Het Nieuwe Instituut’s collection consists largely of design drawings, around 1.5 million of them. In the coming years, as part of the Disclosing Architecture programme, a significant number will be restored, preserved or both. Every two weeks, we showcase a small selection of the design drawings returning to the depot from the conservation studios.

Disclosing Architecture focuses primarily on the conservation, restoration and digitising of design drawings. Preparations are well under way for the archival items that are due for conservation and restoration before the beginning of 2020. During investigations into the physical condition of the archival documents, we often discover remarkable items. Read more about our archivists’ and curators’ favourite discoveries.