Rome - Las Vegas
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The cities of Rome and Las Vegas commonly sit at opposite ends of what architecture represents: whereas the former capital of the Roman Empire is perceived as ancient, proper and eternal, Sin City is described as flashy, vulgar and fake. Yet, both find themselves historically and contemporarily at the intersection of power and play.Released fifty years after Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi's now canonical "Learning From Las Vegas" (1972), the images in this book capture the atmosphere of both cities from the sky to the ground, revealing unexpected similarities and rediscovering Las…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
The cities of Rome and Las Vegas commonly sit at opposite ends of what architecture represents: whereas the former capital of the Roman Empire is perceived as ancient, proper and eternal, Sin City is described as flashy, vulgar and fake. Yet, both find themselves historically and contemporarily at the intersection of power and play.Released fifty years after Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi's now canonical "Learning From Las Vegas" (1972), the images in this book capture the atmosphere of both cities from the sky to the ground, revealing unexpected similarities and rediscovering Las Vegas' extravaganza on the streets of Rome. Iwan Baan's photographs contrast and subvert common perceptions of authenticity and artificiality and ultimately question such bipolar distinctions. In their dialogue, the photographs follow Scott Brown and Venturi's plea to first look, understand and only then judge.
Autorenporträt
Iwan Baan ist Architektur- und Dokumentarfotograf. Seine Arbeiten sind regelmässig in Architekturzeitschriften und Zeitungen zu sehen, unter anderem in Domus, a+u, The New Yorker und The New York Times. Zu Baans Auftraggebern zählen renommierte Architekturbüros wie SANAA, Rem Koolhaas/OMA, Herzog & de Meuron, Toyo Ito, Steven Holl oder Zaha Hadid. In seinen Arbeiten konzentriert er sich auf die Zusammenhänge zwischen Architektur und ihrer Umgebung und zeigt die gebaute Umwelt nicht isoliert, sondern als Kontext für Handlungen und Geschichten.