Hotels, a Place to Lay Your Head, or Bury It in a Book – The New York Times
Traditional brick-and-mortar bookstores have proved vulnerable to e-books and the web, but many new hotels aim to distinguish themselves with old-fashioned pages that guests can actually turn, housing libraries that range from historic collections to trendy ones. Read the complete article in The New York Times…… Continue reading
Interview with Iwan Baan on Dutch Radio 1
Iwan Baan, fotograaf van iconische huizen en gebouwen over de hele wereld. Listen the interview (in Dutch) on Radio 1…… Continue reading
The Pérez Art Museum Miami: Built for People – The Wall Street Journal
The new Pérez Art Museum that opened here last week embodies a vernacular style—deep-shaded, loose-limbed and connected to the tropics—that should have been but never was because of those two invasive species, Art Deco and the air conditioner. Read the complete article in The Wall Street Journal… Other news… Continue reading
Interview with Iwan Baan by ERCO Louvre Lens Report
One of the most widely published photographers of contemporary architecture, Iwan Baan is noted for his documentary images that narrate the life and interactions occurring within architecture. His approachable photos focused on the portrayal of people in the sociocultural context of architecture intrigue such clients as Rem Koolhaas, Toyo Ito… Continue reading
New York Magazine’s cover
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy I chartered a helicopter and shot the now iconic image of New York without power. November 3rd, 2013 A selection of the press about the cover: Artinfo: Post-Sandy, Two Icons Emerge From the Architectural World… Continue reading
Aiming for an Artistic ‘Icon’ – The Wall Street Journal
Developer Stephen Ross has selected the British artist and designer Thomas Heatherwick to create what could be one of the most expensive works of public art in the world, in the hopes of establishing a must-see attraction at the heart of his $15 billion Hudson Yards development on Manhattan’s West… Continue reading
Necessity as the mother of invention: Photos of homes in unexpected places
Iwan Baan is not as interested in what architects build as he is in the beautiful ways that people appropriate the spaces once the planners are gone. In his TED Talk, Baan — whose breathtaking image of lower Manhattan after Hurricane Sandy hangs on at least one… Continue reading
Watch Iwan Baan’s TED talk: Ingenious homes in unexpected places
In the center of Caracas, Venezuela, stands the 45-story ‘Tower of David,’ an unfinished, abandoned skyscraper. But about eight years ago, people started moving in. Photographer Iwan Baan shows how people build homes in unlikely places, touring us through the family apartments of Torre David, a city on the… Continue reading
Who is winning the architecture Arms Race? – Photo Essay – The New York Times
The New York Times Magazine published Zaha Hadid’s Heydar Alyev Cultural Center in Baku… Continue reading
A portfolio by Iwan Baan – Artforum International
Dutch photographer IWAN BAAN is celebrated for his images of architecture around the globe. Seemingly the first to snap every starchitect’s newest icon, he has also captured startling views of the built environment in the midst of upheaval (a famous helicopter shot of New York’s blackout in the… Continue reading
School at Sea – Photo Essay – New York Times
The New York Times Magazine published the Makoko Floating School by NLE – Kunle Adeyemi By Michael Kimmelman… Continue reading