New York Magazine’s cover
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy I chartered a helicopter and shot the now iconic image of New York without power. November 3rd, 2013 A selection of the press about the cover: Artinfo: Post-Sandy, Two Icons Emerge From the Architectural World… Continue reading
Aiming for an Artistic ‘Icon’ – The Wall Street Journal
Developer Stephen Ross has selected the British artist and designer Thomas Heatherwick to create what could be one of the most expensive works of public art in the world, in the hopes of establishing a must-see attraction at the heart of his $15 billion Hudson Yards development on Manhattan’s West… Continue reading
Necessity as the mother of invention: Photos of homes in unexpected places
Iwan Baan is not as interested in what architects build as he is in the beautiful ways that people appropriate the spaces once the planners are gone. In his TED Talk, Baan — whose breathtaking image of lower Manhattan after Hurricane Sandy hangs on at least one… Continue reading
Watch Iwan Baan’s TED talk: Ingenious homes in unexpected places
In the center of Caracas, Venezuela, stands the 45-story ‘Tower of David,’ an unfinished, abandoned skyscraper. But about eight years ago, people started moving in. Photographer Iwan Baan shows how people build homes in unlikely places, touring us through the family apartments of Torre David, a city on the… Continue reading
Who is winning the architecture Arms Race? – Photo Essay – The New York Times
The New York Times Magazine published Zaha Hadid’s Heydar Alyev Cultural Center in Baku… Continue reading
School at Sea – Photo Essay – New York Times
The New York Times Magazine published the Makoko Floating School by NLE – Kunle Adeyemi By Michael Kimmelman… Continue reading
Een foto vol kwetsbaarheid – Trouw
Dutch newspaper Trouw on Iwan Baan’s New York photo after Hurricane Sandy. Continue reading
Iwan Baan wins Architizer Relevance Award
Architizer A+ Special Awards Winners: Spreading Some Love To People Who Love Architecture… Continue reading
Iwan Baan received the Architizer Relevance award, presented by Lisa Phillips – Director of the New Museum in New York
Architizer A+ Relevance Award Winner Iwan Baan Honored with the Architizer A+ Relevance Award, presented by New Museum director Lisa Phillips, Iwan Baan is among the most talented architectural photographers working today. His art lies not only in capturing the building as an object, or in mastering composition, but… Continue reading
Deutsche Welle Euromaxx video report on Iwan Baan
Deutsche Welle did a short video documentary about Iwan Baan’s work. Watch it here…… Continue reading
Iwan Baan wins Best Magazine Cover of 2012 – Designboom
Famed Amsterdam-based photographer Iwan Baan has just been announced the winner for the best magazine cover of 2012 for his post hurricane sandy image of New York taken from a helicopter. The image, showing the partial aftermath of half blacked-out Manhattan island, was featured as the cover of… Continue reading