Doha: What to See and Do in Qatar’s Rising Art Boomtown – Bloomberg

Qatar’s capital is aiming to become a culture hub—and boost its global image—with a host of museums, big-name exhibitions and rich collections of contemporary and Islamic works. Source: Doha: What to See and Do in Qatar’s Rising Art Boomtown – Bloomberg… Continue reading

‘It should feel like an extension of the living room’: radical study centre is named best building in Europe | Architecture | The Guardian

The project has already garnered wide recognition in Germany, winning the national architecture prize from the Deutsches Architekturmuseum, and hailed by one newspaper critic as “what the future of German construction could look like”. In a time of scarce resources, it has been praised for being as lean… Continue reading

At Bruges Triennial, SO – IL debuts Common Thread

Every three years a series of spectacular art installations are sited among the winding, cobble stone streets and medieval church steeples of Bruges, Belgium. For this year’s iteration of the art and architecture festival, Bruges Triennial, SO – IL has designed a public art piece, Common Thread, that… Continue reading

Amateur Architecture Studio Clads a Chinese Archive with Thousands of Celadon Tiles | Architectural Record

China has no shortage of history; with more than 4,000 recorded years of it, the country is considered the oldest living civilization in the world. That comes with its own set of quandaries, such as how to collect, preserve, and curate countless artifacts, from ancient books and manuscripts… Continue reading

Jeanne Gang Makes a Case for Architectural Grafting – SURFACE

The award-winning architect has dedicated decades of her firm’s work toward adaptive reuse, which she likens to horticultural grafting—connecting two separate plants into a thriving new structure—in a new book. Source: Jeanne Gang Makes a Case for Architectural Grafting – SURFACE… Continue reading

00176 – Iwan Baan at Vitra Design Museum – recessed.space

As we cascade into a pixelated world navigable through panning, scrolling, and zooming, photographs have seized our attention, dominating the means by which we consume the built environment. They facilitate exploration, discourse, and debate, can frame engagement, and craft the narrative of architecture. Carefully controlled images can demand… Continue reading

Architects’ Los Angeles Home Embraces Tube-Like Design – The New York Times

Lucía Cano and José Selgas are architects who have no fear of color. Founders of the studio SelgasCano in Madrid, they designed a conference center in Cartagena, Spain, that looks like a translucent organ glowing orange from within as if it were coursing with alien blood. Their Serpentine… Continue reading

[Feb.2023] Iwan Baan – Vitra x SCAA Tour | SCAA

The SCAA was invited by Vitra to a tour through the Iwan Baan retrospective at the renowned Vitra Design Museum. Set within the iconic Frank Gehry building itself, the exhibition ingeniously melded with the architecture and light, creating a fascinating interplay between Baan’s captivating photography and the dynamic… Continue reading

Exhibition review ‘Iwan Baan: Moments in Architecture’ in Casa BRUTUS Japan

建築写真のトップランナーとして知られるオランダの写真家イワン・バーンの初の回顧展『Iwan Baan: Moments in Architecture』が現在、ドイツの〈ヴィトラ デザイン ミュージアム〉で開催中だ。有名建築家の作品だけでは… Exhibition review ‘Iwan Baan: Moments in Architecture’ in Casa BRUTUS Japan Source: 建築のストーリーテラー、 イワン・バーンの撮る写真の世界。 | カーサ ブルータス Casa BRUTUS… Continue reading

Architecture Books – Week 5/2024 – by John Hill

This week’s newsletter starts and ends with books related to Iwan Baan, the superstar photographer who is the subject of a retrospective exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany. In between are new releases and headlines, and Friday is Groundhog Day…again. Source: Architecture… Continue reading

Architektura w obiektywie Iwan Baan

Iwan Baan fotografuje dzieła największych, jak Rem Koolhaas czy Toyo Itō, ale i ludzkie siedliska tworzone własnym sumptem. Nigdy jednak nie są to po prostu zdjęcia zabudowań. – Interesuje mnie, jak budynek czy miasto zakorzeniają się w swoim otoczeniu niczym drzewa – mówi holenderski fotograf, który wywarł ogromny… Continue reading

Moments in Architecture – Design Miami/ · Design Miami

Over the past twenty years, Dutch photographer Iwan Baan has circled the globe capturing images that reveal the myriad ways we construct—and respond to—our built environments. Fueled by an intuitive eye and a fascination with the confluence of people and places, Baan’s photographs document architectural achievements, from iconic… Continue reading