The Berlage Institute was founded in 1990 as an independent postgraduate school of architecture in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Named after the Dutch architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage, the Berlage has an international student population and teaching staff.
The school was founded by Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger who served as the first Dean. At that time, the school was located in Aldo van Eyck's Children's Orphanage. In 1995, Wiel Arets became the Dean, drastically restructuring the school to a research based institute, and was succeeded by Spanish architect Alejandro Zaera-Polo in 2002. Currently, Croatian architect and educator Vedran Mimica is the Director. [1]
The Berlage Institute also offers a Ph.D. program in architecture in conjunction with the Delft University of Technology headed by Pier Vittorio Aureli. Aureli and Anthony Vidler are among the graduates.