OPERA wins the pitch for developing the NS (the national Dutch railway company) Station concept in temporary situations. Read more >

Studio America has won an Inca IDEAS 2010 Award for the lenticular wall, designed by OPERA for the Emma Children's Hospital. Read more >

Frans Bevers joins the 2010 jury for the René Smeets and Melkweg awards at the Design Academy Eindhoven. The winners will be awarded for their talent, originality and professional approach.

Today the second phase of the new Ceramics Galleries, designed by OPERA, opens at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Read more >

OPERA supported the Global Child Health Group on their ‘11steden' cycling tour. Read more >

Today ‘Ons hou van Suid-Afrika' designed by OPERA, opens at the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden.   Read more >

OPERA Amsterdam wins the pitch to design ‘The Cult of Beauty', a new temporary exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Read more >

OPERA Amsterdam is invited by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands to develop an overall Master Plan for the interior of their new building designed by Delugan Meissl Associated Architects. The opening is scheduled for end of 2011.

OPERA Amsterdam wins the pitch to design the temporary exhibition 'Englishes' at the British Library in London. Read more >

Tonight, April 1, the 'Amsterdam 1845 - 1875, The First Photographes' exhibition at the Amsterdam City Archives, designed by OPERA Amsterdam, will officially be opened by Gerdi A. Verbeet, chairman of the Lower House of Parliament.   Read more >

Museum TwentseWelle is nominated for 2010 EUROPEAN MUSEUM OF THE YEAR AWARD. This award will be revealed at the EMYA Ceremony held on 22 May in Tampere, Finland. The aim of the prize is to encourage the contribution of museums to a greater understanding of the rich diversity of European Culture. The prize is determined by the Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Culture, Science and Education on the basis of recommendations made by the  European Museum Forum.  

OPERA Amsterdam is invited to design the exhibition 'Amsterdam 1845 - 1875, The First Photographes' for the Amsterdam City Archives. Read more >

OPERA Amsterdam designs the new exhibition at the Letterkundig Museum, The Hague. "Het Pantheon. 100 writers - 1000 years of literature" will be opened by Harry Mulisch on Thursday March 4, 2010.   Read more >

OPERA has been commissioned to design a temporary exhibition on South Africa for the Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden. Read more >

Lies Willers is to give a lecture at the Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam on Saturday February 13th, discussing OPERA's design concept for the Oman exhibition. The presentation will start at 15.00h and is accessible to visitors of the Nieuwe Kerk.

On Wednesday January 27th (15:00), Frans Bevers will give a presentation for students of the Department of Environmental Design at Parsons School of Design in New York. Main topic will be exhibition design.

Frans Bevers is scheduled to present at the BNO general meeting of members on January 22. At the meeting board members will recap the previous years developments. Afterwards Frans and six other BNO members will set forth their views on themes from 2009 that will influence activities in 2010.

On Wednesday January 6th, OPERA Amsterdam will give a lecture at the Creative Urbans Foundation about exhibition design. Read more >

OPERA is working on Phase II of the refurbishment of the ceramic Galleries at the V & A Museum. The new installation is scheduled to open in the summer of 2010. Read more >

‘Het Paviljoen' in Leiden opened its doors; OPERA Amsterdam designed the interior of this charming guesthouse. Read more >

OPERA Amsterdam wins the pitch for exhibition design of the "Ancient Worlds Galleries" in the Manchester Museum. Read more >

OPERA Amsterdam designed the Oman exhibition in De Nieuwe Kerk that will be opened Thursday. Read more >

Today the exhibition ‘Sumatra tercinta', designed by OPERA Amsterdam, opens in Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden. Read more >

On October 26th Frans Bevers is scheduled to participate in a mini symposium commissioned by the Reinwardt Academy in collaboration with the Academy of Architecture. The symposium is organized for the students of the Exhibition Direction Minor, the Museology Master and their professors. Frans Bevers will participate in this symposium along with 5 other speakers. All participants will make a statement on the concepts 'design', 'form' and 'content'. The students have been invited to join a panel discussion to state their ideas on the subject afterwards.  

Wednesday (7 October) the exhibition ‘Maya 2012', designed by OPERA Amsterdam, opens at Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden. Read more >

Frans Bevers is named member of the examination committee for Bachelors of Interior Architecture and Post - Bachelors degree in Furniture Design in Flanders, Belgium. Four colleges are included in the review process, located in Brussels, Mechelen and Ghent.

