Iwan Baan & Vantieghem Talebi

About Iwan Baan

Iwan Baan (*1975) is a Dutch architecture and documentary photographer based in Amsterdam. His photographs document the life of architecture around the world, from informal and traditional housing structures to the growth of megacities, and how individuals, communities and societies reappropriate their built environment to make it their own.

Baan has worked with leading architects and architecture studios such as Rem Koolhaas/OMA, Herzog & de Meuron, SANAA, Zaha Hadid, Steven Holl and Tatiana Bilbao. His images are regularly published in newspapers and magazines such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Domus and Architectural Digest. Baan has authored or collaborated on many books, including among them Rome – Las Vegas: Bread and Circuses (Lars Müller Publishers, 2024), African Modernism: The Architecture of Independence (Park Books, 2015/2022), Momentum of Light co-authored with Francis Kéré (2021), and Brasilia – Chandigarh: Living with Modernity (2010/2023). Baan's work has been exhibited internationally, including a touring retrospective exhibition launched at the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein in 2023/2024.

About Vantieghem Talebi

VANTIEGHEM TALEBI is an international architecture and design practice founded by Paul Vantieghem and Raha Talebi; dedicated to the betterment of design environments of all sizes and things of beauty. Their ongoing projects span various programs and scales, ranging from exhibitions, private residences, industrial developments to large scale headquarters and urban masterplans

Raha obtained her Bachelor of Architecture Professional Degree from The Cooper Union for Art and Architecture. She continued her studies at The Harvard Graduate School of Design, graduating MArch II, Master in Architecture. She previously worked with FOA in London, UK and Herzog de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland where she worked amongst other projects, on the M+ Museum and Offices in Hong Kong as well as The Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn. She is a lecturer at UCLA and the 2024 Esherick Visting Professor at UC Berkeley. Raha is registered with SIA, the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects.

Paul graduated from Sint-Lucas School of Architecture in Ghent (Belgium) and later studied architectural theory at the Katholic University Leuven (Belgium). Subsequent to his studies, Paul began working with Stéphane Beel Architects, realizing several projects during his time there, including the Courthouse in Ghent. He then went on to join the architects’ practice of Herzog & de Meuron (Basel, Switzerland). He worked, amongst other projects, on the Tate Modern Extension in London before joining the Bordeaux Stadium competition team in 2010. As an Associate, Paul was the Project Manager for the Bordeaux Stadium, leading both design development and technical construction aspects. In addition to those collaborations, Paul has also planned and built his independent projects since 2002. He is registered with the Order of Architects in Belgium.