Review of the new MASS Group monograph Michael Murphy and Alan Ricks talk about the monograph “Justice is Beauty”, the first by MASS Design Group, showing off their research and philosophy of an architecture of justice and dignity. Source: MASS Design Group: “Architecture needs to be the locus of the reconstruction of community itself” – […]
In the heart of Bahrain’s former capital, a major site with a unique historic heritage has been revitalised in honour of the city’s defunct pearling industry. The key project is Valerio Olgiati’s Pearling Site Visitor Centre. Source: DOMUS – Valerio Olgiati’s Pearling Site Visitor Centre in Bahrain honours the pearling industry
The New York Times pored over 10 years of images, of moments both fresh and faded, to tell the story of the past decade. The New York Times choose the hurricane Sandy image which appeared first on the cover of New York Magazine as one of the defining images of the decade. Source: The Decade in […]
David Chipperfield tells us that Domus is an excellent opportunity, as was the Venice Biennale, to “take a step outside the office”, and explains how he intends to take Domus from the last issue of Gio Ponti, in a sort of ideal passing of the witness and refundation of the magazine. The structure of the […]
Speaking at the Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, germany on November 14th 2019: Architekturforum mit Iwan Baan Am Donnerstag, 14. November 2019, um 19 Uhr lädt die Städtische Galerie Nordhorn wieder zum Architekturforum mit Vortrag und Gespräch zur Baukultur heute ein. Der Termin findet einen Tag später statt, als ursprünglich im gedruckten Flyer angekündigt.Mit dem niederländischen Fotografen […]
Keynote opening talk in Berlin November 13th 2019: Berlin – architekTOUR Congress –Picturing Architecture
A new book coming out on November on the work of Willem Marinus Dudok (1884-1974) in Hilversum (Netherlands), presented November 7th: Presentatie boek Wonderlijkheden – Dudok Architectuur Centrum Wonderments; Dudoks networks and sources of inspiration – Dudok Architectuur Centrum …The photos by Iwan Baan are a spectacular contra story. Raised in Hilversum, the work of Dudok […]
Iwan Source: Fringe Cities is a poignant study of urban renewal, and its aftermath, in the small-American city – Archpaper.com “..One significant inclusion is that of Iwan Baan’s extensive imagery from Poughkeepsie. More importantly, MASS effectively dives into the work that grass-roots organizations have done, in lieu of federal, state, or even municipal funding, reversing […]