The Hare with Amber Eyes at the Jewish Museum — ghosts of a lost world | Financial Times
In the end, this show isn’t about possessions but about absence and loss. The photographer Iwan Baan recently returned to the former Ephrussi headquarters and shot their current state. In Paris, an aesthete’s Eden is now a den of generic white offices; the aristocracy of taste and money has given… Continue reading
Q+A: ‘Dig It!’ Co-Author Bjarne Mastenbroek on Why Architects Should Build With the Earth | Architect Magazine
The nearly 1,400-page survey, by Mastenbroek and photographer Iwan Baan, focuses on projects “connected to the rest of the ecosystem we have.” A decade ago, Bjarne Mastenbroek, founder and director of the Amsterdam-based firm SeARCH, and Dutch architectural photographer Iwan Baan began work on a study… Continue reading
2022 Works of Wonder: Ca’n Terra | Architectural Digest
Ca’n Terra by Ensamble Studio in Menorca, Spain Husband-and-wife architects Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa, of Madrid- and Boston-based Ensamble Studio, have taken adaptive reuse to new heights—and depths. Their Ca’n Terra (“House Belonging to the Earth” in Catalan) carves a residence… Continue reading
Luma Arles is a towering achievement for Frank Gehry | Financial Times
The new arts centre in the south of France unites Roman ruins, Van Gogh’s art and 21st-century technology You can’t see Frank Gehry’s new building from the Old Town area of Arles, a dense, walled network of Roman streets and medieval alleys. It seems odd, then, that this… Continue reading
Argo Factory: Contemporary Art Museum & Cultural Centre by Ahmadreza Schricker Architecture – North | 2021-11-22 | Architectural Record
Enriched with historic houses and old buildings turned into vibrant coffee shops and new galleries, revitalized parts of Tehran are responding to an emerging generation of artists and art seekers looking for spaces to gather, socialize, and create. Argo Factory: Contemporary Art Museum & Cultural Centre is one… Continue reading
Bocconi University by SANAA | 2021-11-01 | Architectural Record
Founded in 1902, Milan’s Bocconi University has undergone numerous expansions and renovations over the years. But its latest addition—full of curves and covered in a shimmery metallic skin—is a radical departure from the axial relationships and rectilinear volumes typical of the campus. This time, the school, which specializes… Continue reading
Lessen in nederigheid en toekomstbestendig ontwerpen – De Architect
In Dig it! graven architect Bjarne Mastenbroek (SeARCH) en fotograaf Iwan Baan diep in de overwegend westerse architectuurgeschiedenis op zoek naar ingenieuze architectuurprojecten waarin architectuur en landschap zich op verschillende manieren tot elkaar verhouden. Zij reflecteren op 112 projecten, onderverdeeld in zes ‘strategieën’ – ingegraven, ingebed, of juist… Continue reading
Babyn Yar Synagogue by Manuel Herz Architects | Architectural Record
One of the worst atrocities of the Nazi regime took place in a ravine just four miles from the center of Kyiv, where, beginning on September 29, 1941, German soldiers killed more than 100,000 people, most of them Jewish. Controversy over how to mark the spot, called Babyn… Continue reading
Señor de Tula Sanctuary by Dellekamp/Schleich + AGENdA | Architectural Record
The massive earthquake that struck central Mexico in 2017 devastated communities, including Jojutla, an inland municipality about 90 miles south of the nation’s capital. As multiple government agencies addressed its critical loss of homes and infrastructure, Infonavit—a federal organization that usually focuses on workers’ housing—recognized the pressing need… Continue reading
SelgasCano Pair Preservation With Innovation for Their Weekend Home in Spain – Interior Design
For their weekend home in Spain’s western countryside, the founders of SelgasCano pair preservation with innovation. Source: SelgasCano Pair Preservation With Innovation for Their Weekend Home in Spain – Interior Design… Continue reading
Monocle on Design 522 – Radio Iwan Baan, Niwaki, Bruce Kuwabara
Iwan Baan discusses his project documenting light and architecture in Burkina Faso and we explore a new shop in London devoted to Japanese gardening equipment… Source: Iwan Baan, Niwaki, Bruce Kuwabara, Monocle on Design 522 – Radio | Monocle… Continue reading
Toshiko Mori’s architecture stands for the future – Sustainable Japan by The Japan Times
There is almost never a time when we are not aware of architecture, even if only subconsciously. Each time we climb a staircase we encounter a marvel of architectural design that we are so used to, we don’t give it a thought. In school we may learn the three conditions… Continue reading