When: 10 November to 10 December 2008
Where: AA Gallery, Architectural Association School of Architecture, 36 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3ES

Iwan Baan: Beijing to Boston – Contemporary Architectural Photographs showcases recent architectural photography by the young and increasingly influential Dutch photographer Iwan Baan.

He has pioneered a 3D interactive photographic technique featuring finished buildings and scale models as well as fulfilling commissions by leading international architects to photograph a wide range of the world’s most exciting contemporary architecture. For the last three years Baan has documented the construction of OMA’s China Central Television (CCTV) building, alongside Herzog & de Meuron’s Olympic Stadium and other 2008 Olympic projects in Beijing

The School of American Ballet at the Lincoln Center in New York. Photography for Diller Scofidio + Renfro Architects

Where: 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave at 92nd Street, New York.
When: Thursday, Oct 23, 8:15 pm

Conversation moderated by author and curator Kurt Forster.

Chicago Architecture Foundation Provides Look at City in Transition

Shanghai Transforming, the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s newest exhibition, is free and open daily at 224 S. Michigan Avenue, October 14th through January 9th.

Consisting of photos and graphs, Shanghai Transforming, offers visitors an overview of the vast changes taking place in China’s most populous city. Capturing a snapshot of a city in transition, Shanghai Transforming explores the past and speculates about future possibilities of Shanghai.

New exhibition scheduled to open in October rethinks boundaries and roles to improve environmental sustainability

When: From October 23rd 2008
Where: National Building Museum, 01 F Street NW, Washington, D.C


The public will have a chance to step back and see their environmental impact and efforts as part of a greater community – be it geographic, professional, or demographic – this fall when the National Building Museum opens Green Community on October 23, 2008. The first-ever exhibition of its kind will examine the history of environmentally sustainable planning and design, and explore innovative contemporary and future projects from around the world.

Shedding the light on more exhibitors at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, here is the contribution of urban landscape designers TOPOTEK 1 to the exhibit in the Italian Pavilion, consisting of a design project that feature their work and philosophies.



Twenty-two refrigerators are lined up along the wall, partly stacked on top of each other and filled. The fridges speak of Topotek 1’s work tactics, their sensibilities towards the site. They mimic the sensations that a visitor feels in a garden, as they allow a glimpse into their enchanting worlds. They are filled with abstract model/worlds, which pick up motifs of one or several realized projects and explore them even further.