Photos reveal “uneven” destruction and rebuilding after LA fires
Taken from the air, Baan’s photographs showcase the extent of damage and the progress towards cleanup and decontamination taken in the months since the wildfires.Iwan Baan has photographed the aftermath of the 2025 Palisades Fire. Architect and UCLA adjunct professor Jeffrey Inaba, who collaborated with Baan and others… Continue reading
Mecanoo has designed a new theater for Jacob’s Pillow
In the 1930s, modern American dance was born on a rural farm property in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts. Here, Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis founded the first professional dance company in the United States, and built the country’s first dance-specific theater. Known as Jacob’s Pillow, the property… Continue reading
Diller Scofidio + Renfro tops Al-Mujadilah Center and Mosque for Women with “field” of skylights
Diller Scofidio + Renfro designed Al-Mujadilah, a mosque and education center for women, on one of the last developable sites in Education City, a campus west of Doha, Qatar’s central business district. The religious structure is defined by its undulating roof, sturdy travertine walls, and modern minaret, which… Continue reading
David Geffen Galleries LACMA building by Peter Zumthor, Los Angeles – e-architect
Los Angeles, CA, 2025 – The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced that the public will be able to begin exploring multiple features of the new David Geffen Galleries in summer 2025, as the museum prepares for the April 2026 opening of this new home for its… Continue reading
LACMA Debuts New David Geffen Galleries – LAmag
On June 26, thousands of guests flocked to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s “First Look Reception” to view the newly constructed David Geffen Galleries. Visitors wandered through the building – not yet installed with art – to a soundtrack of music composed by bandleader and saxophonist Kamasi… Continue reading
Tour Jacob’s Pillow and its new theatre addition | Wallpaper
There is nothing much like Jacob’s Pillow, the renowned cultural hub that is home to America’s longest-running international dance festival, and whose campus in the leafy Berkshires is a designated National Historic Landmark. The complex, which hosts performances, residences and a school, in a year-round programme, has been growing… Continue reading
MASS awarded 15th Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design – Announcements – e-flux
The Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to announce that the 15th Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design has been awarded to the Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture (RICA) campus in Bugesera, Rwanda. MASS, which led the master planning, architecture, landscape, engineering, furniture design… Continue reading
Opium – 03 juli 2025 – NPO Klassiek Gemist
Interview with Iwan Baan Gepresenteerd door: Annemieke Bosman Opium is hét kunst- en cultuurprogramma van AVROTROS. Met interviews, cultuurtips, reportages, jong talent dat aan iets groots begint en aandacht voor bijna vergeten culturele schatten die niet uit het collectieve geheugen mogen verdwijnen. En natuurlijk muziek om je te verwonderen…… Continue reading
Women’s mosque, Doha, by Diller Scofidio + Renfro | RIBAJ
The women’s mosque, on the edge of Doha’s new Education City, is a dazzling, surprising and generous structure, and a calm contrast to its outscaled urban settingIt seems a little extraordinary that this might be the first purpose-built contemporary mosque in the Muslim world designed specifically for women,… Continue reading
Spel van zon en schaduw in Burkina Faso
Fotograaf Iwan Baan is geïnteresseerd in bouwkunst, ook in die waar geen architect aan te pas kwam, zoals in Burkina Faso. Hoe overleef je onder de meedogenloos brandende zon? Een luchtfoto van Tiébélé. De huizen zijn gebouwd van aarde. De gebouwen van het Koninklijk Hof zijn beschilderd in… Continue reading
LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries – Peter Zumthor SOM | Arquitectura Viva
After years of planning, redesigning, and construction work, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has for a few days opened the doors of its new David Geffen Galleries, a winding concrete-and-glass building by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, in collaboration with the firm SOM. The official opening… Continue reading
David Geffen Galleries by Peter Zumthor in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles, the David Geffen Galleries designed by Peter Zumthor have exceptionally opened their doors to the public, for an enlightening peek at the spaces that will house the LACMA permanent collection and that will be inaugurated in 2026. Source: David Geffen Galleries by Peter Zumthor… Continue reading