Tonight: first edition of BNO Tallks, with Frans Bevers presenting together with Gert Staal. Read more >

OPERA Amsterdam designs the new offices for Dudok Wonen in the former Bensdorp Factory in Bussum. Read more >

The second edition of Museum-iD magazine features a great retrospective of OPERA Amsterdam. Read more >

Frans Bevers is scheduled to present at the first edition of BNO Tallks on 17 September. Read more >

OPERA Amsterdam wins the pitch for the design of the Queen Victoria's Quarters at Kensington Palace,  London. It will be a permanent installation that mixes narrative, building and exhibition. It is due to be opened for the public in June 2012.OPERA Amsterdam is granted the opportunity to work with an excellent staff of the Historic Royal Palaces to bring the story of the Life, Love and Loss of Queen Victoria to the public. Read more >

Elegance magazine, July publication, listed the 59 most beautiful museums in Europe. OPERA Amsterdam designed the exhibitons for two out of this selection: the Museum of World Culture in Göteborg, Sweden (Horizons, Voices From A Global Africa: on view till 2007) and TwentseWelle in Enschede, Netherlands. Read more >

Setpoint wins GfK Fashion report. The men's retail chain received for the third year in a row the highest customer rating, coinciding with the new concept developed by OPERA Amsterdam in 2007.     Read more >

OPERA Amsterdam is currently working on an exhibition about Sumatra for the Volkenkunde Museum in Leiden, opening October 12th 2009. Read more >

TwentseWelle wins the Rob de Bes award. Frits Huffnagel, president of the jury, described the museum (exhibition design by OPERA Amsterdam) as innovative, effective and a great example for Dutch tourism sector. Read more >

OPERA Amsterdam works on 'Oman' exhibition at the Nieuwe Kerk.     Read more >

On the 20th of May a new industrial museum in Denmark opens its doors. Exhibition design by OPERA Amsterdam.   Read more >

Extensive media attention for the exhibition 'Calvijn & Wij' that opened 7 May. Read more >

Vacancy: OPERA Amsterdam seeks a DTP-er with a typographic background. Read more >

Today the temporary exhibition 'Calvijn & Wij', designed by OPERA Amsterdam, opens in the Grote Kerk in Dordrecht.  Read more >

OPERA Amsterdam participates coming Thursday on the BNO career event VROAAM! Read more >

Museum TwentseWelle has been nominated for the dutch Rob de Bes Award. Read more >

OPERA Amsterdam has begun the definitive design phase of the integrated large-scale refurbishment of the 8000 m2 Emma Children’s Hospital at the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam. Read more >

OPERA Amsterdam is working on the design of the new permanent installation of the Pantheon at the Letterkundig Museum in The Hague. Read more >

OPERA Amsterdam is looking for interns during the summer. Read more >

Design competition: Kraaijvanger Urbis architects invite OPERA Amsterdam to join in a competition for the design of the new Stadthaus in Stuttgart. Read more >

OPERA Amsterdam is working on the exhibition ‘Calvijn & Wij’ in the Grote Kerk in Dordrecht. Read more >

Frans Bevers is scheduled to lecture at Spellbound BNO, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam on 10 March.  Read more >

The completely refurbished Gallery 6 reopens at the Natural History Museum at Tring. Read more >

OPERA Amsterdam is working on the last phase of a new museum near Copenhagen set to open in May. Read more >

OPERA Amsterdam was asked by Jack Lohman to think along on a master plan for the National Museum of Poland in Warsaw.  

The temporarily exhibition ‘De Ideale Vrouw’ opens today at the NoordBrabants Museum.   Read more >

On 2 February OPERA Amsterdam welcomes a delegation from Sri Lanka for a tour and lecture at the National Museum of Ethnology. The delegates are visiting the Netherlands as part of The Netherlands Museum Management Tour 2-6, organized by the Dutch Centre for International Heritage Activities in Leiden.  

OPERA Ruimtelijk Ontwerpers has changed its name to OPERA Amsterdam Read more >

In 2008, OPERA Amsterdam was approached by Prof. Jatti Bredekamp, director of the IZIKO Museum Group in Cape Town, South Africa.   Read more >

In co-operation with the BNO, OPERA Amsterdam welcomes 16 designers from India to their studio in Amsterdam. Peter Kersten will act as their guide during their stay in Amsterdam.   

OPERA Amsterdam welcomes a delegation of designers from China. Presentations and debates were held at the Amsterdam studio, led by Ying Shen.    

Victoria & Albert Museum in London appointed OPERA Amsterdam to design the reinstallation of their ceramic galleries phase II.     Read more >

OPERA Amsterdam delivers the third 'De Rode Winkel'. Read more >

‘Music in Motion’ opens today at the National Museum of Ethnology.   Read more >