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It is with great sadness that we announce the death on September 8th, 2017 of Dutch artist, sculptor and writer Peter Otto. Our thoughts are with his wife and children. His body of work, his publications will always remain. He will be dearly missed.

From 8 to 17 September 2017, the Flanders Architecture Institute will be presenting the first edition of the Festival of Architecture (F/a). For a ten-day period, visitors will be able to discover architecture in all its guises.

Jap Sam Books will attend the Wiels Art Book Fair on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 September. Meet us, and take a look at our book table with new releases and backlist.

This autumn, the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux and publishing house Jap Sam Books will launch their joint essay collection Home Reassembled. On Art, Destruction & Belonging.

On July 6th, artist Hedwig Houben received the Charlotte Köhler Prijs 2017, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds.

We would like to ask your attention for the book launch of DIY Klarenstraat. A new perspective on the post-war social housing block

The influential architecture critic and professor emiritus Vincent van Rossem considers the U.J. Klarenstraat to be 'the future of urban renewal in Amsterdam'. He is not the only one with this opinion. The very first Do It Yourself walk-up apartment block was nominated for multiple awards. This book is a helping hand to anyone dealing with the transformation of existing real estate, in particular the post-war social housing block.