New photographs mark the 50th anniversary of Learning from Las Vegas

Commissioned to mark this milestone, Baan’s photographs—on view at the American Academy in Rome, where Baan is the institution’s 2023 Richard Grubman and Caroline Mortimer Photographer in Residence—record his wandering eye as it traverses the landscapes of the twinned environments. Seen side by side, the eternal city and… Continue reading

Peninsula House, Antiparos, is a modern response to heritage | Wallpaper

Peninsula House, Atelier Bow-Wow’s latest collaboration with design-led property developer Oliaros, is a free-flowing, art-filled holiday home on the Greek island of Antiparos One word keeps coming up when Atelier Bow-Wow’s Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and property developer and entrepreneur Iasson Tsakonas discuss their latest venture: timeless. The project is… Continue reading

Sou Fujimoto Piles Up Glass Boxes for a Flexible Learning Space in Switzerland | Architectural Record

Nestled in a verdant valley between the mighty Alps and the calm of Lake Constance, St. Gallen is famed for its abbey—now a UNESCO World Heritage site—around which the town grew up. During the Reformation, there was a split, the townsfolk turning Protestant while the monks… Continue reading

A giant inflatable Koons, a desert mirror illusion and a giant football goal: seven of the best new sculptures in Qatar

From a giant inflatable sea creature by Jeff Koons to Olafur Eliasson’s installation of mirrored shelters in the desert, the run-up to the Fifa World Cup 2022 in Qatar has the small Gulf state busy unveiling a raft of ambitious public art commissions.In a… Continue reading

Louis Kahn’s Kimbell Art Museum turns 50

The Kimbell Art Museum opened to the public 50 years ago on October 4,1972. It has now existed for almost eight times longer than it it took its architect, Louis I. Kahn, to conceive and construct the building, from 1966 to 1972, though one might easily… Continue reading

In Pictures: See the Monumental Public Art Installed Across the Qatari Landscape Ahead of the World Cup Games | Artnet News

The country has unveiled more than 100 works by some of the world’s most celebrated artists. Source: In Pictures: See the Monumental Public Art Installed Across the Qatari Landscape Ahead of the World Cup Games | Artnet News… Continue reading

Olafur Eliasson Shadows travelling on the sea of the day | HYPEBEAST

“It is a kind of reality check of your connectedness to the ground,” Eliasson said in a statement. “You are at once standing firmly on the sand and hanging, head down, from a ground that is far above you. You will probably switch back and forth between a… Continue reading

Olafur Eliasson’s Round Mirror Set up Embeds Viewers within the Solar-Baked Qatari Panorama – Live Theatre UK

Wanting up additionally means trying down and sideways within the newest set up by artist Olafur Eliasson (previously). Opened this week on the Northern Heritage websites close to Doha, Qatar, a cluster of enormous mirrors and rings manufactured from metal and fiberglass stand on the dry desert panorama amongst shrubs… Continue reading

Olafur Eliasson’s Circular Mirror Installation Embeds Viewers in the Sun-Baked Qatari Landscape — Colossal

Looking up also means looking down and sideways in the latest installation by artist Olafur Eliasson (previously). Opened this week at the Northern Heritage sites near Doha, Qatar, a cluster of large mirrors and rings made of steel and fiberglass stand on the dry desert landscape amongst shrubs… Continue reading

The Artful Life: 5 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week – Galerie

The Artful Life: 5 Things Galerie Editors Love This WeekFrom a stunning Olafur Eliasson installation in the Qatari desert to designer Sasha Bikoff’s latest project in New York Qatar Museums Unveils Site-Specific Artworks by Olafur Eliasson, Simone Fattal, and Ernesto Neto In advance of the highly anticipated FIFA… Continue reading

“From Las Vegas to Rome”: Scott Brown and Venturi’s famous case study revisited in Iwan Baan’s photos – Domus

Fifty years after the release of Learning From Las Vegas, an exhibition renews the intuition of the two challenging architects, reminding us how much architecture can learn from the comparison between the two cities Source: Domus Magazine: “From Las Vegas to Rome”: Scott Brown and Venturi’s famous case study… Continue reading

Review: “The Office of Good Intentions” by Florian Heilmeyer | STYLEPARK

A wild ride Rapids, waterfalls, sudden changes of direction: the book “The Office of Good Intentions” is unusual. Our critic Florian Heilmeyer has let himself be shaken by it. A book is usually a long, calm river. Especially reference books flow along at a leisurely pace, spreading their… Continue reading