Iwan Baan
Iwan Baan (born February 8, 1975, in Alkmaar) is a Dutch photographer. He has challenged a long-standing tradition of depicting buildings as isolated and static by representing people in architecture and showing the building's environment, trying "to produce more of a story or a feel for a project" and "to communicate how people use the space". He has photographed buildings by many of the world's most prominent architects, including Rem Koolhaas and Toyo Ito.
Iwan Baan
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- Name
- Iwan Baan
- Born
- 8 February 1975
- Birthplace
- Alkmaar, Netherlands
- Field
- Photography
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- photographer · architect
- Fields
- architecture · photography
- Education
- Royal Academy of Art
- Languages
- English · Dutch
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Iwan Baan (born February 8, 1975, in Alkmaar) is a Dutch photographer. He has challenged a long-standing tradition of depicting buildings as isolated and static by representing people in architecture and showing the building's environment, trying "to produce more of a story or a feel for a project" and "to communicate how people use the space". He has photographed buildings by many of the world's most prominent architects, including Rem Koolhaas and Toyo Ito.
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Biography
Biography
He is "one of the most widely published" photographers in the world. His candid "polysemic shots" have been compared to the work of Diane Arbus. In 2024 he joined The Daylight Award jury, selecting Daylight in Architecture and Daylight research laureates. In 2010, he won the first annual Julius Shulman Photography Award, named after the most famous architectural photographer of the 20th century. At the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale he received the Golden Lion for Best Installation. In 2012, he took the image of Manhattan after Hurricane Sandy that made the cover of New York City magazine—showing light above 42nd St. And darkness below that line—illustrating vividly the storm's disparate impact. It was later turned into a limited edition print sold to benefit Sandy's victims. In April 2016, Baan received the AIA New York's Stephen A. Kliment Oculus Award.
Iwan Baan studied at Royal Academy of Art. The recorded working language is English and Dutch. The field of work recorded is architecture and photography. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Work by Iwan Baan is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Iwan Baan • Born — 8 February 1975 • Birthplace — Alkmaar, Netherlands • Field — Photography • Website — http: www.iwan.com/
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• Iwan Baan: 52 Weeks, 52 Cities, Exhibited in Montpellier (2016) Copenhagen (2015), Hamburg (2015), Herford (2013) • Iwan Baan: The Way We Live, 2013, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, Los Angeles • Iwan Baan, 2010 autour du monde, journal d'une année d'architecture, 2011, Hyères • Iwan Baan - Recent Works - Contemporary Architectural Photographs, 2008, London • Building China Five Projects / Five Stories, 2008, New York
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1975
Iwan Baan born at Alkmaar.
2013
Iwan Baan: Ingenious homes in unexpected places (TED).
Published books
Published books
• Momentum of Light 2021, • Dudok by Iwan Baan 2021, • Atmosphere Anatomies – On Design, Weather, and Sensation, 2021, • Two Sides of the Border, 2020, • National Museum of Qatar, 2020, • Tatiana Bilbao Estudio, 2019, • Justice is beauty, 2019, • Serpentine Pavilion 2019 – Junya Ishigami, • Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People 2019, • Torre Reforma 2019, • Baku – Oil and Urbanism 2018, • Torre Reforma 2019, • Landscape of Faith: Architectural Interventions along the Mexican Pilgrimage Route 2018, • Solid Objectives: Order, Edge, Aura 2017, • Bengal Stream – The Vibrant Architecture Scene of Bangladesh 2017, • LAB – Building a Home for Scientists 2017, • SoThe Long Life of Design in Italy: B&B Italia. 50 Years and Beyond 2016, • Olafur Eliasson: Riverbed 2015, • Olafur Eliasson: Contact 2015, • Portman's America & Other Speculations, 2017, • African Modernism, 2015,. • 52 Weeks, 52 Cities, 2013,. • Iwan Baan around the world: diary of a year of architecture, 2011,. • Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston, 2011,. • Insular insight: where art and architecture conspire with nature: Naoshima, Teshima, Inujima, 2011,. DAM award. • Iwan Baan, Brasilia - Chandigarh: Living with Modernity, 2010,. • Porsche Museum: Delugan Meissl Associated Architects, HG Merz, 2010,. • The SANAA studios 2006–2008: learning from Japan: single story urbanism, 2010,. • SANAA, Sejima & Nishizawa: New Museum, New York, 2010,. • Maxxi: Zaha Hadid Architects, 2010,. • Hamsun, Holl, Hamarøy: literature, Knut Hamsun: architecture, Steven Holl: landscape, Hamarøy, Nordland, 2010,. • Richard Neutra in Europa: Bauten und Projekte 1960–1970, 2010,. • Song through 21st century eyes: Yaozhou and Qingbai ceramics, 2009,. • Maddalena effect: an architectural affair, 2009,. • Building China Five Projects / Five Stories, 2008,. • Onze bruggen: opdrachtgeverschap bij bruggen in zes Nederlandse gemeenten, 2007,. • Perspectief: maakbare geschiedenis, 2007,.
