Bureau of Architecture, Research, and Design

Architecture firm based in Rotterdam

The Bureau of Architecture, Research, and Design (BOARD) is an architecture firm based in Rotterdam that was founded in 2005 by German architect Bernd Upmeyer.[1][2][3][4] [5][6] The office is most known for producing the English-language magazine on urbanism MONU.[7] From 2012 until 2016 BOARD was part of the group, led by the architecture firm STAR strategies + architecture, that has been chosen as one of the new six teams of architects and urban planners appointed by the Atelier International Grand Paris (AIGP) to be part of the Scientific Committee for the mission: Grand Paris: pour une métropole durable.[8]

In 2019, BOARD won the first prize in the urban realization contest "Renovation area of railway areas North" for a 3-hectare plot in Quakenbrück.[9][10] The project will create around 200 new residential units for the city.[11]

## References

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1. ^ "BOARD was formed in Netherlands". Retrieved on 8 January 2013.
2. ^ "Architecture firm based in Rotterdam". Retrieved on 9 January 2013.
3. ^ "BOARD (Bureau of Architecture, Research, and Design) was founded in 2005" Archived February 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 8 January 2013.
4. ^ "German architect" Archived 2013-07-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 8 January 2013.
5. ^ "Studied architecture". Retrieved on 8 January 2013.
6. ^ "Bernd Upmeyer is the founder of the Rotterdam-based Bureau of Architecture, Research, and Design". Retrieved on 9 January 2013.
7. ^ "Founded by editor in chief Bernd Upmeyer, together with his Rotterdam based Bureau of Architecture, Research and Design (BOARD)" Archived January 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 8 January 2013.
8. ^ "BOARD is part of the Scientific Committee for the mission: Grand Paris" Archived 2012-11-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 9 January 2013.
9. ^ Nordmann, Mirko. "Stärker als die Zeit: Architekt stellt Siegerkonzept für die Bahnbrache in Quakenbrück vor". www.noz.de. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
10. ^ Geers, Christian. "Das Urteil des Preisgerichts: Niederländer überzeugen mit Entwurf für Wohnquartier auf Quakenbrücker Bahnbrache". www.noz.de. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
11. ^ Nordmann, Mirko. "Wenig Interesse an Bürgerdialog: Wie Quakenbrücks neues Wohnquartier auf der Bahnbrache aussehen könnte". www.noz.de. Retrieved 2021-10-07.

## External links

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* BOARD website