Got Your Back

Get your virtual backdrops for use in Zoom here: An ever growing collection of virtual backdrops for use in Zoom & Microsoft Teams. Expressions of optimism and art by the world’s best designers, illustrators, animators, photographers, filmmakers and artists. Source: Got Your Back… Continue reading

LocHal library draws on the industrial identity of the city of Tilburg

In Tilburg a former factory now houses several public functions for the city, including a library and coworking spaces. DOMUS: LocHal library draws on the industrial identity of the city of Tilburg… Continue reading

Twee fotografen, allebei op zoek naar wat een plek bijzonder maakt | Het Parool

Twee fotografen, allebei op zoek naar wat een plek bijzonder maaktIwan Baan (45) fotografeert mensen in hun bebouwde omgeving, Roosmarijn Pallandt (43) natuurvolkeren op afgelegen plekken. Toch overlapt hun werk. In hun werkwijze zijn ze heel verschillend, Roosmarijn Pallandt en Iwan Baan, de twee fotografen die… Continue reading

Pritzker Architecture Prize Goes to Two Women for the First Time – The New York Times

The Dublin-based architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara have practiced together for 40 years. Source: Pritzker Architecture Prize Goes to Two Women for the First Time – The New York Times… Continue reading

The Gallery Club presents: undercurrent

Photography by Roosmarijn Pallandt and Iwan Baan 6 – 8 March 2020 @ Binnenkant 17, Amsterdam The Gallery Club Dinner Friday, 6 March 2020 19.00 hrs Price: € 81 p.p. Click here to order your dinner tickets On Friday, 6 March guests will be… Continue reading

The Architect Making Conceptual Art Out of Buildings – The New York Times

Source: The Architect Making Conceptual Art Out of Buildings – The New York Times In exploring the contradictions between private and public, interior and exterior, constructed and natural, Sou Fujimoto has offered his own definition for what design should be. Continue reading

EENMALIGE POP-UP EXPO IWAN BAAN MET FOTO’S INDIASE PELGRIMSTAD – DesignDigger

EENMALIGE POP-UP EXPO IWAN BAAN MET FOTO’S INDIASE PELGRIMSTADBY JEROEN JUNTE 27 februari 2020 Op de korte maar krachtige expositie Undercurrent van het Amsterdamse fotografieplatform The Gallery Club zijn antropologische fotoreportages te zien van Roosmarijn Pallandt en Iwan Baan. Source: EENMALIGE POP-UP EXPO IWAN BAAN MET FOTO’S INDIASE PELGRIMSTAD… Continue reading

Lin’an History Museum in China enhances its bond with the history of the place – Domus

The building designed by Amateur Architecture Studio in Hangzhou is harmonized with the landforms of the site: its overall programme includes the historical and ecological context. From Domus 1043, photos by Iwan Baan. Source: Lin’an History Museum in China enhances its bond with the history of the place… Continue reading

MASS Design Group: “Architecture needs to be the locus of the reconstruction of community itself” – Domus

Review of the new MASS Group monograph Michael Murphy and Alan Ricks talk about the monograph “Justice is Beauty”, the first by MASS Design Group, showing off their research and philosophy of an architecture of justice and dignity. Source: MASS Design Group: “Architecture needs to be the locus… Continue reading

DOMUS – Valerio Olgiati’s Pearling Site Visitor Centre in Bahrain honours the pearling industry

In the heart of Bahrain’s former capital, a major site with a unique historic heritage has been revitalised in honour of the city’s defunct pearling industry. The key project is Valerio Olgiati’s Pearling Site Visitor Centre. Source: DOMUS – Valerio Olgiati’s Pearling Site Visitor Centre in Bahrain honours the… Continue reading

The Decade in Pictures – The New York Times

The New York Times pored over 10 years of images, of moments both fresh and faded, to tell the story of the past decade. The New York Times choose the hurricane Sandy image which appeared first on the cover of New York Magazine as one of the defining images of… Continue reading

David Chipperfield named Domus guest editor for 2020 – Domus

David Chipperfield tells us that Domus is an excellent opportunity, as was the Venice Biennale, to “take a step outside the office”, and explains how he intends to take Domus from the last issue of Gio Ponti, in a sort of ideal passing of the witness and refundation… Continue reading