Published videos
Published videos
• Dutch painters of the Golden Age, 2002, • iwan_baan
Primary material
Documents and archives
Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3156399: Iwan Baan
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
reference work
- “Iwan Baan”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1047355000, Ausstellung 52 Wochen, 52 Städte. Fotografien von Iwan Baan (2013-2014 : Herford).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- 1.Iwan-Baan Encyclopædia Britannica
- 2.Chessa, Milena. La " planète-architecture " photographiée par Iwan Baan. Le Moniteur. March 10, 2011.
- 3.Icon Magazine. Iwan Baan. January 2009.
- 4.Wing, Sherin. The Indicator: Iwan Baan…On Photography. Archdaily. July 14, 2011.
- 5.Fève, Anne-Marie. Vol au dessus de la planète archi. Libération. February 18, 2011.
- 6.Bernstein, Fred A. Structural Integrity and People, Too. The New York Times. January 22, 2010.
- 7.Ciuffi, Valentina. Iwan Baan in mostra a Villa Noailles. Corriere della Sera/Abitare.
- 8.Pierce, C. Three's a crowd: Drawing, building and photography in the recent work of diller scofidio + renfro. ARQ. 12. 232–248. December 2008. 10.1017/S1359135508001164.
- 9.Meet Iwan Baan, Today's Leading Architectural Photographer
- 10.Wing, Sherin. The Indicator: Iwan Baan…On Photography. ArchDaily. Platforma Networks. July 14, 2011.
- 11.AIA New York Announces 2016 Honors and Awards Luncheon Honorees. AIA New York.
- 12.DAM Architectural Book Award 2011.
- 13.Horton, Guy. Time Lapse. Architectural Newspaper. June 26, 2011.
- 14.Henry, Christopher. Living with Modernity: Brasilia—Chandigarh / Iwan Baan. Archdaily. April 18, 2011.
- 15.Hodge, Brooke. Iwan Baan's Inclusive Eye. The New York Times. February 19, 2013.
- 16.Exposition "Iwan Baan, 2010 autour du monde, journal d'une année d'architecture".
- 17.Des architectures et des gens. Le journal des arts. March 4, 2011.
- 18.Sous la pierre d'Iwan Baan, il y a toujours un coeur qui bat. Nice Matin. March 6, 2011.
- 19.Arcspace
- 20.5 Things To Do This Week. The Architects' Journal. November 27, 2008.
- 21.CFA Foundation
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q3156399: Iwan BaanWikimedia Foundation
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1047355000, Ausstellung 52 Wochen, 52 Städte. Fotografien von Iwan Baan (2013-2014 : Herford).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Photographs by Iwan Baan (2013-2014: Herford), Exhibition 52 Weeks, 52 Cities. Photographs by Iwan Baan (2013-2014: Herford) and Ausstellung Zweiundfünfzig Wochen, Zweiundfünfzig Städte. Fotografien von Iwan Baan (2013-2014: Herford).
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