Henk Engel graduated as an architect from Delft University of Technology in 1981. He is at present co-director of the architecture office De Nijl Architects in Rotterdam, with three partners. In 1998 his office had an exhibition on their work at the Netherlands Architecture Institute, accompanied by the publication Als we huizen bouwen, praten en schrijven we (As we build houses, we talk and we write, NAi Publishers, 1998). Engel is an associate professor of architectural design at Delft University of Technology and teaches at several architecture academies in the Netherlands. He has been a visiting lecturer in Liverpool, Milan and Pescara. He has written extensively on various topics concerning modern and urban architecture and worked on several exhibitions. [last updated in 2008]