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Iwan Baan

Brasilia - Chandigarh

Living With Modernity

Iwan Baan

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English
Lars Muller Publishers
01 May 2024
Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial; Urban & municipal planning
A tale of two city planning projects and their clash with tradition, as captured by the brilliant Dutch photographer.

First published by Lars Müller in 2010 and now highly collectible, Brasilia-Chandigarh receives a new printing in a compact format. Dutch photographer Ivan Baan (born 1975) was originally commissioned by the publisher to document two urban planning experiments undertaken in the 1960s: Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer's Brasilia and Le Corbusier's Chandigarh. In both cities, foreign architecture commingled with indigenous culture. This publication addresses how these two cities were transformed into works of modernism, and how the people who live in them acclimated accordingly. Baan's photographs reflect the questions and perspectives of the people who contextualize the spaces that surround us. This compact format includes essays by Cees Nooteboom on Baan's photographs and by Martino Stierli on the architectural and planning history.

AUTHOR: Iwan Baan (
*1975) is a Dutch photographer based between Amsterdam and the U.S., known primarily for images that narrate the life and interactions that occur within architecture. His artistic approach has given matters of architecture an approachable and accessible voice, focusing on the perspectives of the everyday individuals who give meaning and context to the architecture and spaces that surround us. In 2012, he received the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale for his work on the Torre David in Caracas, Venezuela, gaining him further international acclaim. Architects turn to Baan to give their work a sense of place. Baan's first major retrospective of his globally renowned oeuvre is on show at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein from 21 October 2023 – 3 March 2024.

SELLING POINTS: .

Iwan Baan is today's leading architectural photographer, known for images that capture “the life and interactions that occur within architecture.” .

A new compact edition of book originally published in 2010. Documenting the changes that have occurred to both architecture and master urban plans over the past 50 years in the Niemeyer- and Le Corbusier-designed cities.

124 illustrations
Edited by:  
Imprint:   Lars Muller Publishers
Country of Publication:   Switzerland
Dimensions:   Height: 227mm,  Width: 170mm, 
ISBN:   9783037787502
ISBN 10:   3037787503
Pages:   240
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unspecified

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