My brother shot this amazing picture of New York for Architectural Record, illustrating an article on New York City and its status as a 21st-century design capital. A city with architecture, design, and planning at center stage. Read the article here >
I <3 New York!

Another wonderful project shot by my brother. La Ruta del Peregrino (Pilgrim’s Route). A group of 7 designers, artist and architects created several shelters, viewpoints and sanctuaries along the route. It’s a walk of 117 kilometers through the mountain range of Jalisco, starting in the town of Ameca, ascending to el Cerro del Obispo at an altitude of 2000 meters above sea level, crossing the peak of Espinazo del Diablo to descend to it’s final destination in the town of Talpa de Allende to meet with the Virgin of Talpa as an act of devotion, faith and gratitude.
Above: Sanctuary by Ai Weiwei/FAKE Design, Gratitude Open Chapel  and Sanctuary Circle by Dellekamp Arquitectos and Lookout Point by HHF architects. (shot for Abitare – December 2010)

My brother shot another great museum by Steven Holl in collaboration with Solange Fabião: Cité de l’Océan et du Surf. ‘Set to open in june 2011, the museum intends to raise awareness of oceanic issues and scientific aspects of the surf and sea. The facility, located in Biarritz, France, is the product of a 2005 international competition for which the collaborative project won first place.’
More images and information at Designboom >

After last quote Jochem shared another great piece of inspiration by Roman & Williams: This interview with Roman & Williams by NY based director Brennan Stasiewicz. “To me, this is what it feels like to walk into a Roman & Williams space, or rather, to let that space enter you.”

Nº38. Brasilia – Chandigarh, Living with Modernity by Iwan Baan at Lars Müller Publishers >

Last month, Iwan visited Japan to photograph the Teshima Art Museum by Ruye Nishizawa and Rei Naito. An absolutely wonderful, strange and fascinating building, popping up on one of the 3000 islands of Japan.
Just published by Domus, they tell a little more about it: “…The Teshima Art Museum is almost completely empty, devoid of contents. Its interior is fluid, a concrete membrane carpeting the ground and wrapping up from shadowy edges to span as a low unobstructed dome overhead. Neither columns nor beams interrupt the organic singularity of the total volume. Similarly there is none of the clutter normally associated with museums…
…Nishizawa’s building evokes a faith in the ability of architecture to make the world seem somewhat strange yet simultaneously a little bit better.” (Domus 942, December 2010, text by Raymund Ryan)
Read the complete review here >
And more pictures at iwan.com >

My brother shot this new and noteworthy project by Sou Fujimoto Architects. Say hello to the an almost Escher look a like collective housing project Tokyo Apartments where the seemingly random placement of the units makes you feel “you have your own house in the foot and summit of a mountain, respectively.”
More pictures on Iwan.com and more text (Japanese) on World Architects.

Together with Lars Muller Iwan Baan is working on a book about Oscar Niemeyer’s Brasilia and Chandigarh which will be published this summer. Here’s a little preview.

Iwan Baan

Right after the opening of the Burj Khalifa my brother Iwan Baan went to Dubai to capture this absurd and beautiful needle, the tallest building in the world. Yesterday Nowness featured his images. Today we share some more.

Iwan Baan
Nowness

A little update from Iwan, while flying over Rome shooting Zaha Hadid’s curved Contemporary Art Centre, the ‘Museum of Art for the XXI Century’ in Rome.

A new project photographed by Iwan Baan. The Moriyama Houses in Tokyo by SANAA. I really want to move there. What a beautiful place!

As some of you might know, my brother’s crossing the globe photographing new projects from world leading architects. In the coming months I will share some of his new works here at Anothersomething.

To start with this new building by Michael Maltzan in LA. The Carver Apartments will give homes to 95 homeless and low income residents… The circular design minimizes the noise of the freeway and creates this lovely courtyard in the centre… Makes me think of the historic Tulou Housing in Yongding, China which he photographed last year.
Enjoy the aesthetics of architecture seen thru the eyes of the master. More soon…