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New Jangwani Bridge over Msimbazi River is taking shape

01/04/2026

Since last year’s start of the implementation of the Lower Msimbazi Upgrading Project (LMUP) the New Jangwani Bridge is the first component taking shape. The 400 meter long bridge is part of the Msimbazi Opportunity Plan. It will take the main infrastructure of Morogoro Road out of harm’s way and is the first step in…

NL 2300 in Zaans museum

17/12/2025

The exhibition Poldering. Shape the country to your will is opening from 16th October 2025 until 3rd May 2026 in the Zaans Museum. It will feature paintings, topographical maps, special historical objects and contemporary art that showcase the lives of polder residents in the past, present and future. Amongst the featured artists, there will also be…

Manpadslaan project featured in NVTL ‘Project in Beeld’

13/10/2025

VE-R was selected by NVTL to share a project to be featured in the weekly section Project in Beeld; a project with an innovative aspect in terms of a technical ingenuity, materials, nature focus or participatory design method. We chose to share the Manpadslaan project, showcasing how housing development can contribute to the renewal and…

Old Taxi Park in Kampala gets green light!

02/10/2025

Five years after the start of the project, the municipality of Kampala gave the green light for the Old Taxi Park plan to be realised. This is a big step in the process, and together with the DASUDA team we are now looking forward to the implementation part! The project is aiming to redefine to…

Houberg in The City and the World: Athens Symposium

22/09/2025

Last Saturday, September 20th, the International Architecture Awards 2025 were organized by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, together with The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts Press, Ltd. The awards ceremony was held at the Divani Palace Acropolis, where architects and designers from around the world…

LMUP project in Harvard University exhibition

09/09/2025

We were recently honoured to receive the invitation from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design to contribute to the exhibition Urban Natures: A Technological and Political History, 1600–2030 with our project for the Msimbazi lower basin in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The exhibition showcases projects and practices over the centuries that highlight the role…