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Francine Houben

Francine Houben (1955) began formulating the three fundamentals of her lifelong architectural vision while studying at the Delft University of Technology. It was in this crucible of higher learning that she began an architectural practice ... more 

video
Portrait by Dutch DFA (2012) 
With Wang Shu and Rahul Mehrotra - Biennale Venice (2012)
In Zaha Hadid/Odile Decq series - Russian tv (2011)
Design Magazine Abu Dhabi TV - min 15-23 (2011)

Architecture 2.0 at NAi (2007)
"I want to change the world" (1999)
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audio
The library returns (min 25.35) - BBC Radio 4 (2012)

printed media

Reinventing the library - The Economist
The everyman library - RIBA journal
I'm not a jetlag architect - Dialogue
Breaking the mould - EBJ
Dutch courage blooms - The Buzz
L'Architettura è donna - l'Espresso
 
columns the Financieele Dagblad
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