Each year the institutions that teach design in the Netherlands select the best graduation projects of their students for submission to Archiprix. Diversity is typical of Archiprix. Unlike most competitions there is no common design task. Scale, issues, presentation - all of these differ per plan.
Up and coming talent is often presented for the first time by Archiprix. The high quality of the prize-winning projects leads us to expect that the talent of those taking part in Archiprix will signify an enrichment of the professional world.

At the last moment I decide to leave my laptop at home and take a sketchbook and pencil instead. Nowadays, a few days without a screen and internet feels like a holiday. I wonder whether or not it will really turn out like that. The secretive invitation that the prize-winners of the Dutch Archiprix 2011 received reveals very little about the aim and set-up of our trip. Continue....

	Tempelhof: Berlin's Public Garden, Jan Martijn Eekhof Les cours Balteau: a contemporary interpretation of vernacular architecture, Thorsten Schneider Restructuring the Resettled Landscape, Miranda Schut and Ilse Verwer Hotel De Boot Gemist: a choreography of longing, Wytske van der Veen Child night care centre, Thomas van Nus Space of the Voids, Negar Sanaan Bensi