Momentum of Light at Xposure Photofestival 2022 in Sharjah

Momentum of Light is shown at the Xposure Photofestival 2022 in Sharjah 9-15 February 2022 Momentum of Light – Iwan Baan… Continue reading

The Hare With Amber Eyes

The Hare with Amber Eyes tells the story of the Ephrussi family—celebrated in the 2010 memoir and The New York Times bestseller of the same name by Edmund de Waal—and showcases the breadth and depth of their illustrious collection. The exhibition, on view at the Jewish Museum from November… Continue reading

Julio Cano Lasso. Naturalezas.

In celebration of the centenary of the birth of Julio Cano Lasso (1920-1996), the Madrid Institute of Architects (COAM) hosts the exhibition ‘Julio Cano Lasso. Naturalezas.’ On view from 9 September to 1 November, it presents original drawings and sketches of projects of the architect, selected from his archive. Continue reading

An Atlas of Jewish Space and a Synagogue for Babyn Yar

On September 29 and 30, 1941, more than 33,000 Jewish men, women, and children were murdered in Babyn Yar, a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. This event constituted the largest single massacre perpetrated by German troops against Jews during World War II. In commemoration, and as an affirmation of… Continue reading

Dig it! Building Bound to the Ground

Dig deep into the origins of building. The ground, now often used as a passive foundation for going higher, is rife with possibilities. Bjarne Mastenbroek investigates the relationship architecture has, had, and will have, with site and nature. Through the photography of Iwan Baan and more than 500 analytical drawings by SeARCH, Dig it! dissects structures from the… Continue reading

Momentum of Light

Across the African continent, but especially in the the sub-Saharan region, the light provided by the sun has a particularly stark quality – a fact that becomes apparent in traditional buildings and in the way sunlight shapes the daily routines of their inhabitants. With no artificial light, architecture had to… Continue reading

Kunstmuseum Olten Switzerland: Momentum of light / Iwan Baan

25.08. — 14.11.2021 | Parterre & Beletage Momentum of light Photography – Architecture – Art: The Kunstmuseum Olten focus on this triad with its two autumn exhibitions. We are simultaneously showing works by the internationally renowned Dutch photographer, Iwan Baan (*1975), and the Swiss artist and Meret Oppenheim award winner… Continue reading

See All This

The summer issue of See All This takes you on a trip around the world. A journey on paper, to be enjoyed from ones own couch, featuring some of the most hopeful locations in earth. Places where man and nature have always existed in a balance with one another, or… Continue reading

Dudok

Through stunning aerial and street photography, Iwan Baan pays tribute to one of Dutch modernism’s most influential urban designers. The celebrated Dutch architectural photographer Iwan Baan (born 1975) has dedicated his career to capturing the stories told by buildings. This publication compiles his series on Willem Marinus Dudok (1884–1974), known… Continue reading

Rewriting Architecture: 10+1 Actions for an Adaptive Architecture

Contemporary thinkers from Hito Steyerl to Atelier Bow-Wow explore how architecture can adapt to―rather than replace―the existing built environment This volume considers existing urban contexts as an opportunity to use the potential of place, and the creativity of inhabitants and users, the power of the social and urban fabric to… Continue reading

Two Sides of the Border

Under the direction of Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao, thirteen architecture studios and students across the United States and Mexico undertook the monumental task of attempting to capture the complex and dynamic region of the US/Mexican border. Two Sides of the Border envisions the borderland through five themes: migration, housing and… Continue reading

Atmosphere Anatomies – On Design, Weather, and Sensation

How will the human body, collective and individual, cope with the estimated increases in global air temperatures and in the earth’s corresponding thermal stress? Atmosphere Anatomies: On Design, Weather, and Sensation offers an in-depth examination of design strategies that situate the body and its bioclimatic milieu at the core of… Continue reading