The Office of Good Intentions. Human(s) Work – TASCHEN Books
Take a trip through American office design, from Marcel Breuer’s IBM campus to Lil Miquela’s Instagram profile. This book is a refreshing take on the forms of workplaces, from the 1970s into the future. In a collection of 12 essays with photos by Iwan Baan, explore the global trends… Continue reading
A photograph is not a building | Apollo Magazine
A decade ago Iwan Baan – another architectural photographer with a claim on ‘greatest living’ – published Living With Modernism, a collection of photographs of the modernist capitals Chandigarh and Brasília. Every frame contains a person, or a sign of everyday life, and the volume manages to be… Continue reading
‘A World Waiting to Be Restored’: Watch Artist Theaster Gates Use Clay to ‘Remake’ the World | Artnet News
For the first time ever, a non-architect has designed the Serpentine Pavilion, which opened to visitors in London earlier this month.With the help of architect David Adjaye, artist Theaster Gates, whose work cannot be simply categorized, and who has long been invested in the architecture of his native… Continue reading
A Ribbon of Light Just Became L.A.’s Latest Landmark – SURFACE
A Ribbon of Light Just Became L.A.’s Latest LandmarkA decade-long effort to replace a deteriorating viaduct across the Los Angeles River has culminated in a dramatically undulating new bridge designed by local firm Michael Maltzan Architecture. It’s both the largest bridge in the city’s history and an unmistakable… Continue reading
Explore the new Sixth Street Viaduct in Los Angeles | Wallpaper*
Sixth Street Viaduct by Michael Maltzan Architecture is completed in Los Angeles, a modern, flowing and ambitious piece of infrastructure architecture Source: Explore the new Sixth Street Viaduct in Los Angeles | Wallpaper*… Continue reading
The Oslo National Museum offers ‘low-key monumentality’
The new Oslo National Museum is the latest mega project to open along the Norwegian capital’s increasingly buzzing waterfront in the past couple of years. However, unlike its most recent predecessor, the kookily slanted-at-the-top Munch museum, its arrival and presence is more muted. And this despite… Continue reading
AXIS Magazine on ‘Momentum of Light’ 写真家イワン・バーンと建築家フランシス・ケレによるブルキナファソの伝統建築をめぐる旅 | Webマガジン「AXIS」 | デザインのWebメディア
▲建築家フランシス・ケレ（左）の協力のもと、写真家イワン・バーンはブルキナファソの写真旅行を敢行した。Photo by Iwan Baan▲ティエベレの村を空から撮影すると、伝統的な泥の家に混じって、コンクリートブロックやコルゲートの屋根が混じっていることが… Source: 写真家イワン・バーンと建築家フランシス・ケレによるブルキナファソの伝統建築をめぐる旅 | Webマガジン「AXIS」 | デザインのWebメディア… Continue reading
Oslo’s Highly Anticipated National Museum Finally Opens Its Doors – ARTnews.com
On June 11, Norway’s Nasjonalmuseet will open to the public as one of Europe’s largest art museums. Source: Oslo’s Highly Anticipated National Museum Finally Opens Its Doors – ARTnews.com… Continue reading
‘A space of deep reflection and deep participation’: Theaster Gates on Black Chapel, this year’s Serpentine Pavilion | Creative Boom
‘A space of deep reflection and participation’: Theaster Gates on this year’s Serpentine Pavilion. Source: ‘A space of deep reflection and deep participation’: Theaster Gates on Black Chapel, this year’s Serpentine Pavilion | Creative Boom… Continue reading
Black Chapel by Theaster Gates is a space for ecstasy – The Spaces
He is the first artist to design the annual Serpentine Pavilion ‘Ecstasy can happen if you’re courageous and open enough to receive it,’ preaches Theaster Gates before whacking a large bronze bell salvaged from a Chicago church to inaugurate the summer programme at his new Serpentine… Continue reading
Delayed National Museum of Norway opens – ArtReview
The institution on the Oslo waterfront will chronologically display 6,500 works, from antiquities to contemporary art, design and architecture, across 86 rooms After much delay the new National Museum of Norway is to open this week. The institution on the Oslo waterfront will chronologically display 6,500… Continue reading
Theaster Gates on his Serpentine Pavilion: ‘It is intended to be humble’ | Financial Times
The artist is using his Black Chapel to reflect on race, society and family and to bring people together One of the ironies of architecture is that the simplest of forms can provoke the most profound symbolic, historical, personal and emotional associations. And this year’s Serpentine Pavilion, Black… Continue reading