Last month, Het Grote Stadsbouwmeestergesprek took place in the Zuiderkerk moderated by Arcam and Architect-in-Residence Peter Defesche. The debate was initiated following the Amsterdam municipality’s new plan to once again appoint a city architect since the city has been without since 1967. The aim of this debate was to weigh all pros and cons. Is the city architect a necessary quality impulse for a city that has put so much on the spatial agenda for the coming period, or does Amsterdam have its view on the further development of the city and its welfare policy so well organized that a city architect would only be a ceremonial figure?