On the initiative of the Royal Institute of Engineers (KIVI) and in cooperation with Het Delftsch Bouwkundig Studenten Gezelschap "Stylos" and designers' association Delft Design, a trio of interviews with three 'éminences grises' in architecture will be organised. These lectures run parallel to a series of lectures in which young up-and-coming designers, with the theme 'Future Makers', give their views on the built environment. Forty years ago, these speakers were the 'Future Makers' of their time.

On 21 February, we started with an interview with high-profile ex-architect Carel Weeber. This was followed by an inspiring evening with Riek Bakker in Prinsenkwartier.

We conclude with an interview with the architect Cees Dam, known to many through television, whose work can be found across the country. Prior to the interview, Cees Dam will present 'The Future Makers Award' to the most promising designer from 'Future Makers', the series that ran parallel to this one. Afterwards, there will be drinks for all attendees and posters of the three lectures can be taken away.

Cees Dam is founder of Dam & Partners Architects. Since 1962, the firm has worked on projects as diverse as the Stopera in Amsterdam, the District Court in Lelystad, the Maastoren in Rotterdam and the renovation of Amsterdam's Hotel de L'Europe. Besides his work as an architect, Cees Dam was also professor of architecture and dean of the Faculty of Architecture at TU Delft. In 2009, he received the Golden Age Award for being "one of the few Dutch architects able to give buildings a grand appearance". Dam published numerous articles on architecture during his long-running career. The newly published book 'Cees Dam: About Architecture' contains his most important texts on the profession, which mainly deal with the cultural-social role of architecture and the position of the architect.

Due to the interest, we ask you to attend on time.

Organisation: Designers' Association Delft Design/ Royal Institute of Engineers (KIVI)/ The Delft Architecture Students' Society "Stylos"

Moderator: Ton Voets (chairman KIVI) and Sebastiaan Vork (architecture student)

Information: Ton Voets, mob: 06 543 123 63 or by mail to info@tonvoets.nl

Website: www.stylos.nl/ceesdam