Interview: New York-Amsterdam studio SO–IL on pushing against design conventions
Co-founders Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg discuss their dynamic international approach, rethinking systems of space and moving beyond cookie-cutter housing International in makeup and output, Brooklyn-based practice SO–IL (Solid Objectives Idenburg Liu) is unafraid to question convention and experiment. Founded in 2008 by Florian Idenburg… Continue reading
Los Angeles museums on the cusp of new golden age – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
Could the city’s cultural cachet soon match that of New York? A slew of multi-million-dollar projects, from dramatic new museums to major renovations, suggest that it could Source: Los Angeles museums on the cusp of new golden age – The Art Newspaper – International art news and… Continue reading
How to design a home in collaboration with nature
A desire for drama was also behind designer Christian Wassmann and his wife Luisa Gui’s decision to build a weekend home in the Catskill Mountains, north of New York City. The plot featured a striking 15ft by 18ft bluestone boulder in a woodland clearing. “There is something cosmic… Continue reading
SANAA Creates a Cluster of Volumes Housing a Museum and Library to Anchor a New District in Taichung | Architectural Record
A new cultural complex in Taiwan’s second-largest city comprises an array of eight boxy, steel-framed volumes wrapped in aluminum mesh. Source: SANAA Creates a Cluster of Volumes Housing a Museum and Library to Anchor a New District in Taichung | Architectural Record… Continue reading
Rotterdam’s harbour revival continues with a future-facing photography museum – The Spaces
Pakhuis Santos has stood still on Rotterdam’s harbour for years, a rare turn-of-the-century trade warehouse that survived bombing during the Second World War. But this weekend the 1902 heritage site stepped into a dynamic new era as the home of the Netherlands Fotomuseum, part of a landmark adaptive… Continue reading
Rotterdam’s Fotomuseum Reopens in Newly Restored Warehouse Space
The Netherlands Fotomuseum unveils a permanent home in Rotterdam’s historic dockside Santos warehouse, elevating photography’s public profile.The Netherlands Fotomuseum has opened its new permanent home in the historic Santos warehouse on Rotterdam’s Rijnhaven, bringing more than 6.5 million photographic works under one roof and redefining how the medium… Continue reading
The Netherlands Fotomuseum opens; we paid a visit | Wallpaper*
The national photography museum reopens this weekend (7 February), showing off its vast collection and its new location, Santos, a redesigned, listed warehouse on the Rotterdam waterside Source: The Netherlands Fotomuseum opens; we paid a visit | Wallpaper*… Continue reading
LACMA’s New Era Begins With David Geffen Galleries Opening
Twenty years after CEO and director Michael Govan shook things up, the Western U.S.’ largest art museum prepares to unveil its new David Geffen Galleries — anchored by Jeff Koons’ mammoth outdoor sculpture, ‘Split-Rocker’ Source: LACMA’s New Era Begins With David Geffen Galleries Opening… Continue reading
Qatar’s Sheikha al-Mayassa: ‘We’re a very conservative society, but we’re tolerant’
The opening of Art Basel Qatar next week marks a significant shift for both the venerable art fair and for its new host country. Art Basel, founded in 1970 in its Swiss home town, has expanded into highly successful editions in Hong Kong, Miami and Paris. Source:… Continue reading
The Best New York City Architecture of the Past Decade
Over the past decade, the buildings that have stood out embrace the city’s topography and spirit. Source: The Best New York City Architecture of the Past Decade… Continue reading
Spring 2026 lectures at architecture schools across the country
Also on the architectural photography beat, Iwan Baan’s traveling exhibition From Las Vegas to Rome by Iwan Baan touches down in Texas and is on view at UT through the close of the semester Source: Spring 2026 lectures at architecture schools across the country… Continue reading
Design Reads: A Closer Look At The Influence Of Vitra
Photographer Iwan Baan provides a tour of these structures via a 68-page gallery of images. Of course, the campus features the Vitra Design Museum, which began in 1986 as a showcase of the younger Fehlbaum’s mid-century furniture collection and has since become a leading design institution, partly due… Continue reading