‘American Modern: Architecture, Community, Columbus, Indiana’ launches worldwide today – The Republic News
COLUMBUS, Ind. — The once-in-a-generation publication American Modern: Architecture, Community, Columbus, Indiana, officially launches worldwide today. The book, written by Matt Shaw and photographed by Iwan Baan, is jointly published by The Monacelli Press and Landmark Columbus Foundation. Studio Lin designed the book. American Modern is the first in-depth publication about Columbus that demonstrates… Continue reading
Brian’s picks – The Republic News
* To borrow one of the city’s modern promotional phrases, the new coffee table book on Columbus is different by design. Columbus native Matt Shaw, photographer Iwan Baan and graphic designer Alex Lin have worked together with arts publisher Monacelli Press and a host of financial supporters to… Continue reading
Kris Yao | Artech’s New Taipei City Art Museum Bridges Art and Community | Architectural Record
Flowing down from the peaks of central Taiwan, the Dahan River widens as it enters the southern suburbs of Taipei, occupying a broad, rocky riverbed nestled among the mountains. Alongside it runs Taiwan’s main north–south rail line, and clustered around one of the stations lies the tightly packed township… Continue reading
L.A. Clippers’ New Home, Intuit Dome, Is a Hot Ticket for Art – The New York Times
When the $2 billion home of the Los Angeles Clippers, Intuit Dome, opens next month with a concert by Bruno Mars, visitors to the 18,000-seat arena will not only be greeted by an enormous double-sided LED scoreboard, an outdoor community basketball court and food choices ranging from vegan cauliflower… Continue reading
Rome – Las Vegas. Bread and Circuses / Buchtipp: Iwan Baan – Architektur und Architekten – News / Meldungen / Nachrichten – BauNetz.de
“As an object, the book, designed by Haller Brun, conveys the questions of low and high, fake and authentic, cheap and valuable, which Baan photographically pursues. […] Rome as the canonical reference point of the West, […] Las Vegas as the epitome of capitalist hedonism […] But of course… Continue reading
Doha: the Gulf’s open-air art gallery – Financial Times – Partner Content by DesignDoha
Doha: the Gulf’s open-air art galleryHow 100 pieces of public art and a score of sculptural buildings have turned the Qatari capital into one of the most aesthetically exciting cities in the worldDoha is a city with a skyline like no other. There are capitals around the world… Continue reading
Special event July 10 for ‘American Modern’ book – The Republic News
That is part of the early reaction to “American Modern: Architecture, Community, Columbus, Indiana” by Columbus native and veteran architecture writer Matt Shaw, with photos by internationally celebrated photographer Iwan Baan and graphics by Alex Lin of Studio Lin in Brooklyn, N.Y. They will speak and sign copies of… Continue reading
American Modern: Architecture, Community – Columbus, Indiana by Matt Shaw – review by Anthony Paletta
Anthony Paletta: Modernism Comes to Middle America – American Modern: Architecture, Community – Columbus, Indiana by Matt Shaw Columbus has been the subject of a few photographic volumes, and had a prominent turn in Kogonada’s 2017 film named after the place, but it has never had a proper history, a… Continue reading
The Storyteller – Iñaki Bergera | Arquitectura Viva
On view this summer of 2024 at Museo ICO is ‘Moments in Architecture,’ an exhibition originally set up at the Vitra Design Museum. It comes to Madrid as part of the PhotoEspaña festival, but this is not the first time for the spectacular photography of Iwan Baan (Alkmaar,… Continue reading
American Modern: Architecture; Community; Columbus
American Modern: Architecture; Community; Columbus, Indiana Matt Shaw, photographs by Iwan Baan The definitive book on one of the foremost modernist cities and architecture destinations in the USA: Columbus, Indiana The midwestern city of Columbus, Indiana, is more than a mecca of modern architecture; it is an example of… Continue reading
Minsuk Cho’s Serpentine Pavilion Recreates Korean Courtyards – SURFACE
Minsuk Cho and his firm Mass Studies unveiled their design for the 23rd annual Serpentine Pavilion this week, a structure of “five islands” inspired by madangs, the central courtyards typical of traditional Korean houses where everyday activities and communal rituals take place. Archipelagic Void also pays tribute to… Continue reading
RECORD Editors Round Up the Most Intriguing Architectural Monographs of 2024 So Far | Architectural Record
Iwan Baan: Moments in Architecture,edited by Mateo Kries and Mea Hoffmann. Contributions by Iwan Baan, Lisa Dabscheck, Beatrice Galilee, Marvin Heiferman, and Hans Ibelings. Vitra Design Museum, 586 pages, $85. RECORD contributing photographer Iwan Baan has been around the block. His work across six continents is wide-ranging, from commissions… Continue reading