SANAA in Sydney: a new publication exploring the architecture of Naala Badu at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
With its five essays richly illustrated with photo essays by Iwan Baan, SANAA in Sydney: The architecture of Naala Badu at the Art Gallery of New South Wales Check Price on Amazon, is a stunning book that takes readers behind the scenes of this ambitious vision, from the international architecture competition, through the design and construction process with architectural documentation, to the building’s opening.
The book considers the design from various perspectives with essays reflecting on its built form and engagement with art, people and the environment. SANAA in Sydney will engage those fascinated by architecture, art, museums and photography. The book includes a design statement by SANAA founders Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa along with texts by the Art Gallery’s director, Michael Brand; Harvard University architectural historian Eve Blau; professor of architecture at the University of Technology Sydney, Anthony Burke; director of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Yuko Hasegawa; and the Art Gallery’s head of the Sydney Modern Project, Sally Webster. A design competition jurist, the Finnish architect and academic Juhani Pallasmaa, has authored the foreword. The book also reunites SANAA’s founders with Iwan Baan, one of architecture’s most sought-after photographers.