Michael Maltzan’s Latest Supportive Housing Project Pops with Color | Architectural Record
In designing the 49,500-square-foot structure—housing 76 studio apartments, a manager’s unit, and supportive social services—Michael Maltzan Architecture (MMA) recognized the strong need for community, both among the residents and within the broader surroundings. “Even though homeless people live out in the public realm, right on the streets,” observes… Continue reading
Doha: What to See and Do in Qatar’s Rising Art Boomtown – Bloomberg
Qatar’s capital is aiming to become a culture hub—and boost its global image—with a host of museums, big-name exhibitions and rich collections of contemporary and Islamic works. Source: Doha: What to See and Do in Qatar’s Rising Art Boomtown – Bloomberg… Continue reading
‘It should feel like an extension of the living room’: radical study centre is named best building in Europe | Architecture | The Guardian
The project has already garnered wide recognition in Germany, winning the national architecture prize from the Deutsches Architekturmuseum, and hailed by one newspaper critic as “what the future of German construction could look like”. In a time of scarce resources, it has been praised for being as lean… Continue reading
At Bruges Triennial, SO – IL debuts Common Thread
Every three years a series of spectacular art installations are sited among the winding, cobble stone streets and medieval church steeples of Bruges, Belgium. For this year’s iteration of the art and architecture festival, Bruges Triennial, SO – IL has designed a public art piece, Common Thread, that… Continue reading
Amateur Architecture Studio Clads a Chinese Archive with Thousands of Celadon Tiles | Architectural Record
China has no shortage of history; with more than 4,000 recorded years of it, the country is considered the oldest living civilization in the world. That comes with its own set of quandaries, such as how to collect, preserve, and curate countless artifacts, from ancient books and manuscripts… Continue reading
Jeanne Gang Makes a Case for Architectural Grafting – SURFACE
The award-winning architect has dedicated decades of her firm’s work toward adaptive reuse, which she likens to horticultural grafting—connecting two separate plants into a thriving new structure—in a new book. Source: Jeanne Gang Makes a Case for Architectural Grafting – SURFACE… Continue reading
00176 – Iwan Baan at Vitra Design Museum – recessed.space
As we cascade into a pixelated world navigable through panning, scrolling, and zooming, photographs have seized our attention, dominating the means by which we consume the built environment. They facilitate exploration, discourse, and debate, can frame engagement, and craft the narrative of architecture. Carefully controlled images can demand… Continue reading
Architects’ Los Angeles Home Embraces Tube-Like Design – The New York Times
Lucía Cano and José Selgas are architects who have no fear of color. Founders of the studio SelgasCano in Madrid, they designed a conference center in Cartagena, Spain, that looks like a translucent organ glowing orange from within as if it were coursing with alien blood. Their Serpentine… Continue reading
[Feb.2023] Iwan Baan – Vitra x SCAA Tour | SCAA
The SCAA was invited by Vitra to a tour through the Iwan Baan retrospective at the renowned Vitra Design Museum. Set within the iconic Frank Gehry building itself, the exhibition ingeniously melded with the architecture and light, creating a fascinating interplay between Baan’s captivating photography and the dynamic… Continue reading
Exhibition review ‘Iwan Baan: Moments in Architecture’ in Casa BRUTUS Japan
建築写真のトップランナーとして知られるオランダの写真家イワン・バーンの初の回顧展『Iwan Baan: Moments in Architecture』が現在、ドイツの〈ヴィトラ デザイン ミュージアム〉で開催中だ。有名建築家の作品だけでは… Exhibition review ‘Iwan Baan: Moments in Architecture’ in Casa BRUTUS Japan Source: 建築のストーリーテラー、 イワン・バーンの撮る写真の世界。 | カーサ ブルータス Casa BRUTUS… Continue reading
Architecture Books – Week 5/2024 – by John Hill
This week’s newsletter starts and ends with books related to Iwan Baan, the superstar photographer who is the subject of a retrospective exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany. In between are new releases and headlines, and Friday is Groundhog Day…again. Source: Architecture… Continue reading
Architektura w obiektywie Iwan Baan
Iwan Baan fotografuje dzieła największych, jak Rem Koolhaas czy Toyo Itō, ale i ludzkie siedliska tworzone własnym sumptem. Nigdy jednak nie są to po prostu zdjęcia zabudowań. – Interesuje mnie, jak budynek czy miasto zakorzeniają się w swoim otoczeniu niczym drzewa – mówi holenderski fotograf, który wywarł ogromny… Continue reading