Tuesday January 17th Francine Houben will deliver the 12th Jan Wils Lecture in Alkmaar (the Netherlands), entitled ‘Dutch Mountains’.

The changing value of land in Japan.

Thursday, December 1st, Francine Houben will give the annual Eleanore Pettersen Lecture as part of the Current Work Lectures Series of the Architectural League of New York.

November, 27th at the Netherlands Architecture Institute in Rotterdam, Francine Houben presented the first copy of the book Dutch Mountains to President of the Dutch House of Representatives, Gerdi Verbeet.

Thursday, 24 November, the UfD-Mecanoo Award for 2011 Best Graduate of the Technical University of Delft was awarded to Jerôme Schalkwijk.

This book is more than a book about architecture.

Monday, November 14, 2011, Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte and his British counterpart David Cameron visited the Library of Birmingham, designed by Mecanoo.

From 18th-28th November, Azerbaijan’s capital city Baku will be the scene of various Dutch themed events dedicated to the role of architecture and construction in modern society.

Residents must think along about their neighbourhood.

On Saturday, October 15th in Eindhoven, the completion of De Toeloop centre scheme was celebrated.

October 25th, as part of the Capita Selecta Architectuur series, Francine Houben will give a lecture at The Hermitage Amsterdam.

October 11th, Francine Houben, founding partner and creative director of Mecanoo architecten, will give a lecture at MAXXI in Rome, Italy’s first national gallery devoted to the modern arts.

October 5th, Francine Houben, founding partner and creative director of Mecanoo architecten, will participate in the ‘Design for the Future: Sustainable Urban Design in Canada and the Netherlands’ conference in Ottawa, Canada.

On Thursday 29 September 2011 at 6:15 pm Jan Nieuwenburg, councillor of education in the city of Haarlem, will open the exhibition, ‘From Crèche to Campus – Mecanoo’s educational buildings, present and future’ in the ABC Architecture Centre in Haarlem, the Netherlands.

Istanbul cannot exist without its ancient identity.

Wednesday, September 21st, the construction of the new academic building for the Amsterdam University College reached its highest point.

Francine Houben, founding partner and creative director of Mecanoo architecten, will participate at the “City and Culture” Conference on September 19th 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey.

14 September 2011, Councillor Mike Whitby, Leader of Birmingham City Council, laid the last piece of concrete on the highest point of the new Library of Birmingham at the official Topping Out ceremony.

Mecanoo’s La Llotja theatre and conference center (Lleida, Spain) and Amphion theatre (Doetinchem, the Netherlands) have been awarded the prestigious International Architecture Award 2011.

A Dutch architect introduces Manchester to the ‘Polder’ Model.

Wednesday 10 August, the first section of the Library of Birmingham’s striking façade was lifted onto the building.

Mecanoo architecten has won the architectural selection for the new Noorderpoort regional community college in Stadskanaal.

Mecanoo architecten designed 246 student residences on the edge of the Leeuwarden Knowledge Campus in the north of the Netherlands.

Thursday, July 7th, the construction of the Fontys Sports College has reached its highest point at 21 metres.

Mecanoo has been awarded the commission to design a new, prestigious arts and cultural centre for Manchester.

On Sunday, June 19, 2011 I look into the distance along the Kralingse Lake with amazement at a silhouette with a cello.

The Dedalo Minosse International Prize Jury awarded Centre de Negocios I de Convencios and Mecanoo with a special Commendation for their collaboration on La Llotja de Lleida theatre and conference centre in Lerida (Spain).

La Llotja de Lleida theatre and conference centre will be presented in an exhibition and catalogue about the Mies van der Rohe 2011 Award.

Monday, 30 May 2011, Francine Houben was the featured guest on the NPS Radio program Kunststof.

Mecanoo architecten has created the winning design for the new Leidse Schans student campus in Leiden.