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XML is an international creative agency active in the domains of architecture, urbanism and research. The office was founded in Amsterdam by Max Cohen de Lara and David Mulder in 2008. Their work is characterised by a research-driven approach and ranges from the scale of developing a series of scenarios for organizing the Olympics in the Netherlands for the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment to designing an installation for de Apple Arts centre in Amsterdam. Projects include the design for a new UN headquarters in Bonn, an arts pavilion in Hong Kong and researching the architecture of plenaries halls of parliaments around the world.

In 2014, the office participated in the 14th Venice International Architecture Biennial and was a finalist for the Prix de Rome 2014, the oldest and largest Dutch state prize for Architects under 40. XML is directing the two year Master Program 'Designing Democracy' at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam.