Vitra Design Museum – Iwan Baan
21.10.2023 – 03.03.2024 Iwan Baan is one of today’s leading photographers of architecture and urban design. His images document the growth of global megacities and portray buildings by prominent contemporary architects including Herzog & de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas, and Zaha Hadid. The first large retrospective of the Dutch photographer’s work… Continue reading
RECORD Editors’ Top 10 Projects from 2022 | Architectural Record
RECORD editors have chosen some of the notable projects from the pages of the magazine in 2022. From around the world, the selection—which includes arts and culture centers, a library, an urban bridge, a climate-sensitive residence, a synagogue, and a stadium—reflects a rich diversity of form, materials, and… Continue reading
Masterful photos. The soul of photographic subjects in 3 books | Salone del Mobile
Kazuyo Sejima Ryue Nishizawa Sanaa1987-2005 Vol.1 / 2005-2015 Vol.2 / 2014-2021 Vol. 3 He started to experiment with a camera given to him by his grandmother when he was 12, was the very first recipient of the coveted Julius Shulman Award in 2010 and now, at the age… Continue reading
A Nostalgic Look at When Architects Tried To Make the Office Better | Architect Magazine
Aaron Betsky reviews “The Office of Good Intentions: Human(s) Work,” by Florian Idenburg and LeeAnn Suen, with photography by Iwan Baan. Looking at that object fading into the past is this book’s accomplishment. The good thing about Idenburg’s and his collaborators’ message is that it… Continue reading
Art Gallery of New South Wales’s new building is a Sydney landmark | Financial Times
With a focus on indigenous and female artists, the museum has had a valuable rebalancing Sanaa, the Pritzker prizewinning architects, buck the trend for flashy art-world architecture. In Manhattan, the practice’s Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa memorably stacked “boxes” above the Bowery to give the New Museum a… Continue reading
Junya Ishigami Unearths the Beauty of Building Below the Surface | Architectural Record
Since the beginning of time, people have lived in caves. But few have ever built one. Junya Ishigami, a Tokyo architect who goes to extremes, is one of them. In 2003, Ishigami launched his practice with the design of razor-thin metal tables for a friend’s restaurant. Coming back… Continue reading
AD100 Firm SO-IL Designs a Housing Community That Balances Indoor and Outdoor Living | Architectural Digest
“The problem with New York City apartment buildings is that you go from the street immediately into these dark corridors,” notes Florian Idenburg of the Brooklyn- based architecture studio SO-IL. “What if you make that a journey through light, air, and community?” The AD100 newcomer and his team… Continue reading
3 new books on hospitality spaces, between wellbeing and knowledge | Salone del Mobile
A trip through the American office of the last 50 years. Laying bare the relationships between space, work and people, the book explores the “good intentions” of the title, which have triggered the development of ad hoc spaces for workers. The 592 pages don’t comprise… Continue reading
Qui sont ces artistes invités au Qatar pour la Coupe du monde ? | Beaux Arts
Jeff Koons, Yayoi Kusama, Olafur Eliasson… Ces artistes invités au Qatar pour la Coupe du monde Source: Qui sont ces artistes invités au Qatar pour la Coupe du monde ? | Beaux Arts… Continue reading
SO-IL and FREAKS, reorganisation of Site Verrier in Meisenthal | Abitare
SO-IL and FREAKS, reorganisation of Site Verrier in Meisenthal – ABITARE A concrete topography reorganises a historic glass complex, today a cultural centre that offers a deep dive into glassmaking Source: SO-IL and FREAKS, reorganisation of Site Verrier in Meisenthal | Abitare… Continue reading
Sydney Modern opens in Australia | Wallpaper
Sydney Modern opens its doors this week, following its contemporary and considered transformation by Japanese architecture studio SANAA. In an in-depth story published in our November 2022 issue, curator Kate Goodwin reported from the site, offering a sneak peek at what the Art Gallery of New South Wales… Continue reading
At OMA’s Taipei Performing Arts Center, Building as Public Performance | Architectural Record
Three mute volumes float above the city, promising new possibilities for theater By Izzy Kornblatt The architect Kazuo Shinohara once observed that some of the most advanced machines in the world—fighter jets and spacecraft—do not conform to refined modern aesthetics. Their parts appear “clumsily joined together,” he… Continue reading