Leading Dutch architect, Winy Maas of MVRDV architects in Rotterdam will deliver this year's RIAS Annual Lecture during Scotbuild. This is a fantastic opportunity to hear one of Europe's most prolific and original architects talk about his work.

The event is free and open to all – just contact the RIAS Events team to book a place.

Winy Maas is one of the founders of MVRDV, an office based in Rotterdam that produces designs and studies in the fields of architecture, urbanism and landscape design. The practice was founded in 1991 after they won the first prize in the Berlin Europan Competition. Early projects such as the Light Urbanism study for the Municipality of Rotterdam, the headquarters for Public Broadcasting Company VPRO and "WoZoCo" Housing for elderly, Amsterdam, brought MVRDV to the attention of a wide field of clients and gave them international acclaim.

MVRDV have produced buildings of all types and sizes, urban designs, publications and installations. Realised projects include the Dutch Pavilion for the World Exhibition 2000 in Hanover, Germany, an innovative business park 'Flight Forum' in Eindhoven, two Houses at Borneo Sporenburg in Amsterdam, and the futuristic installation Metacity-Datatown that has traveled around the world. Current projects in progress or on site include a University faculty in Nijmegen, large housing projects in Amsterdam and The Hague, an urban design for a part of Almere and forthcoming publications on Artificial Nature and Datascapes.

Activities outside the Netherlands include a housing scheme for 100 units in Vienna, a 50,000m2 office development in Munich, a pavilion for an Art Triennial in Niigata, Japan, an art pavilion in Malmö, Sweden and a Mobility Park near Hamburg, Germany.

Contact: The RIAS Events Department (t) 0131 229 7545 or (e) abryce@rias.org.uk, type “MVRDV ticket” in the subject box, and include your full name, address, telephone number and email contact details.