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NAi Booksellers is an independently operating retailer of quality books on architecture, urban desig

NAi Booksellers is an independently operating retailer of quality books on architecture, urban design, landscape architecture and design. Housed at Het Nieuwe Instituut (before: Netherlands Architecture insitute) in Rotterdam since 1993, our bookshop enjoys a beautiful location in the cultural heart of the city. Over the years, NAi Booksellers has evolved into a book retailer where professionals and interested museum visitors alike can find what they are looking for. We offer an extensive selection of books on architecture from Dutch and international publishers: monographs on architects and architecture firms, landscape architecture, urban design and spatial planning, scientific publications, reference works and architecture guides from the Netherlands and abroad.

12/08/2026

TODAY, THE LIGHT CHANGES.

With today’s partial solar eclipse visible across parts of Europe, it feels like a good moment to revisit Momentum of Light by Iwan Baan and Francis Kéré.

Across Burkina Faso, intense sunlight has shaped architecture for generations. Traditional buildings often have very few or very small openings: protecting their interiors from the glaring sun while allowing just enough natural light to enter. The contrast can be extreme — from almost blinding daylight outside to near darkness within.

In Momentum of Light, architectural photographer Iwan Baan captures these changing conditions of light, shadow and everyday life. His photographs are accompanied by sketches by Francis Kéré, who grew up in Burkina Faso and whose own architecture is deeply informed by this environment.

A book about architecture shaped by the sun — particularly appropriate this week.

Momentum of Light
Iwan Baan and Francis Kéré
Lars Müller Publishers

01/08/2026

CIRCULAR COMMUNITIES. Learning grom Global Practices using the Circular Value Flower // Els Leqlerc, Mo Smit, Fátima Delgado Medina // nai010

How can neighbourhoods and local communities drive the transition towards a circular future?

Circular Communities explores how citizen-led initiatives, cooperatives and local organisations around the world are creating new models for regenerative development, shared resources and collective value creation. Rather than seeing circularity as a purely technical challenge, the book reveals how ecological, social, cultural and economic values are deeply interconnected.

Drawing on inspiring examples from Rotterdam, Nairobi, Bali and the Galápagos Islands, the publication introduces the Circular Value Flower—a practical framework developed by Els Leclercq and Mo Smit to analyse, develop and communicate circular initiatives. Richly illustrated and grounded in real-world practice, it offers valuable insights for architects, urban designers, policymakers, researchers and everyone working towards more resilient communities.

→ Swipe through a selection of spreads from Circular Communities and discover how local initiatives are redefining sustainability through collaboration, stewardship and regenerative design.

📖 Available now via NAi Booksellers (link in bio), the bookstore at Nieuwe Instituut.

24/07/2026

OASE 122/123. Ecological Pedagogies // nai010

How should architects be educated in an age of climate change, ecological crisis and resource scarcity?

This special double issue of OASE explores how ecological thinking can become more than just another subject in the curriculum—it asks how it can fundamentally reshape architectural education itself.

Through essays, course descriptions, reflections and student projects, contributors present new ways of teaching that embrace collaboration, ecological awareness and practice-based learning. Together they offer a rich collection of ideas that challenge conventional design education while inspiring architects, educators, researchers and students alike.

→ Swipe through a selection of spreads from OASE 122/123. Ecological Pedagogies—a special double issue exploring the future of architectural education in an ecological age.

📖 Available now via NAi Booksellers (link in bio), the bookstore at Nieuwe Instituut.

26/05/2026

ATLAS VAN TUINDORPEN IN NEDERLAND // Martijn Haan // WBOOKS

Wat als goede volkshuisvesting óók schoonheid mag hebben?

De Nederlandse tuindorpen waren ooit een radicaal idee: betaalbaar wonen in buurten met ritme, groen, samenhang en waardigheid.
Deze atlas toont hoe stedenbouw, architectuur en sociale idealen samenkwamen in een woonmodel dat nog steeds verrassend actueel voelt.

→ Swipe door een selectie spreads uit Atlas van Tuindorpen in Nederland — een visuele reis langs straten, plattegronden en woonidealen.

