Columbus, IN: A Place In Time – Indianapolis Monthly

An excerpt from American Modern: Community; Architecture; Columbus, Indiana, written by Matt Shaw and photographed by Iwan BaanA new book chronicles the historic civic project that built one of the most architecturally important cities in the country—and shows how its working-class citizens fit into the forever-modernist landscape. Source:… Continue reading

Pearling Path: World’s Greatest Places 2024 | TIME

Find out why Pearling Path is one of the World’s Greatest Places 2024 Source: Pearling Path: World’s Greatest Places 2024 | TIME… Continue reading

A Renovated Wing Opens at I.M. Pei’s Everson Museum of Art, and Other News – SURFACE

Architecture studio Milliøns renovates a wing at I.M. Pei’s Everson Museum of Art.The Los Angeles firm helmed by Zeina Koreitem and John May has unveiled a newly redesigned wing of the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York. Originally designed by the late I.M. Pei, the refreshed… Continue reading

MILLIØNS redesigns Everson Museum of Art’s east wing | Wallpaper

The East Wing of the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY has been given a contemporary refresh by emerging Los Angeles studio MILLIØNS Source: MILLIØNS redesigns Everson Museum of Art’s east wing | Wallpaper… Continue reading

Seoul Urban Architecture Exhibition Hall – Moments in Serpentine pavilions

2024.07.19 ~ 09.25 Seoul Urban Architecture Exhibition Hall Exhibition of 23 works of Serpentine Pavilion designed by world-class architects Held at the Serpentine Gallery in London, England, the Serpentine Pavilion presents a unique pavilion each year by world-class architects. An exhibition that can be viewed by collecting pavilions designed… Continue reading

Untapped – Modernist Town, U.S.A.

Columbus—the one in southern Indiana, not its larger counterpart in central Ohio—is the poster child for American Modernism beyond the big cities. Its population of 51,000 could just about fit in Yankee Stadium, and the nearest international airport is in Indianapolis, more than 50 miles away. Bisected by… Continue reading

Aesthetica Magazine – Building the Picture

The story of architecture in photography is being written. Vitra Design Museum foregrounds what’s next through the lens of one key image-maker. “It still remains almost unknown for an architectural magazine to commission or publish an architectural study on a building that has been occupied and used for… Continue reading

‘American Modern: Architecture, Community, Columbus, Indiana’ launches worldwide today – The Republic News

COLUMBUS, Ind. — The once-in-a-generation publication American Modern: Architecture, Community, Columbus, Indiana, officially launches worldwide today. The book, written by Matt Shaw and photographed by Iwan Baan, is jointly published by The Monacelli Press and Landmark Columbus Foundation. Studio Lin designed the book. American Modern is the first in-depth publication about Columbus that demonstrates… Continue reading

Brian’s picks – The Republic News

* To borrow one of the city’s modern promotional phrases, the new coffee table book on Columbus is different by design. Columbus native Matt Shaw, photographer Iwan Baan and graphic designer Alex Lin have worked together with arts publisher Monacelli Press and a host of financial supporters to… Continue reading

Kris Yao | Artech’s New Taipei City Art Museum Bridges Art and Community | Architectural Record

Flowing down from the peaks of central Taiwan, the Dahan River widens as it enters the southern suburbs of Taipei, occupying a broad, rocky riverbed nestled among the mountains. Alongside it runs Taiwan’s main north–south rail line, and clustered around one of the stations lies the tightly packed township… Continue reading

L.A. Clippers’ New Home, Intuit Dome, Is a Hot Ticket for Art – The New York Times

When the $2 billion home of the Los Angeles Clippers, Intuit Dome, opens next month with a concert by Bruno Mars, visitors to the 18,000-seat arena will not only be greeted by an enormous double-sided LED scoreboard, an outdoor community basketball court and food choices ranging from vegan cauliflower… Continue reading

Rome – Las Vegas. Bread and Circuses / Buchtipp: Iwan Baan – Architektur und Architekten – News / Meldungen / Nachrichten – BauNetz.de

“As an object, the book, designed by Haller Brun, conveys the questions of low and high, fake and authentic, cheap and valuable, which Baan photographically pursues. […] Rome as the canonical reference point of the West, […] Las Vegas as the epitome of capitalist hedonism […] But of course… Continue reading