Our installation with Urban Think Tank and Justin McGuirk: "TORRE DAVID / GRAN HORIZONTE" won the Golden Lion for the Best Project of the International Exhibition Common Ground
The Golden Lion for the Best Project embodying the theme of Common Ground goes to Torre David / Gran Horizonte by Urban-Think Tank (Alfredo Brillenbourg, Hubert Klumpner) Justin McGuirk, Iwan Baan and to the people of Caracas and their families who created a new community and a home out of an abandoned and unfinished building.
The jury praised the architects for recognizing the power of this transformational project. An informal community created a new home and a new identity by occupying Torre David and did so with flair and conviction. This initiative can be seen as an inspirational model acknowledging the strength of informal societies.
August 29, 2012


Los Angeles 10-10-2010 Iwan Baan was presented the inaugural Julius Shulman Institute Photography Award from the Julius Shulman Foundation at Woodbury Univeristy - Read more in News


Brasilia - Chandigargh Living with Modernity
A visual tour through contemporary life in both cities, With commentary in the form of an essay by Cees Nooteboom on the photographs and by Martino Stierli on the architectural and planning history.


The New York Times: Structural Integrity and People, Too by Fred A. Bernstein - January 22, 2010


Other books:

Insular Insight - Where Art and Architecture Conspire with Nature
The islands of Naoshima, Teshima, and Inujima in Japan's Seto Inland Sea are places of pilgrimage for friends of contemporary art and architecture. Alongside works in public spaces as well as site-specific installations, the islands are also full of numerous museums and collections of contemporary art.
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No More Play - Conversations on Urban Speculation in Los Angeles and Beyond With Michael Maltzan.
See here a preview of the book - More info at Hatje Cantz Verlag: No More Play
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MAXXI: Zaha Hadid Architects: Museum of XXI Century Arts
A comprehensive volume on the MAXXI Museum located in Rome, with photographs by Iwan Baan Order Here>


The SANAA Studios - Learning From Japan - Single Story Urbanism
Lars Muller Publishers - School of Architecture - Princeton university - edited by Florian Idenburg - buy the book at Amazon.
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Porsche Museum - Delugan Meissl Associated Architects - buy the book at Amazon.com Springer Verlag
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