraat 18) –  gets off to... Guided Tour 5th IABR: MAKING CITY 14.05.2012 On Saturday 19 May, you can join in with a guided tour of the IABR’s main exhibition... 5th IABR: Making City in the media from Rotterdam to India 09.05.2012 From Rotterdam to India, Taiwan and Brazil, the 5th IABR: Making City was in the news all over the... Kick off Friday Afternoon Café (Vrijdagmiddagkaffee) 02.05.2012 The first Vrijdagmiddagkaffee (Friday Afternoon Café) happened last Friday at the Dépendance on... Lookback at ‘The City Forever’ (VPRO) 28.04.2012 In ‘The City Forever’ the VPRO broadcaster, in collaboration with the 5th IABR: Making... Get ideas about the city of tomorrow with the IABR Tours 25.04.2012 Discover new ways of urban development and book an inspiring journey of discovery through Rotterdam... Successful opening weekend for 5th IABR: Making City 24.04.2012 The opening weekend of the 5th IABR: Making City attracted over 7,000 visitors from at home and... Animated debate during Urban Summit 23.04.2012 Over one hundred international ‘city makers’ gathered in Rotterdam on Friday 20 April... Who's making city? 22.04.2012 The architecture festival ‘Making Almere’ – part of the 5th IABR: Making City... And the winner is... 21.04.2012 On Friday 20 April the Smart Cities Biennial Award ceremony took place at the NAI. An international... Festive opening of 5th IABR: Making City 20.04.2012 The 5th IABR: Making City started in festive fashion in Rotterdam amid widespread interest... Well-attended press preview 19.04.2012 Journalists from all corners of the globe gathered in Rotterdam yesterday morning for the press... Countdown! 17.04.2012 At last the waiting is almost over: the official opening of the 5th IABR: Making City takes place... Get caught up in urban conflict! 16.04.2012 The final touches will be added to the exhibitions of the 5th IABR: Making City in the next few... 'The City Forever' (VPRO) gives a voice to city dwellers 13.04.2012 How do we find happiness amid all that concrete? In collaboration with the 5th IABR: Test Site Rotterdam undergoes metamorphosis 12.04.2012 Passers-by will surely have noticed that the Test Site Rotterdam (Schieblock and surroundings) is... Construction of main exhibition ‘Making City’ in full swing 11.04.2012 The first outlines of the main exhibition ‘Making City’ are already visible at the... Master Class and lecture series on ‘Smart Synergy. The Inverted Metropolis’ 10.04.2012 In the opening week of the 5th IABR: Making City Stadslab European Urban Design Laboratory will... Getting ready for Making Douala 2007-2013 08.04.2012 The traveling exhibition Making Douala 2007-2013 is now being installed in the RiverClub Gallery... ‘DROOMSTAD’ (VPRO): LOCAL PEOPLE TAKE ACTION IN THEIR CITIES 04.04.2012 A skate hall in a disused church in Arnhem, a store that hands out free stuff in a disadvantaged... The Luchtsingel Now Under Construction 26.03.2012 Construction work on the Luchtsingel in Rotterdam has officially begun. The first section of the... Luchtsingel wins Stadsinitiatief 12.03.2012 For two weeks, the citizens of Rotterdam have been voting for their favourite Stadsinitiatief. The... Luchtsingel Polling Station opens in the Schieblock 01.03.2012 Rotterdam is in the grip of the Stadsinitiatief – a local council initiative to give everyone... Luchtsingel campaign gets going 25.02.2012 Just a few days to go before all Rotterdammers can vote for their favourite City Initiative.... Making Almere: who makes the city? 24.02.2012 Who makes the city of Almere? That’s the central question during the architecture festival... Luchtsingel among nominations for Stadsinitiatief 15.02.2012 Luchtsingel, an element of Test Site Rotterdam, has made it into the Top 5 of the Rotterdam... AWJGGRAUaDVVTAT named curator of Belgian Pavilion in Venice 08.02.2012 On February 8 the Flemish Minister of Culture, Joke Schauvliege, announced that AWJGGRAUaDVVTAT,... Breakthrough in the Posconflicto Laboratory, Guatemala 06.02.2012 Guatemala City Council votes unanimously in favor of the Posconflicto Laboratory. This ... Luchtsingel by ZUS and IABR in City Initiative Top 10 02.02.2012 How can you make the city more attractive? The Rotterdam city authorities do not want to do it all... ZigZagCity: discover secret spots in Rotterdam 23.01.2012 The new architecture festival ZigZagCity offers an alternative route through the city centre of... Parallel Cases follows up with an exhibition on Smart Cities during 5th IABR: Making City 23.12.2011 International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) and Academies of Architecture to continue... Mayors of Rotterdam and Istanbul discuss IABR plans 15.12.2011 On 7 December a Rotterdam delegation led by Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb travelled to Istanbul for a... Succesful start I Make Rotterdam 25.11.2011 I Make Rotterdam, an initiative from the 5th IABR: Making City and architecture office ZUS, is... Deepening Turkish-Dutch collaboration in urban renewal 07.11.2011 The IABR has been working with an international team since 2009 on a concrete assignment in... Call to Rotterdammers: Make Rotterdam 12.10.2011 On 11 October the 5th IABR and architecture firm ZUS launched the first project of ‘I Make... Other ways of ‘Making City’ 29.09.2011 35 projects from around the whole world come together in ‘Making City’. Projects... Successful start of lecture series 21.09.2011 Rients Dijkstra (Maxwan) spoke to a full house about the changing relationship between the city and... IABR and AIR organize five lectures 05.09.2011 In partnership with AIR, the architecture centre in Rotterdam, the International Architecture Bie... The 5th IABR: Making City 20.10.2010 Making City: the 5th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam in São Paulo, Istanbul and...