Iwan Baan, Fotograf: «Man braucht Augen im Hinterkopf» | Espazium
Iwan Baans erste umfassende Retrospektive «Momente der Architektur» im Vitra Design Museum präsentiert über zwei Jahrzehnte seiner renommierten Dokumentarfotografie. Im Gespräch erklärt Baan seine Arbeit als «zoom in and out» zwischen den Details der Gebäude, oft bei laufender Baustelle und im grösseren Kontext der Umgebung. Source: Iwan… Continue reading
“Iwan Baan: Moments in Architecture” at the Vitra Museum Marks the Photographer’s First Major Retrospective | Architectural Record
It’s safe to say that RECORD contributing photographer Iwan Baan has seen his share of the world. His work is widely published and ranges from architectural commissions to documenting the growth of global megacities and their myriad housing structures and social contexts, as well as vernacular architecture in… Continue reading
Iwan Baan, de fotograaf die van gebouwen decorstukken van het leven maakt | De Standaard
Hij legt geen gebouwen vast, maar decors voor het leven van elke dag. Iwan Baan moet een van de beroemdste architectuurfotografen zijn, en dat komt misschien wel omdat hij lange tijd niet met architectuur bezig was. De Nederlandse fotograaf reisde de wereld rond als documentairefotograaf, tot hij de… Continue reading
‘Iwan Baan: Moments in Architecture’, la exposición del fotógrafo holandés en Vitra Design Museum | Traveler
La exposición que ha abierto sus puertas en el museo concebido por Frank Gehry muestra ejemplos de la obra de Baan desde principios de la década de los 2000, entre ellos material fílmico e imágenes poco conocidas de edificios informales, hasta una iglesia monolítica etíope, apartamentos en El… Continue reading
Five on Friday: November 3rd, 2023 | Iwan Baan’s new exhibition celebrates the soul of architecture
World-renowned Dutch photograhper Iwan Baan’s retrospective exhibition, Iwan Baan: Moments in Architecture, at the Vitra Design Museum in Rhein, Germany is a comprehensive overview of the artist’s prolific work. Indeed, the exhibition examines Baan’s ability to “capture the essence of contemporary architecture, along with the urban and social… Continue reading
Iwan Baan Captures Architecture’s Human Side
Baan parlayed this invaluable experience chronicling architecture’s human side into an illustrious, decades-long career that has taken him around the globe portraying buildings by world-class architects like Herzog & de Meuron, Kazuyo Sejima, and Tatiana Bilbao. His oeuvre is currently the subject of “Moments in Architecture,” a sweeping… Continue reading
Design Dispatch: October 31, 2023
What’s Happening: A sweeping new retrospective at the Vitra Design Museum chronicles how the Dutch photographer humanizes buildings with his lens. Source: Design Dispatch: October 31, 2023… Continue reading
DS+R’s Blue Dream House is an aerospace-inspired family residence in East Hampton
Atop the grassy mounds of Atlantic Double Dunes in East Hampton, with vast stretching waters of the Two Mile Hollow Beach in the background, an off-white fluid form sits in sheer alienation on its land. Situated there as the home of American collectors Julie Reyes Taubman and Robert… Continue reading
Herzog & de Meuron Embraces Imaginative Reuse With Powerhouse Arts | Architect Magazine
Realized in collaboration with PBDW Architects, the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based facility “signals the importance of imaginative reuse rather than new construction, the conversion of places of production into spaces for art, consumption, and experience, and the dissipation of our cities’ infrastructure for culture beyond the center city,” Aaron Betsky… Continue reading
Iwan Baan, l’attimo è decisivo – Giornale dell’Architettura
In mostra al Vitra Design Museum l’attività del fotografo olandese che ha colto le aspettative degli occhi del XXI secolo Approaching architecture almost casually, as an outsider, with a look uninfluenced by history and criticism, Baan immediately understood how interesting this was because it held together various aspects… Continue reading
The Sphere opens in Las Vegas. What does it mean for architecture?
The study of Las Vegas as a way to understand architecture’s role within society appears to be in fashion again. Recently, the American Academy in Rome exhibited photographs of the city made by Dutch photographer Iwan Baan paired with contemporary images of Rome, in part to celebrate the… Continue reading
National Library of Israel opens to readers on Sunday, Oct. 29 – JNS.org
Under the shadow of the atrocities of October 7 and the Iron Swords War, the National Library of Israel (NLI) has made the decision to open its new home to readers and researchers as of Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. Limited library services will be available (detailed below), and… Continue reading