A Pair of Distinct Park Pavilions Rise on Manhattan and Hoboken’s Hudson Riverfronts | Architectural Record
The specter of climate change looms large over the New York City metropolitan region, where, by 2050, it is estimated that the sea level may rise by up to 19 inches, according to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. Confronting this threat requires significant investments… Continue reading
ARAL CULTURE SUMMIT 2025: UZBEKISTAN’S LANDMARK EVENT ALIGNING CULTURE, ECOLOGY, AND REGIONAL COOPERATION ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL PROGRAMME
NUKUS, Uzbekistan, April 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Aral Culture Summit (ACS), a cultural and environmental initiative to revitalise the Aral Sea region in Central Asia will take place from 4-6 April 2025. Organised by the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF), the Summit seeks to foster dialogue… Continue reading
Why are artists, architects and ecologists meeting in Uzbekistan’s Aral Sea Region?
Most visitors to Uzbekistan stick to the Silk Road tourist trail, exploring the mosques and madrasas of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, and perhaps the intriguing mix of Islamic and Soviet modernist architecture of the capital, Tashkent.Amid the remote, arid landscapes of northern Uzbekistan, however, artists, architects, ecologists, and… Continue reading
Central Asian and EU leaders visit Aral Culture Summit exhibit
Among the exhibits were photographs by renowned photographer Iwan Baan, known for his architectural and landscape photography, a floral installation made of reeds, a characteristic plant of Karakalpakstan, and various items from the Aral region, such as saxaul seeds, seashells, natural salt, dried harmala, felt with traditional patterns, and… Continue reading
ARAL CULTURE SUMMIT 2025: UZBEKISTAN’S LANDMARK EVENT ALIGNING CULTURE, ECOLOGY, AND REGIONAL COOPERATION ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL PROGRAMME
ARAL CULTURE SUMMIT 2025: UZBEKISTAN’S LANDMARK EVENT ALIGNING CULTURE, ECOLOGY, AND REGIONAL COOPERATION ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL PROGRAMME Source: ARAL CULTURE SUMMIT 2025: UZBEKISTAN’S LANDMARK EVENT ALIGNING CULTURE, ECOLOGY, AND REGIONAL COOPERATION ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL PROGRAMME… Continue reading
Château de Beaucastel: A Historic French Vineyard Champions Sustainable Design | Architectural Digest
For more than a century, Château de Beaucastel, a vineyard in Provence, has produced some of France’s finest Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Côtes du Rhône. During much of that time, owners Jacques and Marguerite Perrin followed the biodynamic practices of philosopher Rudolf Steiner, expanding the winery in the 1950s to… Continue reading
Spectacle and Stone: Iwan Baan’s Rome – Las Vegas: Bread and Circuses (Review) – Viewfinder Chronicles
On the surface, absolutely nothing, one’s a history-rich, empire-soaked cornerstone of Western civilisation, and the other’s a desert-born shrine to excess and fleeting thrills. But in Rome – Las Vegas: Bread and Circuses, Iwan Baan tears up the rulebook, stitching these two wild cities together in ways that’ll… Continue reading
Studio Mumbai and Studio Méditérranée revamp a historic vineyard in France | Architectural Digest India
AD100 Studio Mumbai and Studio Méditérranée revamp a historic vineyard in FranceBijoy Jain and Louis-Antoine Grégo expand Château de Beaucastel, a historic vineyard in France’s Provence that is behind some of the country’s most celebrated wines. Source: AD100 Studio Mumbai and Studio Méditérranée revamp a historic vineyard… Continue reading
SANAA in Sydney: The architecture of Naala Badu at the Art Gallery of New South Wales | Australian Arts Review
This important new hardcover book celebrates the design of SANAA’s new building for the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney led by Pritzker Prize-winning architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa. Richly illustrated with photo essays by Iwan Baan, SANAA in Sydney: The architecture of Naala Badu… Continue reading
‘American Modern’ exhibit featured at Ball State – The Republic News
First on view at the Columbus Area Visitor Center, the American Modern exhibition features 12 large-scale photographs by internationally acclaimed photographer Iwan Baan alongside design work by Studio Lin, both of whom were a part of the nearly 500-page publication released in the summer of 2024. Source: ‘American… Continue reading
Iwan Baan’s Travel Diary
Bread and Circuses From Rome to Las Vegas: Iwan Baan is one of the best contemporary photographers. He captures with his camera what many cannot see with the naked eye – without any deepfake. Spaces take on dimensions in front of his lens; in the Dutchman’s photographs… Continue reading
Snapshot: MASS Design Group Transforms an Abandoned Hudson Valley Cistern Into an Underground Arts Venue | Architectural Record
Descending into subterranean civic infrastructure for cultural events feels decidedly Old World. But MASS Design Group has brought the experience to upstate New York by transforming a decommissioned 3 million-gallon water tank into a unique performing arts space. The Poughkeepsie Cistern, completed in 1923 and buried under a… Continue reading