NL ArchitectsAmsterdam-based NL Architects was founded in 1997 by
Pieter Bannenberg (1959), Walter van Dijk (1962), Kamiel Klaasse (1967) and
Mark Linnemann (1963), who left the office in 2003. In the view of NL, architecture today cannot be
separated from suburban issues and strategies, which is their key to develop
innovative and forward-looking devices and arrangements. Architecture is
presented as a field of experimental activity, at the crossroads of economic,
programmatic, technical and environmental thinking. The city is perceived as an
ecosystem, an environment where logical systems of urban growth and natural
factors, consumption and production, flux and stasis are balanced; and where
recycling is set up as a method of stable and sustainable functioning, whether
it has to do with waste, energy, materials or even architecture
Selected works: Groninger Forum (Groningen, 2006 – 2011), Funen Blok K (Amsterdam,
2010), Loop House (Korea, 2006), A8ernA (Zaanstad, 2006), Basket Bar (Utrecht,
2003), WOS 8 (Utrecht, 1997)
Selected eExhibitions: NL
Architects participated in many exhibitions around the world: Out There,
Architecture Biennale Venice (Venice, 2008), New Trends of Architecture in
Europe and Asia-Pasific (Shanghai, 2007), Sign as Surface (traveling Exhibition
USA, 2003), Fresh Facts, Biennale Venice (Venice, 2002), NL Lounge, Dutch
Pavilon Biennale Venice (Venice, 2000). Books: Life Logo (NL
Architects, 2007), NL 98 99 00 (NL Architects, 2002) Awards: Among the numerous
awards there are the European Price for Urban Public Space (2006), Mies van der
Rohe award (2005), N.A.I award (2004), Rietveld Price (2003), and the Rotterdam
design price (2001) Teaching: The members of NL Architects
are involved in teaching and lectures at several institutions, universities and
academies in the Netherlands and abroad. Website: www.nlarchitects.nl
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