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The collection of Het Nieuwe Instituut contains drawings, photographs and models from the archives of Dutch architects and urban planners. The library collects and manages information about Dutch and international architecture, urban design, and related fields such as spatial planning, landscape architecture, interior architecture, art, digital culture and design. The collection is available for research in the Research Centre.

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Introducing Zips to Architectural Design Practice

Around 1965, there was a vast commercial range of zips, or self-adhesive films, for sticking onto all kinds of documents. Het Nieuwe Instituut’s archives contain many examples, mainly from after 1960, when this instant material increasingly appears in the collection. Curator Ellen Smit investigates this reproduction technique’s introduction into architectural practice and its popularity between 1955 and 1985.

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Just in #1. Documentation from the archive of Ton van den Berg. Donated by Mrs Heleen van Rijnbach, widow Ton van den Berg, 2022. Photo Petra van der Ree.

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Research Centre

The Research Centre is a space where research, encounters, inspiration, collaboration and the exchange of knowledge are central. Hosting around 3000 (inter)national researchers per year, above all it’s a place where new knowledge is created. The Research Centre connects researchers with Het Nieuwe Instituut and research results with the National Collection.

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H. Salomonson, in collaboration with A. Bodon. Interior of an exhibition on the occasion of the 35th Salon de la société des artistes décorateurs in the Grand Palais, Paris, 1949. Photo H. Lacheroy. Collection Het Nieuwe Instituut, SALO f56.1.

From the archives: exhibition designs by architects

The exhibition Art on Display 1949-69 provided the occasion to research architects’ exhibition designs in the National Collection for Dutch Architecture and Urban Planning. This selection – featuring no museum exteriors and not restricted to architectural exhibitions – illustrates how interventions by the architect determine how objects are presented to the visitor. With designs b Gerrit Rietveld, Hein Salomonson, Nel Verschuuren, J.J.P. Oud en Wim Quist.

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Sonneveld House. Photo Johannes Schwartz
Sonneveld House. Photo Johannes Schwartz

The Sonneveld House Museum in Rotterdam is one of the best-preserved houses in the Nieuwe Bouwen style, the Dutch branch of the International School of Modernism. It was designed in the early 1930s by the architecture firm of Brinkman & Van der Vlugt. They were also responsible for the extraordinary interior, in close collaboration with W.H. Gispen.

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