📖 Nu verkrijgbaar via (link in bio), de boekhandel in

25/05/2026

EL CROQUIS 234. PERIS+TORAL (2015-2026)

This issue of El Croquis surveys the work of Peris+Toral – one of the most compelling European practices working on housing and collective living today.

These projects feel precise without becoming cold; systematic without losing intimacy.

Can housing still produce community?

Peris+Toral answer with grids, timber structures, colour, repetition and radically generous shared space.

→ Swipe through to explore selected spreads.

📖 Available now via (link in bio), the bookstore

21/05/2026

The Gumshoe series returns with its second installment:

MYSTERIES OF A COMMUNIST CAVE // Lytle Shaw // PARK BOOKS

— an architectural investigation centered around Oscar Niemeyer and his iconic headquarters for the French Communist Party in Paris.

Moving between modernist architecture, political imagination, archival traces, and cinematic storytelling, the publication explores the building as both monument and mystery.

Following The House of Doctor Koolhaas, this new volume continues the Gumshoe series’ fascination with hidden narratives embedded in architecture and landscapes.

→ Swipe through to explore selected spreads.

📖 Available now via (link in bio), the bookstore

20/05/2026

PISÉ – HYBRID CONSTRUCTIONS. TRADITION AND POTENTIAL // Roger Boltshauser, Mirjam Kupferschmid, Janina Flückiger, Marlène Witry // Triest Verlag

What if the future of architecture lies beneath our feet?

Pisé – Hybrid Constructions explores the renewed potential of earth as a contemporary building material — not as nostalgia, but as a serious architectural and ecological proposition. From Morocco to Switzerland, from historical precedents to experimental research, this remarkable new publication examines how rammed earth and hybrid natural-material systems can reshape the way we build.

Across 480 richly illustrated pages, the book connects material research, climate-responsive design, prefabrication, structural innovation and architectural culture. Featuring projects by ETH Zürich, EPFL Lausanne and contemporary practices working at the intersection of sustainability and construction technology, it demonstrates how earth construction can move from craft to scalable building culture.

The publication asks urgent questions:
— Can low-tech construction become a new architectural standard?
— How do we build with fewer resources and greater spatial quality?
— What role can natural materials play in the future city?

A visually stunning and intellectually ambitious book for architects, designers, researchers and anyone interested in regenerative architecture.

→ Swipe through to explore selected spreads.

📖 Available now via (link in bio), the bookstore

19/05/2026

KHO LIANG IE. designer + interior architect + networker // Ingeborg de Roode, Masha van Vliet // J*p Sam Books

A rediscovery of one of the key figures in Dutch postwar design.

From furniture and exhibition design to Schiphol’s iconic interiors and wayfinding system, Kho Liang Ie shaped a distinctly human form of modernism – functional, refined and quietly poetic.

This newly published monograph, created in collaboration with Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, offers the most extensive overview of his work to date, featuring rare archival material, richly reproduced interiors, furniture, graphics and exhibition designs.

A beautiful and essential publication for anyone interested in architecture, interiors, design history and modernism.

→ Swipe through to explore selected spreads.

📖 Available now via (link in bio), the bookstore

17/05/2026

YEARBOOK ARCHITECTURE IN THE NETHERLANDS 2025/2026 // Stephan Petermann, Annuska Pronkhorst and Thomas Bedaux // nai010

What defines Dutch architecture today?

The new edition of Architecture in the Netherlands 2025/2026 presents 25 projects selected from more than 160 submissions — from housing and timber construction to adaptive reuse and experimental spatial strategies.

This 39th edition also includes conversations on architecture, AI, climate adaptation and the future of the Dutch landscape.

→ Swipe through to explore selected spreads.

📖 Available now via (link in bio), the bookstore

10/05/2026

THE ROOFLESS TRUTH. PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE FOR HOMELESSNESS // Matthias Drilling, Fabian Neuhaus // PARK BOOKS

Architecture cannot ignore homelessness.

THE ROOFLESS TRUTH explores the relationship between homelessness, the city and spatial design through bold graphics, research and visual storytelling.

A visually striking publication that asks uncomfortable — and necessary — questions.

→ Swipe through to explore selected spreads.

📖 Available now via (link in bio), the bookstore

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