On Tuesday, May 19th, Emiel Lamers gave a book presentation about his new book, Contemporary Architecture in Hungary, in FUGA, the Budapest Centre for Architecture. After the lecture, there was a roundtable discussion organized with Zorán Vukosávljev (author of the Hungarian book about Dutch Contemporary Architecture) and Dániel Kovács, former editor-in-chief of hg.hu. In the bookshop of FUGA, the exhibition about the book is on view until the end of the month.
Lecture at the Budapest Centre for Architecture
On Tuesday, May 19th, Emiel Lamers will give a lecture about his new book in FUGA, the Budapest Center for Architecture. After the presentation, the author will be interviewed by Dániel Kovács, journalist and former editor-in-chief of HG.hu. Zorán Vukoszávlyev, author of a Hungarian book about contemporary Dutch architecture, will also participate in the interview.
Tour guiding in April
The month of April was a month of architecture tour guiding with a total of five different groups, starting in Rotterdam on April 7th with a group of eight French architects invited by Reynaers Aluminium. On the April 8th and 9th, Lamers served as guide in Amsterdam to a group of 12 guests from Marne-La-Vallée (Epamarne/Epafrance). Afterwards, a group of 24 college students from Niort visited the Dutch capital for two days. Four days after, Lamers bicycled along the river IJ with 20 architects and employees of Arkitema from Sweden and Denmark. And finally, at the end of the month, Lamers showed the new waterfront developments in the centre of Amsterdam to an American couple from Chicago.
Lecture at conference
At a conference in Amsterdam last week about cultural collaboration with Central and Eastern Europe, I gave a lecture about Dutch architecture in Hungary. A report of the meeting, which was organised by Dutch Culture and attended by 140 people, can be downloaded here.
Book Launch in Budapest
After more than four years of work, Lamers's book, Contemporary Architecture in Hungary, was launched this weekend in Hungary! Emiel Lamers was invited to present the book at an architecture conference in Budapest, visited by 600 Hungarian architects and opened by the Dutch Ambassador. It was very special to be able to spend the weekend with Herman Hertzberger and his lovely wife, among others.
Belgium National Television
Last night, Emiel Lamers was invited as special guest (via Skype) on the television show 2015 HISTOIRES, which was broadcast on the national Belgian television network RTBF. The programme is about the architectural changes in the city of Mons. Other guests included architects Vincent Becue and Pierre Hebbelinck. Lamers’s appearance begins at minute: 22:45.
Colourful 2015
Emiel Lamers Architectures wishes you a colourful 2015!
Textile factory in France has been delivered to the client
Last Friday, the new factory complex near Cholet of 'Société Choletaise de Fabrication' was delivered to the client. The factory will be operational by the end of this week. Click here for more recent images of the complex.
Publication of the Municipality of Amsterdam
Last night, the new publication Projectenboek 2013-2014 of recently realised projects in the city of Amsterdam was released after an eventful awards ceremony. Our restaurant pavilion in the north of Amsterdam is also presented in the book.
Back from France
The construction of the textile factory in France is nearing completion. Last week, Emiel Lamers was at the building site to meet up with the client (SCF), the maître d'oeuvre (FIRST engineering) and the various building companies involved. We are now working on the custom-made reception desk, signboards on the facades and many other details. For recent pictures of the building site, please click here.
Four architecture tours for IFFDEC from Rennes
This week, Emiel Lamers showed around 88 French students in Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Once a year, the "Institut Français de Formation en Design et Communication" from Rennes organises an excursion abroad for their students. This year they decided to come to the Netherlands. On Sunday, we walked around some new projects in the centre of Rotterdam (Market Hall, House de Hef, De Rotterdam). On Tuesday the 11th, they came to Amsterdam to see the new city library on the ODE (Oosterdokseiland) and the floating houses in IJburg. The day after, we visited the former shipyard area NDSM and the EYE film museum.
New website ELA
Welcome to the new website of Emiel Lamers Architectures (ELA). The layout of the site has been entirely redesigned. The site opens directly to the "BUILDING" index page. Twelve projects are presented with a brief explanation and several large images. Under the following tabs: WRITING, STUDYING, GUIDING and ORGANIZING one will find information about ELA’s other activities, for example Lamers's book, Contemporary Architecture in Hungary. The PUBLICATION tab presents articles about ELA buildings and activities published in various newspapers and magazines.
This new website will automatically optimise its format and layout depending on the device you’re using (laptop, tablet, mobile phone).
If you have any questions or remarks, please write an email to: mail@architectures.nl