Hobs, dogs and mountain views: what makes the perfect office? – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian
From swish ‘thought pods’ to chaotic open-plan designs, a new book explores the evolution of our modern working spaces. A new book takes us on a trip through American office design, from Marcel Breuer’s IBM campus to Lil Miquela’s Instagram profile. The Office of Good Intentions. Human(s) Work, by… Continue reading
AIGA – Momentum of Light – Iwan Baan, Francis Kéré
AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers This time-honored competition identifies the 50 best-designed books and book covers of the year. Together, we celebrate powerful and compelling book design and the community‘s most inspired creations. Juror Comments “Amazing collaboration between architecture, photography, design, and printing!”… Continue reading
A Brief History of Architecture Through Photography | ArchDaily
(…) The development of digital technology linked to architecture in the postmodernism of the 1980s also impacts the way of building and construction sites. During the early 2000s, photographer Iwan Baan captured what this more streamlined construction site would look like in the CCTV project in Beijing, China,… Continue reading
MASS Design Group Establishes a Model for Regenerative Construction in Rwanda | Architectural Record
The opportunity to build an entire university campus from scratch, with a mandate to offer solutions to some of the world’s most critical problems, is a rare thing. But in the rapidly developing East African country of Rwanda, a conjunction of groundbreaking design, government support, and philanthropic commitment… Continue reading
Qatar Will Transform Itself Into An Outdoor Art Museum This Autumn | Harper’s Bazaar Arabia
From Damien Hirst’s umbilical journey to a Baldaccini thumb, the nation is critically redefining what it means to experience art on a larger-than-life scale. Qatar Will Transform Itself Into An Outdoor Art Museum This Autumn. Art, Fifa 2022, Jeff Koons, Lebanese Art, Qatar Museums. Art. Source: Qatar… Continue reading
Qatar transforms into a museum of public art ahead of 2022 FIFA World Cup
As anticipation builds in Qatar ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in November, Qatar Museums has expanded its public art programme with 40 new works by the likes of Jeff Koons, Ugo Rondinone, Yayoi Kusama, Katharina Fritsch, Shilpa Gupta and Shouq Al Mana Source: Qatar transforms… Continue reading
Qatar showcases trove of public art ahead of FIFA World Cup 2022
With FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 fast approaching, Qatar Museums (QM) has announced an expansive public art program that will be gradually rolled out not just in the capital city of Doha but throughout the entirety of the diminutive emirate on the Persian Gulf. As envisioned by the… Continue reading
Koons, Kusama, KAWS: Qatar installs 40 more sculptures in time for the Fifa World Cup
A new group of over 40 public sculptures has been announced, adding to the dozens already existing. They will be installed over the coming weeks, mostly in locations around the capital Doha—from the airport to the football stadia. Source: Koons, Kusama, KAWS: Qatar installs 40 more sculptures… Continue reading
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